Perdue Farms

Employee size

10,001+

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Salisbury, MD

Founded

1920

Perdue Farms is a fourth-generation, family-owned U.S. food and agricultural company founded in 1920 in Salisbury, Maryland. It produces food through Perdue Foods and operates an agricultural business; the company’s history includes poultry raising and processing, and its brands span chicken, turkey, pork, beef, and lamb.

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