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Since chicken is the most consumed protein in America, it’s no surprise that poultry farming is such big business. It still needs approval from Sanderson Farms stockholders.United Country has hundreds of offices nationwide, with brokers, agents and auctioneers specialized in a variety of rural and lifestyle properties. The deal is expected to close by the end of this year or early next year. Its shares jumped 7.5% to $196.01 in afternoon trading. Sanderson Farms will become a private company and its shares will no longer be traded on Nasdaq. Sanderson received a subpoena in the case in 2019 and has said it is cooperating.
Sanderson Farms and Wayne Farms have not been charged. Department of Justice intervened in the case and has charged at least 10 people with antitrust violations, including current and former employees at Pilgrim's Pride, Claxton Poultry Farms, Perdue Farms and Koch Foods. Restaurant chains, food producers and grocers, including Walmart, Kroger and Chick-fil-A, sued Sanderson Farms, Wayne Farms and other poultry producers in 2016 alleging that the companies conspired to fix poultry prices over an eight-year period. poultry industry has been operating under a cloud in recent years. Wayne Farms CEO Clint Rivers will lead the combined company. Continental Grain invests in food companies and operates food production companies in Latin America, Asia and elsewhere. It produces meat and animal feed and makes agricultural commodities like vegetable oil, among other businesses. is a key enabler of our ability to meet customer and consumer demands," Cargill Chairman and CEO David MacLennan said in a prepared statement Monday.īoth Cargill, which is based outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Continental Grain Co., which is based in New York, are private companies.Ĭargill is one of the world's largest food companies, with more than 155,000 employees in 70 countries. “Expanding our poultry offerings to the U.S. Sales at Sanderson Farms soared more than 34% during the second quarter compared with the same three-month period last year. In conference call with investors last week, WingStop, the chicken wing chain, said the price for wings on the spot market are up 125%, and it expects more of the same for the rest of the year. Some dine-in chains like Applebee's and Chilis, which were forced to close dining rooms during the pandemic, have launched delivery-only chicken wing brands. Wholesale chicken wing prices have been above $3 per pound since April, well above the five-year average of $1.75 per pound. McDonald’s cited chicken sandwiches, as well as a chicken McNugget meal promotion with the boy band BTS, for its better-than-expected second quarter sales. and Burger King have all recently introduced new variations of chicken sandwiches. McDonald’s Corp., Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc., Wendy’s Co. The price increases have been compounded by demand from major restaurant chains. Pandemic-related plant shutdowns last year and winter storms across the South earlier this year have impacted supplies. Last year at this time, they were $1.13 per pound. Wholesale chicken breast prices have been at or above $1.80 per pound since mid-April, a seven-year high, according to the Livestock Marketing Information Center. The deal comes as chicken prices are surging. It processes 13.6 million chickens per week. Laurel, Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms has 17,000 employees and 12 plants. It makes products under brand names including Wayne Farms fresh and prepared chicken Platinum Harvest premium fresh chicken Chef's Craft gourmet chicken Naked Truth premium chicken and Ladybirdy premium chicken. Wayne Farms has more than 9,000 employees. Operations will include poultry processing plants and prepared foods plants across Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas.
The companies plan to combine Sanderson Farms with Wayne Farms, a Continental Grain subsidiary, to form a new, privately held poultry business.
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