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Perdue Farms Inc.

is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.4B

Private
US

Dow Jones Description

Dressed Poultry, Chickens, Prime Chicken Parts, Oven Stuffer Roasters, Fresh Cornish Game Hens, Turkeys & Turkey Parts Processor & Producer

Chairman & CEO

James A. Perdue

Number of Employees 21,215

Contact Information

31149 Old Ocean City Rd

Salisbury, Maryland 21804-1806

www.perdue.com

(410) 543-3000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Soybean Processing: 311222

News & Analysis

perdue farms inc. - All News and Analysis

The Daily Record News Summaries: June 13, 2008

- 2008-06-13

Call to Action, 5000 Men "Call to Action, 5000 Men," a grassroots effort to challenge black men to commit to building positive relationships with their children, help stem crime and violence in Baltimore City, and build peace in their communities, is holding a rally at 3 p.m. on...

Tags: Ore Pharmaceuticals Inc., Perdue Farms Inc., Telkonet Inc.
Welch Named Chairman of National Chicken Council; Roberts Is Vice Chairman; Goolsby Named Secretary-Treasurer

- 2007-10-04

To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Richard L. Lobb of the National Chicken Council, +1-202- 296-2622 ext. 19 WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mike Welch, president and chief executive officer of Harrison Poultry, Bethlehem, Georgia, was installed today as Chairman of the National Chicken Council, the trade association for the chicken production and...

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When OBs are scarce: insurance costs and other pressures are causing obstetricians to leave the practiceaffecting employers and their pregnant employees

- 2007-08-01

On a chilly morning last April, about 100 people, among them expectant mothers and parents carrying bundled-up babies, rallied outside Chestnut Hill Hospital in northwest Philadelphia to show that they didn't want the facility to close its labor and delivery unit. After the head of Chestnut Hill's obstetrics and...

Tags: Perdue Farms Inc., Regence Group
Reaching out to new arrivals

- 2006-10-16

The Guatemalans started arriving here in 1993 and 1994. They came to work in southern Delaware's poultry-processing plants, and soon they were living 10 and 20 to a house in the rundown Kimmeytown section, wandering the quaint downtown streets after dark, and drinking in the woods. They began to enroll...

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4th Circuit rules Perdue Farms not covered for full $10M deal

- 2006-05-18

Perdue Farms Inc. will have to pay more out of pocket than it expected to in a legal settlement with disgruntled employees, following a federal appeals court decision clarifying the poultry producer's insurance coverage. The Salisbury-based company was hit with a class action lawsuit in 2001 for allegedly...

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Marriner Marketing signs three food clients

- 2006-05-08

COLUMBIA, MD. -- Marriner Marketing Communications has added three food industry accounts: The USA Rice Federation, the Perdue Deli division of Perdue Farms, and Redbone Foods of South Carolina. Based in Arlington, Va., the USA Rice Federation, which represents the nation's rice growers and processors, selected Marriner to work with...

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Eggcellent pitchmen

- 2006-05-01

Recently, two of the world's best bodybuilders were shockingly defeated by a newcomer. The contest was close, coming down to the chicken wire, but in the end the vets lost by a wing. At least, this was the scenario played out in a new television commercial for Perdue Farms chicken....

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America's Second Harvest Names Perdue Farms Protein Donor of the Year; Company Honored for Long-Standing Efforts to End Hunger

- 2006-02-10

CHICAGO, Feb.10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Maryland Food Bank and America's Second Harvest -- The Nation's Food Bank Network today presented Jim Perdue of Perdue Farms with the 2005 Hunger's Hope Protein Donor of the Year award. Perdue was recognized for its commitment to donate a minimum of 1 million pounds...

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Perdue's packaging innovation: the reintroduced PERDUE[R] DELI PICK-UPS[R] line will feature premium packaging, complete with a slider closure from Pactiv.

- 2005-11-01

This November, Salisbury, MD-based Perdue Farms will be introducing the redesigned line of PERDUE[R] DELI PICK-UPS[R], a line of prepackaged, 8-ounce sized sliced deli meats. To make the line of deli meats even more convenient than before, the processor teamed up with Pactiv Corp., Lake Forest,...

Tags: Pactiv Corp., Perdue Farms Inc.
Perdue introduces redesigned Deli Pick-Ups[R] featuring Pactiv Corp. zipper technology.(new products)(Brief Article)

- 2005-11-01

Perdue Farms, Salisbury, Md., is introducing its redesigned line of Perdue Deli Pick-Ups[R], an assortment of prepackaged, 8-ounce sliced deli meats. The processor teamed with Pactiv Corp., Lake Forest, Ill., to design a vacuum-sealed package utilizi Perdue Farms, Salisbury, Md., is introducing its redesigned line of...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
J. Michael Roberts	President, General Manager, Poultry Group
Randall M. Day	President, General Manager, Specialty Foods
Richard L. Willey	President, General Manager, Grain & Oilseed Division
Robert Turley	President, General Manager, Intl
Don Taylor	CIO
Eileen F. Burza	Cfo & Senior Vice President
Steve Evans	Senior Vice President, Retail & Sales
Andrew Seymour	Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Deli & Frozen Food
Dave Owens	Vice President, R & D
Joe Gilmore	Vice President, Marketing
Julie DeYoung	Vice President, Corp Comm
Rob Heflin	Vice President, HR
Steven M. Schwalb	Vice President, Business Dev
Joe Burns	Senior Manager, Channel Marketing
John Hill	Manager, Channel Marketing
John Moore	Manager, Product Marketing
Linda Roskovich	Manager, Marketing
Lisa Hicks	Manager, Trade Marketing Communications
Shelley Hodnett	Product Marketing Manager
Kendall Casey	Team Member

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
James A. Perdue	Chairman & CEO
Deborah Kelly	Board of Directors
James J Darazsdi	Board of Directors

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Chairman & CEO	Current
Perdue Transportation, Inc.	President	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	President, General Manager, Poultry Group	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	President, General Manager, Specialty Foods	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	President, General Manager, Grain & Oilseed Division	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	President, General Manager, Intl	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	CIO	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Cfo & Senior Vice President	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Senior Vice President, Retail & Sales	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Deli & Frozen Food	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Vice President, R & D	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Vice President, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Vice President, Corp Comm	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Vice President, HR	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Vice President, Business Dev	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Senior Manager, Channel Marketing	Current
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.	Certified Public Accountant	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Manager, Channel Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Manager, Product Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Manager, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Manager, Trade Marketing Communications	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Product Marketing Manager	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Rocky Mountain Niri	Board Advisor	Current
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Board of Directors	Current

James J. Darazsdi, a managing director of Board Assets, is Executive in Residence at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and is on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business at Wesley College, where he teaches in the Executive MBA program. He is the President of RainMakers Management Consultants, a general practice firm with a broad array of clients ranging in size from $25 million to over $10 billion in annual sales. He is also a member of the international faculty of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), offering programs in the U.S. and throughout the world--in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation and The World Bank--on such topic as director and board evaluation, the new audit committee, scrutinizing financial statements, and the board and strategy. Before starting RainMakers, Dr. Darazsdi was President of Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts. He is also the former CEO of Rocco, Inc., a food processing company with $600 million in annual sales and 3,000 employees. Dr. Darazsdi is very active in professional organizations. He is the past president of the NACD and has held more than 25 board seats. He currently serves on the boards of Perdue Farms, Inc., Hyde Manufacturing, Inc., High Industries, Inc. and Interstate Resources, Inc. Jim received his PhD from the Union Institute, his MBA from Goddard College and his BS degree in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He holds current CPA and CMA licenses.

Organization	Position	Status
Board Assets, Inc	Managing Director	Current
Washington College	Executive	Current
Interstate Resources, Inc.	Executive Vice Chairman	Current
Perdue Farms Incorporated	Board of Directors	Current
High Industries, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Hyde Manufacturing Company	Board of Directors	Current
National Association of Corporate Directors	Board of Directors	Current
National Association of Corporate Directors	Member	Current
Nacd	President	Former
Nichols College	President	Former
Union Institute	PhD	Former
Goddard College	MBA	Former
Fairleigh Dickinson University	BS Degree In Accounting	Former