Pilgrim’s Pride, a producer of chicken products, is cutting 230 administrative and corporate jobs. The company recently emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and sold a majority of its business to the US branch of the Brazillian beef industry giant JBS. The job cuts are part of a reorganization plan consolidating operations at [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 16, 2009
Foster Farms plans to restore all 1,300 jobs at its shuttered Pilgrim’s Pride chicken processing plant in Farmerville, Louisiana. Pilgrim’s Pride shut down the plant on May 8th. The chicken processor will buy the plant for $80 million, with $50 million of that coming from the state. Under the deal, 1,100 jobs must be restored within three [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 13, 2009
Bankrupt Pilgrim’s Pride will close its Dalton, Georgia, chicken processing plant, laying off 280 employees. The Pittsburg, Texas-based company will shutter the Dalton facility within 60 days, and move production to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Contract growers who supply birds to the Dalton plant will supply the company’s Chattanooga plant or other facilities, within about 90 days. Pilgrim’s Pride, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 27, 2009
Pittsburg, Texas-based Pilgrim’s Pride is closing three chicken-processing plants. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December. The plant closings will impact 3,000 people, or 7% of Pilgrim’s Pride’s US work force. About 430 independent contract growers also will be impacted. Pilgrim’s Pride said it will reach out to affected staff members by offering them transition [...]
Continue reading...
| A CHANCE TO WIN A NEW BMW | ||
 |
 |
|
 |
||
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
0 Comments