Pilgrim's Pride

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: PPC
S&P 400 component
IndustryMeat processing
Founded1946 (1946)
FounderLonnie "Bo" Pilgrim
Headquarters,
U.S.
Key people
Fabio Sandri (CEO)
ProductsFood and beverages
Revenue US$10.7 billion (2017)
US$718.1 million (2017)
OwnerJBS USA (78.5%)
Number of employees
35,700
SubsidiariesMoy Park
Websitepilgrims.com

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation is an American, multi-national food company, currently one of the largest chicken producers in the United States and Puerto Rico and the second-largest chicken producer in Mexico. It exited bankruptcy in December 2009 and relocated its U.S. headquarters to Greeley, Colorado, in 2011. It is majority-owned by JBS S.A. Pilgrim's Pride purchased Gold'n Plump for $350 million in late November 2016.