Industry | Food |
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Headquarters | China |
Products | Pork |
Wens Foodstuff Group ( simplified Chinese: 温氏食品集团; traditional Chinese: 溫氏食品集團; pinyin: Wēnshì Shípǐn Jítuán) is a Chinese food company specializing in pork production.
Wens Foodstuff Group is a major pork producer. [1] [2] It is traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (300498.SZ). [3]
The company is also involved in the non-pork meat and dairy business. [4]
Wens Foodstuff Group, formerly known as Guangdong Wens Food Group, was founded in 1983. [4]
In 2018 the company's 1.2 million sows produced 22.3 million hogs. [4] In 2019 they were the largest pork producer in China. [5]
Following the 2020 the African swine fever epidemic the company expanded aggressively building mega-farms with multistory pig barns. [6] This growth was largely fueled by debt. [7]