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Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation
4845 US Highway 271 North
Pittsburg, TX 75686
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Phone: 903-434-1000
Fax: 972-290-7690
Web Site: http://www.pilgrimspride.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Consumer Goods
Industry:Meat Products
Full Time Employees:54,900

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation produces poultry products in the United States, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The company offers prepared chicken products, such as portion-controlled breast fillets, tenderloins and strips, delicatessen products, salads, formed nuggets and patties, and bone-in chicken parts; fresh chicken products, which include refrigerated whole or cut-up chicken, and prepackaged case-ready chicken; and export and other chicken products, such as parts and whole chicken, either refrigerated or frozen for export or domestic use, as well as chicken prepared foods products for export. Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation’s prepared turkey products comprise turkey sausages, ground turkey, turkey hams and roasts, ground turkey breast products, salads, flavored turkey burgers, and cooked and further processed deli products; and fresh turkey products, which include turkey burgers, and fresh and frozen whole birds, as well as semiboneless whole turkey. Its other products comprise other types of meat along with various other staples, table eggs, commercial feeds, and related items and proteins. The company sells its products to foodservice customers, including chain restaurants, food processors, foodservice distributors, and other institutions; and retail customers, such as grocery store chains, wholesale clubs, and other retail distributors. It has operations in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation was founded in 1945 and is based in Pittsburg, Texas.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation's Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Sep-08 is better than 14.9% of Russell 3000 companies and 36.9% of Food Beverage & Tobacco companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. J. Clinton Rivers , 49
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres Nominee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Lonnie Pilgrim , 80
    Co-Founder, Sr. Chairman and Member of Compensation Committee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Richard A. Cogdill , 48
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Exec. VP, Sec., Treasurer
    N/A N/A
    Mr. James G. Vetter Jr., 73
    Gen. Counsel, Director and Member of Compensation Committee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Clifford E. Butler , 66
    Consultant
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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