Costco wanted to find a supplier specifically for pre-cooked bacon ... the company made Kirkland's bacon. Instead, the current supplier of Costco's bacon could be Smithfield.

pre-cooked bacon. Apparently, that didn't carry over to the raw, packaged bacon section, because Hormel has since shot that theory down. The next likely candidate, then, is Smithfield, which is ...

China-owned bacon maker sets IPO terms at $24 to $27 with 397.47 million shares outstanding An initial version of this story misspelled Smithfield Foods Inc. in the headline. Smithfield Foods Inc ...