US EditionPilgrim's Pride to Invest $400M in New Facility, Creating 630 Jobs
WALKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUL 24 – Pilgrim's Pride will create over 630 jobs with its $400 million facility producing fully cooked chicken products, supporting Georgia's top agriculture industry, officials said.
- On Thursday, Governor Brian Kemp announced Pilgrim's Pride will build a new prepared foods facility in LaFayette, Walker County, investing $400 million and supporting more than 630 jobs.
- Pilgrim's Pride produced 1.51 billion broilers during the past year, WATTPoultry.com Top Poultry Companies Database reported, and employs over 61,000 people worldwide.
- The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Global Commerce team partnered with Walker County Development Authority and Quick Start program, facilitating the project on a 100-acre site and producing products under brands like Just Bare and Pilgrim's.
- LaFayette Mayor Andy Arnold described, 'up to 630 jobs for our area is a game changer for many families,' while Governor Brian Kemp announced that Georgia’s No.-1 industry of agriculture continues to drive growth.
- According to the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, the project represents the largest single job addition in the Chattanooga area in the past five years and the third-largest capital investment in that time, from the same source.
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Northwest Georgia NewsPilgrim's to build food plant in Northwest Georgia
ATLANTA — A leading food company will build a plant to produce prepared foods in Northwest Georgia, a $400 million investment expected to create more than 630 jobs when at full capacity, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday.
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