The first step to solving a problem is admitting that one exists. Although this first step can be a challenge, Mark Sandridge chief executive officer of Sandridge Food Corp. talks openly about the obstacles his company has faced in recent years.
Built into the side of a hill, OSI Group’s Oakland Foods processing plant looks deceivingly small as you approach it along U.S. Highway 59. That’s because the bulk of this 350,000-square-foot protein processing facility’s roof is flush with the grass that meets the highway - giving the building’s exhaust stacks the appearance of coming straight out of the ground.