May 28, 2015

Smithfield Foods to build sausage plant in North Carolina
 

Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Kansas City Sausage, LLC have announced the construction of a US$44.8 million, 8,360-square-metre, state-of-the-art sausage plant in Sampson County, North Carolina.

The project represents an investment by Kansas City Sausage, LLC, a 50-50 joint venture between Smithfield and Kansas City Sausage.

The plant will produce 23,000 tonnes of pork sausage annually and will be a comprehensive operation from live animal harvest through finished product shipping, processing between 700 and 1,000 sows a day.

"We formed Kansas City Sausage in 2013 as part of our strategy to expand into the $4 billion breakfast and dinner sausage categories. This new facility is an essential part of that strategy and also underscores our commitment to broaden our product offerings through a focus on our customers, brands, products and geographic footprint," said Smithfield Foods' president and chief executive officer C. Larry Pope.