Smithfield Foods goes online to sell US pork in China


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 25 Oct 2017

The move follows other international food companies that are looking to boost sales in the world's top pork consumer through its vast e-commerce market.

BEIJING: The world's largest pork company WH Group Ltd said on Tuesday its US subsidiary, Smithfield Foods, will for the first time sell its US-produced pork online in China, via online retailer JD.com Inc.

The move follows other international food companies that are looking to boost sales in the world's top pork consumer through its vast e-commerce market, with a growing middle class developing a taste for branded and imported meat products.

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