 In 2016, Smithfield purchased the Californian pork processor Clougherty Packing PLC for $145 million, along with its Farmer John and Saag's Specialty Meats brands.Smithfield also acquired PFFJ (Pigs for Farmer John) LLC and three of its farms from Hormel Foods Corporation.In August 2017, Smithfield acquired Pini Polska, Hamburger Pini, and Royal Chicken of Poland, and in September that year, it announced that it would purchase two Romanian packaged-meat suppliers, Elit and Vericom.