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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Agribusiness, agriculture, food industry |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Headquarters | Oakwood, Georgia (corporate) |
Key people | Clint Rivers, President and CEO Courtney Fazekas, CFO |
| Products | Poultry |
| Revenue |  US$1.5 billion (FY 2004) |
Number of employees | 9800 |
| Parent | ContiGroup Companies, Inc |
| Website | www |
Wayne Farms LLC is an American producer and processor of poultry. As a subsidiary of ContiGroup, Wayne Farms operates hatcheries, feed mills, finishing farms, and processing facilities to supply poultry to retail and foodservice customers worldwide. Its 13 processing facilities span the southeast region of the United States with its corporate headquarters located in Oakwood, Georgia. Wayne Farms LLC sells fresh, frozen, boneless, and fully cooked poultry to retail and foodservice customers worldwide under the brands of Wayne Farms and Platinum Harvest.
History
After its initial offshoot from Allied Mills in 1965, Wayne Farms operated in Albertville and Union Springs, Alabama. Eventually, the company acquired processing plants in Danville, Arkansas; Laurel, Mississippi; Decatur, Alabama; Dobson, North Carolina; Pendergrass, Georgia; Enterprise, Alabama; College Park, Georgia and Dothan, Alabama.[1]
The Dutch Quality House brand was created in 1978, and acquired by the company in 1985 through the purchase of a processing plant in Oakwood, Georgia. Additionally, the company purchased plants in Bossier City, Louisiana and Douglas, Georgia and built two new plants in Decatur, Alabama. The company later sold the Bossier City location in October 2005. The Dutch Quality House brand name was retired in 2017.[2]
See also
- Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the meat industry in the United States
References
- ^ Crews, Joel. "Wayne Farms expanding Mississippi poultry plant". Supermarket Perimeter. Sosland Publishing. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Staff (20 June 2017). "Dutch Quality House chicken now branded as Wayne Farms". Meat + Poultry. Sosland Publishing. Retrieved 13 February 2020.