It also has facilities in Batesville and De Queen. The company previously idled its plant in Clinton. Pilgrim's Corp 979 Bradford Street Ext Gainesville GA 30501 (770) 533-4854 Website. Pilgrim's Pride, like Arkansas-based Tyson Foods Inc., has been straining from skyrocketing feed costs and a weakening economy. Get directions, reviews and information for Pilgrim's Corp in Gainesville, GA. The company warned employees in April that it might close the plant if its production quality did not improve. Since the start of 2008, Pilgrim's Pride has cut about 700 jobs from its El Dorado plant, which once employed 1,620.
The company has an annual payroll of $44.3 million, and pays about $16.8 million to contract farmers in and around Union County in south Arkansas. Local growers supply eggs and live birds to the company. In El Dorado, Pilgrim's Pride has a processing plant, a feed mill and a hatchery. Get directions, reviews and information for Pilgrims Pride Corporation in Gainesville, GA. The company also said it would combine its protein salad production operation in Franconia, Pa., with its Moorefield, W. The move also affects 430 independent chicken farmers, the company said. The plants are expected to close by mid-May. The company expects the closures to cost $35 million, not including asset write-downs it may take in the second quarter. 920 Queen City Parkway, Gainesville, GA 30501. About See all 920 Queen City Parkway Gainesville, GA 30501 The Pilgrim's Gainesville poultry processing operation is located in the foothills of north Georgia, the Chicken Capital of the World. The company filed for Chapter 11 protection in December under a heavy debt load. The Pilgrim's Gainesville poultry processing operation is located in the foothills of north. The closures, which will reduce the company's chicken production by roughly 10 percent, are designed to save the company $110 million a year as part of an ongoing restructuring. said Friday it will cut 3,000 jobs as it shuts down operations at three of its 32 chicken processing plants, including one in Arkansas. One man, who was working across the street at Koch Foods at the time of the explosion, said he heard a "loud boom," and when he went outside to investigate there was light smoke coming from the Pilgrim’s Pride building.Īs of Monday night, Gainesville’s Interim Fire Chief Jon Canada said damage to the plant and the cause of the explosion were still under investigation.PITTSBURG, Texas (AP) - Pilgrim's Pride Corp. at the plant at 949 Industrial Blvd.Įmployees of the area where the explosion happened were relocated to other parts of the plant while the investigation continued Monday.Īs some of the plant’s employees filed out of the plant at the end of their shift, many of them said they did not know what had happened. Industrial Boulevard was closed as Gainesville firefighters worked to find the cause of an explosion that dented a rollup door on the outside of the plant.Ī representative for Northeast Georgia Medical Center said the patient is in serious condition, but would not name the employee or give any information about the extent of the employee’s injuries. GAINESVILLE - An apparent boiler explosion sent one Pilgrim’s Pride employee to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Monday afternoon, fire officials said.