Smithfield Packing Company
| Formerly | Luter Packing Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Company type | Parent Smithfield Foods | |
The Smithfield Packing Company sells meat products such as
History
The firm was founded on September 16, 1936, in Smithfield, Virginia and was originally known as the Luter Packing Company. Joe Luter and his son Joe Luter II, both experienced meatpackers, founded the firm together. The senior Luter was born in Ivor town in Southampton County, Virginia in 1879. Joe Luter's grandson, Joe Luter III, would go on to lead the company decades later.[3]
Smithfield, Virginia was known for its pork products as early as the 18th Century.
Smithfield Packing opened a large facility in Tar Heel, North Carolina in 1992. The company offered thousands of workers in impoverished Bladen County hourly pay double the federal minimum wage. As of 2018, the size of the Tar Heel plant had about 973,000 square feet in floor area.[3] As of early 2020, Smithfield Packing had made more than $130,000,000 in recent investments in Bladen County.[4]
As of 2012, Smithfield Packing employed about 12,500 people and had sales of about $4 billion.[2]
In November 2012, Smithfield Packing began the process of shutting down a plant in
In March 2013, Smithfield Packing announced the closure of a bone-in ham plant located in Landover, Maryland. The company said it would attempt to employ the affected workers at other sites.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Smithfield Packing Co Inc/The". Bloomberg. Bloomberg, L.P. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d Shapiro, Michael Welles (16 March 2013). "Smithfield Packing to close Maryland ham plant". The Daily Press. The Daily Press Media Group. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d Waltz, Lynn (2018). Hog Wild: The Battle For Worker Rights At The World's Largest Slaughterhouse. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press.
- ^ Williams, Emily (26 February 2020). "Brisson will encourage state to own Lock and Dam No. 2". Bladen Journal. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Staff (10 November 2011). "Smithfield Packing to consolidate packaged meats production and close Portsmouth, Va. Plant". The National Provisioner. BNP Media.