WATT PoultryUSA - March 2015 - 30
30 ❙ WATT POULTRY USA ■ 2015 BROILER PROFILES Capital improvements planned for 2015: The Batesville, Arkansas, processing plant will add a second process room, blast freezer, holding freezer and rail loading dock. The Corning, Arkansas, facility will complete a new feed mill and grain storage bins. The Pocahontas, Arkansas, facility will complete a new hatchery and poultry processing plant including support facilities. The Sebastopol, Mississippi, facility will complete an additional second processing room, cooler and additional shipping dock bays. 10 > (tied) Foster Farms, Livingston, California www.WATTAgNet.com/ FosterFarmsbroiler.html Ready-To-Cook Volume: 20.13 Mil. Lbs. Wkly. ▼ 0.90 Mil. Lbs. ▼ 4.3% Live Throughput @ Plants: 5.65 Mil. Hd. Wkly. Avg. Wt. Per Hd.: 6.16 Lbs. Sales .................................... $1.68 billion Employees..................................... 12,003 Slaughter/processing plants ...................5 Further processing plants .......................5 Cooking plants .......................................2 Distribution centers ................................2 Rendering plants.....................................2 Hatcheries (7.46 million eggs wkly.) .....6 Feed mills (32,700 metric tons wkly.) ...4 Breeder farms .....................................132 Breeder houses ...................................376 Broiler farms ......................................304 Broiler houses ................................. 2,053 » Ron Foster in 2014, a decrease of 0.9 million pounds or 4.3 percent. Sales and marketing: Foster Farms sales break out 85 percent retail, 7 percent foodservice, 6 percent industrial, 1 percent institution and 1 percent export. Product forms are 64 percent fresh and 36 percent frozen; 61 percent cut-up; 25 percent cooked; and 14 percent non-cooked further processed. Foster offers 783 products. Company brands are Foster Farms, Coastal Range and Open Nature. 10 > (tied) George's Inc., Springdale, Arkansas www.WATTAgNet.com/Georges.html Ready-To-Cook Volume: 20.13 Mil. Lbs. Wkly. ▲ 0.57 Mil. Lbs. ▲ 2.9% Live Throughput @ Plants: 5.50 Mil. Hd. Wkly. Avg. Wt. Per Hd.: 4.41 Lbs. Employees........................................4,700 Slaughter/processing plants ...................4 Further processing plants .......................2 Cooking plants .......................................1 Rendering plants.....................................1 Hatcheries (6.93 million eggs wkly.) .....5 Feed mills (25,500 metric tons wkly.) ...4 Breeder farms .....................................166 Breeder houses ...................................344 Broiler farms ......................................521 Broiler houses ..................................1,698 » George's Inc. co-CEOs Carl and » Foster Farms Charles George reported 20.13 million pounds RTC chicken production on a weekly basis in 2014, an increase of 0.57 million pounds or 2.9 percent. President and CEO Ron Foster reported 20.13 million pounds RTC chicken production on a weekly basis Sales and marketing: George's sales break out 60 percent foodservice, 17 percent retail, 12 percent industrial and 11 percent export. Product forms » Carl and Charles George are 76 percent fresh and 24 percent frozen; 78 percent cut-up; and 36 percent non-cooked further processed. George's offers 654 products. Capital improvements: George's completed its expansion at the Springdale, Arkansas, further processing facility, including a third par-fry line, R&D center, ingredient storage and additional office space. In 2015, the company plans to convert its Springdale plant from a hybrid fast-food/big bird kill plant to 100 percent big bird. The conversion will include additional front and leg deboning lines. 12 >Keystone Foods LLC, Huntsville, Alabama www.WATTAgNet.com/Keystone.html Ready-To-Cook Volume: 19.60 Mil. Lbs. Wkly. ▲ 1.20 Mil. Lbs. ▲ 6.5% Live Throughput @ Plants: 3.63 Mil. Hd. Wkly. Avg. Wt. Per Hd.: 6.97 Lbs. Employees........................................5,810 Slaughter/processing plants ...................3 Cooking plants .......................................4 Hatcheries (5 million eggs wkly.) ..........3 Feed mills (37,200 metric tons wkly.) ...3 Breeder farms .......................................63 Breeder houses ...................................160 Broiler farms ......................................306 Broiler houses ..................................1,631 » Keystone Foods Executive Vice President of USA Proteins Bill www.WATTAgNet.com ❙ March 2015
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.