Smithfield Foods profit jumps 340 percent
Staff writer ▼ | March 26, 2015
Smithfield Foods reported record financial results for last year. Profit for the fourth quarter ended December 28 skyrocketed 340 percent to $152.6 million from $34.7 million in Q4 2013.Article continues below ■ What to read next
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