Sanderson Farms

Sanderson Farms
Traded as
Industry Poultry farming
Founded 1947, incorporated 1955[1]
Founder D.R. "Bob" Sanderson
Headquarters Laurel, Mississippi
Key people
 Joe F. Sanderson, Jr. (CEO)
Lampkin Butts (President)
Revenue $2.77 billion[1]
Number of employees
 14,000+ [1]
Website www.sandersonfarms.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

Sanderson Farms is the third largest poultry producer in the United States and produces 9.375 million chickens per week. It is the only Fortune 1000 company headquartered in Mississippi.[1] It is one of four companies which largely control the poultry farming industry in the United States.[2]

History

The company was founded in Laurel, Mississippi in 1947 as Sanderson Brothers, a Purina seed and feed store.[3]

Division Manager Shooting

In 2001, a gunman shot the division manager of a Sanderson Farms plant in Bryan, Texas, before killing himself.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "History, Values & Mission". Sanderson Farms. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Chickens". Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Gillette, Becky (8 April 2012). "Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms is country's third largest poultry producer". Mississippi Business Journal.
  4. ↑ "Gunman kills official, then self, at plant". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 9 Jan 2001. Retrieved 27 May 2015.


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