No, Tyson Foods does not own Smithfield Foods. Smithfield Foods is owned by WH Group, a Chinese company, which acquired it in 2013. Tyson Foods and Smithfield Foods are both major players in the meat processing industry, but they operate as separate entities.
In 1999 Smithfield Foods bought Tyson Foods' pork operations for $80 million
The largest producer of bacon in the United States is Smithfield Foods, a subsidiary of WH Group, which is based in China. Smithfield Foods is a major player in the pork industry and produces a significant portion of the bacon consumed in the country. Other notable producers include Tyson Foods and Hormel Foods, but Smithfield remains the largest in terms of volume.
Smithfield Foods was created in 1936.
Smithfield Foods's population is 51,000.
Smithfield produces and sells beef
Smithfield Foods had sales totaling over $3.7 billion in 1999
They are Tyson, Excel, Swift, Farmland, and Smithfield
Tyson Foods is based in Akansas
Tyson Foods's population is 115,000.
Tyson Foods was created in 1935.
Smithfield Foods got its name from the location it was started in, Smithfield, Virginia. Smithfield foods was started in 1936 by a father son duo of Joseph W Luter Sr, and Joseph W. Luter Jr. It is the largest producer of pork in the United States with locations in 26 US States, and also operates in Mexico and 10 other European countries.
Butterball is a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods