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Smithfield Foods names new CFO
Mark Hall to start new role in January 2023
Mark Hall, Smithfield Foods Inc.’s executive vice president of finance, has been promoted to chief financial officer and will start in the role on Jan. 1, 2023, the nation’s largest
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‘The world is behind them’
Virginia companies aid Ukraine relief efforts
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In late March, Stanislas Vilgrain drove in a convoy of eight trucks from France to Ukraine for 26 hours through a snowstorm, keeping an ear to the radio for news
Smithfield Foods division makes new medical device
Device helps nerve repair without stitches
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Smithfield Foods Inc.’s Cincinnati-based porcine-derived medical products unit, Smithfield BioScience, and Atlanta-based medical device company BioCircuit Technologies announced Wednesday that the two will produce a medical device for nerve repair
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Smithfield Foods gifts $300K to Hampton Roads Workforce Council
Funding to be used toward career services for veterans
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Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer, announced Tuesday it has donated $300,000 to the Hampton Roads Workforce Council (HRWC), a nonprofit that develops workforce policy
Dominion, Smithfield complete first renewable gas project in Utah
Natural gas converted from methane will power 3,000 homes
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Dominion Energy Inc. and Smithfield Foods Inc., both based in Virginia, completed their first renewable natural gas (RNG) project in southwestern Utah, Smithfield announced Wednesday. In 2018, the Richmond-headquartered utility
Smithfield Foods commits $300K to support STEM initiative
Gift aims to increase STEM participation among minority women
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Smithfield Foods Inc. has announced it plans to commit $300,000 through 2021 to support Heritage STEM Camps Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that creates immersive experiences for aspiring leaders in the
Smithfield Foods CEO to retire
Kenneth M. Sullivan to leave company after five years at helm
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Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer, announced Monday that President and CEO Kenneth M. Sullivan will retire in early 2021 after nearly 20 years with
Smithfield Foods donates $100K to aid homeless vets
Veteran Homeless Fund offers gap assistance to Virginia veterans
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Smithfield Foods Inc. donated $100,000 to to support state government programs for homeless veterans and their families, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The donation from the Smithfield Foundation presented to
Smithfield Foods to contest OSHA citation
Four employees died, 1.3K employees contracted COVID during April outbreak at South Dakota plant
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Smithfield Foods Inc. intends to contest a citation from the U.S. Labor Department stating that Smithfield failed to protect workers during an April outbreak at its Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
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ROBERT A. ‘BOB’ ARCHER CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BLUE RIDGE BEVERAGE CO., SALEM Robert Archer runs the wholesale beverage retailer his parents bought in 1959 after moving to Salem. When his