Company type | Public |
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Nasdaq: PPC S&P 400 component | |
Industry | Meat processing |
Founded | 1946 |
Founder | Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Fabio Sandri (CEO) |
Products | Food and beverages |
Revenue | US$ 10.7 billion (2017) |
US$ 718.1 million (2017) | |
Owner | JBS USA (78.5%)[1] |
Number of employees | 35,700 |
Subsidiaries | Moy Park |
Website | pilgrims |
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation is an American, multi-national food company, currently one of the largest chicken producers in the United States and Puerto Rico and the second-largest chicken producer in Mexico. It exited bankruptcy in December 2009 and relocated its U.S. headquarters to Greeley, Colorado, in 2011.[2] It is majority-owned by JBS S.A. Pilgrim's Pride purchased Gold'n Plump for $350 million in late November 2016.