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AWARDS
2005 Red Meat Elite selection by Meat Marketing & Technology
Smithfield Foods 2004 President’s Safety Award
Named one of “America’s Safest Companies” by Occupational Hazards Magazine
2005 Red Meat Elite selection by Meat Marketing & Technology
Smithfield Foods 2004 President’s Safety Award
Named one of “America’s Safest Companies” by Occupational Hazards Magazine
Smithfield Beef Group in Green Bay, WI markets beef to retailers, wholesalers, food service
distributors and processors worldwide.
Our efforts in research and development keep us on the leading edge of technology in the meat
industry. We have one of the finest high tech in house laboratories in the industry today. Our
commitment to quality and consistency is also proven by the large number of quality assurance
inspectors when compared to the number of head produced.
| TIMELINE | ||
| 1960 |  |
Established by Siegfried Frankenthal. |
| 1994 | Investor group led by John Hancock Life Insurance Co. and Richard V. Vesta purchases Packerland Packing of Green Bay, WI. |
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| 1996 | Packerland Packing acquires Sun Land Beef Company of Tolleson, AZ. |
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| 1999 | Packerland Packing acquires Murco Foods, Inc. of Plainwell, MI (subsequently renamed Packerland- Plainwell). |
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| 2001 | Packerland Packing is purchased by Smithfield Foods, Inc. to form Smithfield Beef Group, Inc. |
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| 2007 | Packerland Packing Green Bay Inc., is renamed Smithfield Beef Group – Green Bay. | |
