General Info

Pilgrim s Pride Corporation is one of the largest chicken raising companies in the United States and Mexico. The poultry firm sells its products to foodservice, retail and frozen entr e customers. It operates 29 chicken processing plants in the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico, as well as nine prepared-food plants. Pilgrim s Pride Corporation exports commodity chicken products to more than 80 countries. It has the capacity to process over 45 million birds per week for a total of more than nine billion pounds of poultry per year. Pilgrim s Pride Corporation is one among the Fortune 500 list of largest corporations in the United States. The firm s processing facility undergoes regular inspection by the U.S. Department of Agriculture s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).