Smithfield to Close Landover, MD Plant, Affecting 175 Workers


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The Smithfield Packing Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD), announced today that it plans to shift bone-in ham production from its Landover, Maryland, plant to its facilities in North Carolina and Kentucky, and then permanently close the Landover plant by early fall. Closing the Landover plant will affect about 175 hourly and salaried employees. Some employees will be offered transfers to other Smithfield Packing facilities, and the company also will negotiate with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union officials regarding other potential opportunities related to this transition. "We deeply regret having to close this facility because we recognize that layoffs and plant closings are difficult for everyone concerned," said Tim Schellpeper, president of Smithfield Packing. "However, the Landover plant is a facility that no longer meets our ever-changing production needs. We will work diligently to transfer as many employees as possible to our other operations," Schellpeper said. The company will comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), and will provide employees with a 60-day notification of the plant closure. Under the WARN Act, the company also will notify state dislocated worker units so that they can promptly

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27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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