Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation

About Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation

For over six decades, Pilgrim’s has produced healthy, high-quality food products that go into some of the world’s finest recipes. Working with approximately over 4,000 family farms throughout the U.S. and Mexico, we are dedicated to providing these wholesome, high-quality products at a great value. As the second-largest chicken producer in the world Pilgrim’s has the capacity to process more than 34 million birds per week for a total of more than over 10 billion pounds of live chicken annually.

With corporate headquarters located in Greeley, Colorado, we have operations in 14 U.S. states as well as in Mexico and Puerto Rico. We are committed to the 40,000 plus team members who work with us to provide products to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company’s primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants as well as through the export of chicken products to customers all over the world. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 78.5% of our outstanding common stock.

Caring for Our Customers Starts with Caring for Our Chickens

Pilgrim's has adopted the science-based guidelines for animal welfare issued by the National Chicken Council. These guidelines are designed to promote the humane treatment and well-being of poultry throughout the production process.

All of our complexes are audited on a regular basis to ensure full compliance with these humane treatment guidelines. If a deficiency is identified, immediate corrective action is taken and follow-up audits are scheduled until the issue is resolved.

In addition, all Pilgrim's employees who handle live birds are required to complete animal-welfare training on an annual basis. Our contract growers receive similar training. All are required to sign a training compliance form indicating that they have received this training and understand their responsibilities regarding our animal welfare program.

Employees or growers who violate the Pilgrim's animal welfare policy and associated procedures will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment or termination of their grower contract.

Health and Safety

Caring for our flocks also means taking steps to protect them from disease or illness. Pilgrim's requires its contract growers to follow strict biosecurity measures on their farms to prevent diseases or viruses from being inadvertently passed to flocks. These measures include:

Routine cleaning and disinfecting of equipment and vehicles
Providing clean and protective clothing for all personnel
Permitting only essential personnel and vehicles to enter the farm
Limiting or avoiding visits to other bird farms
Sheltering our flocks in contained housing structures to provide maximum protection from inadvertent contact with wild or migratory birds
By working together with our growers, customers and others in our industry, Pilgrim's is helping to ensure that our birds are raised, transported and processed as humanely as possible.

Our vision

To become the BEST and MOST RESPECTED Company in our industry, creating opportunities for a better future for our team members.

Our straregy

Become a more valued partner with our key customers.
Relentless pursuit of operational excellence.
Unique portfolio of diverse, complementary business models.
Safe workplace environment, safe people, safe products and healthy attitudes.

Our methods

Drive ownership and accountability into every level of our Company.
Relentlessly pursue the root cause of issues.
Make decisions based on knowledge, facts, and data, rather than experience.
Create growth and development opportunities that help our team members succeed.

Our why (Why do we get out of bed each morning?)

To fully realize our talents, skills and potential to create the BEST Company in the industry and a better future for our fellow team members, our families and the world. Together, we are Pilgrim’s and we are determined to be the BEST.

Our how (How do we fulfill our why?)

Together, we will make a difference in the lives of our team members and families if we consistently drive one another to outperform our competitors and become the BEST Company in our industry.

The context for our why

TOGETHER means all of us, listening and respecting each other, helping our team. Winning is more rewarding when it’s together (a team win).

MAKE A DIFFERENCE means that our daily efforts are performed for a greater purpose than just ourselves. We believe we can improve the lives of others through our work.

FOR OUR TEAM AND OUR FAMILIES means for each of us. There is a family and a team who depends on us (our leadership). They support us by helping take care of our responsibilities when we aren’t there. They support us by consistently working hard. It is our duty to reward them with our best in leadership every day.

TO CREATE A BETTER FUTURE means we work in a very competitive industry and in order to thrive and grow, we must strive to be the best company thus ensuring opportunities remain for us to improve our lives.

WE ARE PILGRIM'S means we are a company of PEOPLE who have a burning desire to make a difference. We are over 40,000 strong and we value, respect and support each other no matter what.

DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST means we know that in order to receive maximum reward for our work and to create the best future for our families and our team members, we must have a passionate desire and determination to be the best at all times. We are willing to work hard, work smart and support each other in order to win.