Founded in 1949, Simmons Foods is a family-owned and led producer of poultry, pet food, and animal nutrition products headquartered in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Its businesses include a vertically integrated poultry producer, a major North American private-label and contract maker of wet pet food, and a producer of specialized animal nutrition ingredients. The company reports more than 9,500 team members and serves customers in all 50 states and over 40 countries.
Perdue FarmsPerdue 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.SALISBURY, MD
Global Harvest Foods, LLCFounded by Fred Mills in 1982, Global Harvest Foods is a family-owned American manufacturer of wild bird and backyard wildlife food. Its brothers-led business has grown from buying grain and mixing seed to operating nine processing locations near U.S. farming regions, supplying private-label and branded products to retailers nationwide. The company says it has more than 40 years of wild bird food experience and is the largest U.S. manufacturer of private-label wild bird food products.ALLENTOWN, PA
Koch FoodsPrivately held and employing more than 13,000 people, Koch Foods has built its identity as one of the United States’ largest integrated poultry processors. Its heritage is in foodservice, and its vertically integrated operation carries chicken from the farm through processing to customers, with retail presence under the Koch Foods and Oven Cravers names.FAIRFIELD, OH
Amick FarmsAmick Farms has grown from A.D. “Chick” Amick’s 1941 chicken house in Batesburg, South Carolina, into an integrated poultry producer that manages the process from egg to packaged chicken. More than 3,700 team members work with over 500 family farm partners across four production complexes, producing more than 1.4 billion pounds of chicken annually for customers in retail, foodservice and industrial markets. The company remains grounded in the founding values of quality, integrity and service while operating as part of OSI Group since 2006.HURLOCK, MD