BNET Industries
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. PerdueNumber of Employees 21,215
Contact Information
31149 Old Ocean City Rd
Salisbury, Maryland 21804-1806
(410) 543-3000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Soybean Processing: 311222
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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...
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...
When OBs are scarce: insurance costs and other pressures are causing obstetricians to leave the practice—affecting 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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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 |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Perdue Farms Incorporated | Team Member | Current |
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