Pilgrim's Pride Corporation.Pilgrim's Pride Pilgrim's Pride Corp. NYSE: PPC, headquartered in Pittsburg, Texas, is the largest chicken producer in the United States and Puerto Rico and the second-largest chicken producer in Mexico. They employ approximately 56,000 people with sales of $5. Corporation, Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (pĭts`bərg), city (1990 pop. 369,879), seat of Allegheny co., SW Pa., at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers, which there form the Ohio River; inc. 1816. , Texas, appoints Robert A. "Bob" Wright as executive vice president of sales and marketing. Wright has served as executive vice president of the company's Turkey Division since he joined Pilgrim's Pride last year. Prior to joining Pilgrim's Pride in 2003, Wright served as president of Butterball Turkey Company for five years. Previously, he held the following positions in Cargill Inc.: vice president of operations for worldwide poultry poultry, domesticated fowl kept primarily for meat and eggs; including birds of the order Galliformes, e.g., the chicken, turkey, guinea fowl, pheasant, quail, and peacock; and natatorial (swimming) birds, e.g., the duck and goose. ; general manager of the broiler broiler a young (about 8 weeks old) male or female chicken weighing 3 to 3.5 lb. division; and director of operations and engineering. |
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