- Wayne Farms
Infobox_Company
company_name = Wayne Farms LLC
company_
company_type = Private
foundation =1965
location =Oakwood, Georgia (Corporate)
key_people = Elton Maddox, President and CEO
Courtney Fazekas, CFO
num_employees = ~9,500
parent =ContiGroup Companies, Inc
industry =Agribusiness ,Agriculture ,Food industry | products =Poultry
homepage = [http://www.waynefarmsllc.com Wayne Farms LLC]
revenue = )Formerly operating under Allied Mills, the Poultry Division of ContiGroup Companies, Wayne Farms LLC is the sixth largest vertically integrated producer and processor of
poultry in the United States. Since its spin-off in 1965, Wayne Farms has grown its processing capacity to 250 million chickens annually. 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 inOakwood, Georgia .Products
Wayne Farms LLC sells fresh, frozen, boneless, and fully cooked poultry to retail and foodservice customers worldwide. The company sells its poultry products under the brands of Wayne Farms, Dutch Quality House, and Platinum Harvest.
In addition to its own brands, the company’s poultry products can also be found packaged under the labels of
Campbell Soup Company ,Zatarain's , ConAgra Foods,Nestlé ,Gordon Food Service andHealthy Choice brands. Although the company does not sell its products on the retail market, customers ofChick-fil-A ,Jack in the Box , andApplebee's restaurants can find Wayne Farms poultry in the products that these businesses serve.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 inDanville, Arkansas ,Laurel, Mississippi ,Decatur, Alabama ,Dobson, North Carolina ,Pendergrass, Georgia ,Enterprise, Alabama andCollege Park, Georgia .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 inBossier City, Louisiana andDouglas, Georgia and built two new plants inDecatur, Alabama . The company later sold the Bossier City location in October 2005.ee also
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ContiGroup Companies, Inc , Wayne Farms LLC parent company
*Premium Standard Farms, Inc , a sister companyReferences
* [http://www.contigroup.com ContiGroup Companies, Inc website]
* [http://www.waynefarmsllc.com Wayne Farms LLC website]
* [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/112/112425.html Wayne Farms LLC profile at Yahoo Finance]
* [http://www.foodprocessing-technology.com/projects/wayne Wayne Farms Chicken Processing Plant] , information for Decatur, AL plant
* [http://www.waynedqh.com/industryinnovator.pdf ‘Poultry’ magazine’s article on Wayne Farms] (PDF format)
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