Articles Tagged with ''Pilgrim's Pride''

Foster Farms, Livingston, Calif., may be putting a $40 million bid for Pilgrim's Pride Corp.'s poultry operation in Farmersville, La.

JBS S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil, named 30-year beef industry veteran Rich Vesta as president and chief operating officer at JBS USA LLC, Greeley, Colo.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said it will idle three of its 32 U.S. chicken processing plants by mid-May as part of a corporate restructuring plan.

Tyson Foods Inc. expects this summer to complete as much as $17 million in capital improvements to boost production at its Cherokee, Iowa, deli meats plant.

Chicken processing giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas has approved the company's hiring of Don Jackson as president and CEO.

The Lufkin (Texas) Daily News reported that Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, will eliminate 450 of 1,650 positions at its Nacoghoches, Texas, plant.

The Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald said Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, plans to eliminate a nighttime chicken processing shift at its Athens plant.

Meat industry media said Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, notified employees at its Live Oak, Fla., plant that the company will discontinue second-shift operations during the next 60 to 90 days.

Chicken giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said its board of directors named Don Jackson as the company's president and CEO.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the nation's largest chicken producer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, Dec. 1, reported the Associated Press.