Cargill, Jollibee break ground on largest poultry processing plant in Philippines
The new joint venture, called Cargill Joy Poultry Meats Production, Inc., is said to be the largest of its kind in the Philippines.
Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC), an Asian foodservice company based in the Philippines, and Cargill Philippines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., broke ground on a new poultry processing facility in Santo Tomas, Batangas, in the Philippines.
The new joint venture, called Cargill Joy Poultry Meats Production, Inc., is said to be the largest of its kind in the Philippines, projected to process 45 million chickens per year. The plant, which is expected to begin operations in the last quarter of next year, will create an estimated 1,000 new full-time jobs and develop new opportunities in the farming community in Batangas and nearby provinces, as local poultry farmers are contracted to grow chicken to supply the requirements of the processing plant. The facility will provide JFC with dressed and marinated chicken to augment the chicken supply requirements of JFC brands.