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Smithfield Foods Inc

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Lex
    Smithfield relisting serves up IPO risk with a side of bacon Premium content

    WH Group’s move to offload US pork producer exposed to slowdown in China, Trump tariffs and a taste for fresh meat

  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    City of London Corp
    City of London pauses plan to move Smithfield and Billingsgate markets

    Historic meat and fish markets were due to be combined at a facility in Dagenham

    A man pushes a trolley of meat at Smithfield Market
  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    City of London
    Meat traders wield centuries-old law to frustrate new Museum of London

    Market workers refuse to be relocated 14 miles from city centre to make way for £337mn historical venue

    An illustration of the London Museum
  • Tuesday, 14 January, 2020
    Edwin Heathcote
    Blood, sweat and booze are essential to the City’s identity

    Plans to redesign Smithfield meat market as a tourist haven will destroy the soul of the site

    LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 14: A butcher manoeuvres meat which is to be prepared for sale in Smithfield Market on March 14, 2013 in London, England. Smithfield Market, which is officially named the 'London Central Markets', has been the site of a livestock market since the Twelfth Century. Located in the City of London, the market's Victorian buildings were designed by Sir Horace Jones, the City Architect, and were completed in the 1860s. Developers have recently proposed a 160 million GBP refurbishment of the derelict western end of Smithfield Market into an artisan food centre known as 'Smithfield Quarter'. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
  • Friday, 23 March, 2018
    LexUS trade
    US-China trade battle: war pigs Premium content

    Beijing could exploit any Trump over-reach in a bar-room punch-up over tariffs

    F6HR9R 1942, Film Title: JUKE GIRL, Director: CURTIS BERNHARDT, Studio: WARNER, Pictured: GENE LOCKHART, RONALD REAGAN, TOUGH GUYS, BAR, REBEL, FIGHTING, PIE, HIT, BRAWL, VIOLENT, VIOLENCE. (Credit Image: SNAP)
  • Friday, 23 March, 2018
    US trade
    China pork producers sizzle on Beijing US import tariff plans
  • Thursday, 17 August, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Pork producer flies to record high on Hang Seng index inclusion
  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2015
    Retail & Consumer industry
    China: never mind the bullocks

    Trend towards higher meat consumption globally is clear. As societies get richer, diets add protein

    Devon and Angus cows graze in a field at the Mulloon Creek Natural Farm in Bungendore, Australia. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 19 November, 2014
    US & Canadian companies
    Continental Grain warns on margins in US chicken business

    Chairman says group is considering a float as the commodities cycle might be about to turn

    Nine-day-old chicks drink water at a Foster Farms ranch near Turlock, California June 16, 2014. Picture taken June 16, 2014. To match Special Report FARMACEUTICALS-CHICKEN/ REUTERS/Max Whittaker (UNITED STATES - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS HEALTH ANIMALS DRUGS SOCIETY) - RTR46AKR
  • Tuesday, 5 August, 2014
    Asia-Pacific equities
    WH Group makes solid Hong Kong debut
    Some of the products of WH Group are displayed at a news conference on the company's IPO in Hong Kong April 14, 2014. WH Group Ltd's CEO and another top company executive have been awarded nearly $600 million worth of shares for helping the Chinese pork giant secure its $4.9 billion takeover of U.S.-based Smithfield Foods Inc last year, its preliminary prospectus showed. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)
  • Tuesday, 22 July, 2014
    Asia-Pacific equities
    WH Group reboots Hong Kong IPO after cutting valuation
    People walk into an investment luncheon by WH Group Ltd. in Hong Kong April 10, 2014. China's WH Group Ltd, the world's biggest pork company, has launched a Hong Kong initial public offering of as much as $5.3 billion in the second-largest ever IPO by a food and beverage company. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)
  • Thursday, 10 July, 2014
    US & Canadian companies
    WH Group revives Hong Kong listing
    Some of the products made by WH Group Ltd. under different brand names are displayed during an investment luncheon in Hong Kong...Some of the products made by WH Group Ltd. under different brand names are displayed during an investment luncheon in Hong Kong April 10, 2014. China's WH Group Ltd, the world's biggest pork company, has launched a Hong Kong initial public offering of as much as $5.3 billion in the second-largest ever IPO by a food and beverage company. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)
  • Friday, 6 June, 2014
    LexFood Prices
    Chinese food: slim pickings

    Meat is the new coal as China’s calorie intake rises

  • Friday, 30 May, 2014
    US & Canadian companies
    Hillshire bidding war sets up Wall St food fight
    Packages of Sara Lee Corp. Hillshire Farm smoked sausage are displayed for sale in a supermarket in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Sara Lee, the maker of Ball Park hot dogs and Douwe Egberts coffee, decided to split itself in two after failing to agree to takeover offers from suitors. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2014
    Retail & Consumer industry
    WH Group under scrutiny in wake of cancelled Hong Kong IPO
    An employee picks up a piece of pork at a stall selling meat of Shuanghui (Shineway) Group at a supermarket in Nantong, Jiangsu province, October 1, 2013. China's WH Group Ltd, the world's biggest pork company previously known as Shuanghui International Holdings, has launched a Hong Kong initial public offering of as much as $5.3 billion in the second-largest ever IPO by a food and beverage company. Picture taken October 1, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2014
    Business blogCompanies
    WH Group’s botched IPO highlights Hong Kong’s weakness
  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2014
    Asia-Pacific companies
    WH Group pulls planned $2bn Hong Kong listing
    Some of the products made by WH Group Ltd. under Chinese brand names are displayed during an investment luncheon in Hong Kong April 10, 2014. China's WH Group Ltd, the world's biggest pork company, has launched a Hong Kong initial public offering of as much as $5.3 billion in the second-largest ever IPO by a food and beverage company. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)
  • Tuesday, 22 April, 2014
    Asia-Pacific companies
    WH Group set to shrink Hong Kong IPO
    Some of the products made by WH Group Ltd. under Chinese brand names are displayed during an investment luncheon in Hong Kong April 10, 2014. China's WH Group Ltd, the world's biggest pork company, has launched a Hong Kong initial public offering of as much as $5.3 billion in the second-largest ever IPO by a food and beverage company. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2014
    LexAsia-Pacific companies
    WH Group: little piggy goes to market

    Why does a pork producer need 29 banks to list?

    Pigs are pictured eating at a farm
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2014
    IPOs
    Bonus payments hit WH Group’s bottom line
  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2014
    Retail & Consumer industry
    WH Group eyes IPO valuation of up to $21bn
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2014
    LexRetail & Consumer industry
    Noble / Cofco: foraging for food

    Could dairy deals be next on China’s shopping list?

    Grain Harvest As Spain Seen Harvesting Most Grain In Five Years
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2014
    US & Canadian companies
    WH Group to use record 28 banks for Hong Kong IPO
    A customer selects the pieces of pork, supplied by Shuanghui, which controls China's largest meat-processing company, at a supermarket in Yichang, central China's Hubei province on May 30 2013
  • Monday, 10 February, 2014
    US & Canadian companies
    WH Group dishes out roles for Hong Kong IPO
  • Monday, 10 February, 2014
    Property sector
    Henderson counts cost of battle for Smithfield
    Smithfield CGI
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