date:Mar 26, 2014
In one of the shortest earnings conference calls in Smithfield history, Keira Lombardo, vice president of investor relations announced changes to the companys reporting calendar to coincide with the accounting calendar of WH Group, Smithfield Foods parent company. This past January, the company changed the end of its fiscal year from the Sunday nearest April 30 to the Sunday nearest to Dec. 31.
Therefore, we ended our year after eight months and midway through what was otherwise would have bee