Kniston is getting 425 badly needed jobs (Kinston, Smithfield: transfer, foods, business)

[Richard Martin]

Smithfield Foods is transferring 425 jobs from it's Portsmith, VA operation to Kinston as reported by the Washingon Post (DC).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/smithfield-foods-will-close-va-plant-cut-425-jobs/2011/11/10/gIQAti6b8M_story.html (broken link)

[Phil A. Delphia]

NEW INFO: Hundreds Of New Jobs Coming To Kinston

425 jobs are being cut. The number of new jobs for Kinston is 330. I imagine a certain amount of those new jobs are already filled in the transfer, so new hires will be less. It's a good thing for Kinston though.