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category">Private</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Meat_processing" class="mw-redirect" title="Meat processing">Meat processing</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Poultry_farming" title="Poultry farming">Poultry farming</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1920</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Perdue" title="Arthur Perdue">Arthur W. Perdue</a><br />Pearl Perdue<sup id="cite_ref-Schmetterer_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schmetterer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury, Maryland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Perdue" title="Jim Perdue">Jim Perdue</a>, Chairman<br />Kevin McAdams, CEO</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Poultry, chicken, turkey, pork, grain</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data">$8 billion (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">21,000 (2019)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">FPP Family Investments, Inc.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perduefarms.com/">PerdueFarms.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Perdue Farms</b> is the parent company of Perdue Foods and Perdue AgriBusiness, based in <a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury, Maryland</a>. Perdue Foods is a major chicken, turkey, and pork processing company in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. Perdue AgriBusiness ranks among the top United States grain companies. Perdue Farms has 2021 annual sales of $8 billion. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perdue_Farms&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origin_and_war_era">Origin and war era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perdue_Farms&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origin and war era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company was founded in 1920 by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Perdue" title="Arthur Perdue">Arthur Perdue</a><sup id="cite_ref-Schmetterer_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schmetterer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with his wife, Pearl Perdue, who had been keeping a small <a href="/wiki/Herd" title="Herd">flock</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chicken" title="Chicken">chickens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ourstory_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourstory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company started out selling <a href="/wiki/Egg_as_food" class="mw-redirect" title="Egg as food">table eggs</a>, then in 1925, Perdue built the company's first <a href="/wiki/Hatchery" title="Hatchery">hatchery</a>, and switched to selling layer chicks to <a href="/wiki/Farmer" title="Farmer">farmers</a> instead of eggs.<sup id="cite_ref-ourstory_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourstory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son <a href="/wiki/Frank_Perdue" title="Frank Perdue">Frank Perdue</a> joined the company in 1939 at age 19 after dropping out of college.<sup id="cite_ref-ourstory_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourstory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_growth">Post-war growth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perdue_Farms&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-war growth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company was incorporated as <i>A.W. Perdue & Son</i> and Frank Perdue assumed leadership in the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-Schmetterer_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schmetterer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ourstory_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourstory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company also began contracting with local farmers to raise its birds and supplying chickens for processing as well as opening a second hatchery in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> during this period.<sup id="cite_ref-ourstory_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourstory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_integration">Full integration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perdue_Farms&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Full integration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perdue entered the grain and oilseed business by building grain receiving and storage facilities and Maryland's first soybean processing plant.<sup id="cite_ref-ourstory_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourstory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1968, the company began operating its first poultry processing plant in Salisbury.<sup id="cite_ref-ourstory_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourstory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This move had two effects: it gave Perdue Farms full <a href="/wiki/Vertical_integration" title="Vertical integration">vertical integration</a> and quality control over every step from egg and feed to market,<sup id="cite_ref-ourstory_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourstory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as increasing profits which were being squeezed by processors.<sup id="cite_ref-Schmetterer_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schmetterer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This move enabled the company to differentiate its product, rather than selling a commodity.<sup id="cite_ref-Schmetterer_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schmetterer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, Frank's son <a href="/wiki/Jim_Perdue" title="Jim Perdue">Jim Perdue</a> was named Chairman, becoming the third generation of leaders from the Perdue family.<sup id="cite_ref-ourstory_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourstory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_history">Modern history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perdue_Farms&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Modern history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, Perdue was reportedly the third-largest American producer of broilers (chickens for eating) and was estimated as having 7% of the US chicken production market, behind <a href="/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Pride" title="Pilgrim's Pride">Pilgrim's Pride</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tyson_Foods" title="Tyson Foods">Tyson Foods</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, the corporate structure of Perdue Farms changed.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A holding company, FPP Family Investments, Inc., owned by the Perdue family, became the controlling entity for Perdue Farms. The holding company also owns Perdue AgriBusiness, a grain operation; FPP Business Services, a shared business services company; and Coleman Natural Foods.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other subsidiaries include Heritage Breeders, LLC, which is responsible for developing the breed used by Perdue, and developing other lines of stock for sale to other poultry companies; Venture Milling, which creates proteins for livestock; Perdue Fats and Proteins, LLC, which sells pet and animal feed ingredients; Perdue BioEnergy, LLC, which works in the field of renewable energies; and Perdue AgriRecycle, which converts poultry litter into organic fertilizer products.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, Perdue removed all human antibiotics from its feed and launched the Harvestland brand, under which it sold products that met the requirements for an "antibiotic-free" label. By 2014, Harvestland had grown to a $200 million business. In 2014, Perdue removed all antibiotics (including ionophores, which are antibiotics used in animals to promote growth, prevent disease and lower production costs) from its hatchery, and began using the "antibiotic-free" labels on its Harvestland, Simply Smart and Perfect Portions products.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2017, Jim Perdue, chairman of Perdue Farms, announced Randy Day would be promoted from COO to CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Day would be the fourth CEO in the company's history. Perdue would remain as the chairman of the board of directors. Day retired as CEO in July 2023, and would be succeeded by Perdue's chief operating officer Kevin McAdams.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticisms">Criticisms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perdue_Farms&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Criticisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perdue has been criticized for its factories' lack of adherence to some basic <a href="/wiki/Animal_welfare" title="Animal welfare">animal-welfare</a> practices.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sunlawsuit_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sunlawsuit-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytarticle_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytarticle-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The guidelines that Perdue follows, created by the National Chicken Council, have drawn criticism for allowing birds to be deprived of light, food, and water for long periods, and also for permitting animals to be hung upside-down by their ankles before slaughter.<sup id="cite_ref-sunlawsuit_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sunlawsuit-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a> filed a lawsuit against Perdue for violating a New Jersey consumer fraud law by applying the labels "purely all-natural" and "humanely raised" to its products when reasonable consumers would not consider the conditions Perdue chickens are raised in "humane."<sup id="cite_ref-sunlawsuit_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sunlawsuit-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Humane Society filed a similar lawsuit in Florida in April 2013 after an appeal by Perdue to have a similar case rejected was turned down by a federal court.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, Perdue issued a statement claiming that its practice "exceeds the National Chicken Council guidelines in several areas, including monitoring air quality in the poultry house, <a href="/wiki/Video_monitoring" class="mw-redirect" title="Video monitoring">video monitoring</a> of live-bird handling areas at the processing plant and USDA audits of producer farms and...hatcheries."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Perdue has also been criticized for allegedly polluting the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpostbay_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpostbay-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, the Assateague Coastal Trust sued Perdue for violating the <a href="/wiki/Clean_Water_Act" title="Clean Water Act">Clean Water Act</a> by allegedly allowing excessive chicken manure to run into the bay.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpostbay_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpostbay-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suit was later won by Perdue in October 2012, after the environmental group failed to establish that the waste runoff was from chicken houses.<sup id="cite_ref-sunperduewin_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sunperduewin-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perdue_Farms&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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