该公司在其最新的季度收益报告。它没有为新工厂提供投资数字。
安迪Rojeski,head of strategy, investor relations and net zero programs for Pilgrim’s Pride, which is majority owned by JBS, told Food Dive in an email that construction of the new facility “could be late 2023 to mid-2024” depending on which location is chosen. The company is looking at several potential locations across the Southeastern states for the plant.
罗杰斯基说，该工厂将增强公司以消费者为中心的战略，以使其投资组合多样化。
“This announcement will enable sufficient capacity to drive growth for our existing and planned launches in fully cooked chicken products, especially our consumer branded portfolio,” Rojeski said.
在朝圣者的骄傲中最新的季度收益电话总裁兼首席执行官法比奥·桑德里（Fabio Sandri）表示，新工厂将在准备好的家禽空间中进一步促进该公司的竞争优势。美国在上一季度同比同比增长了96％的零售朝圣者的零售销售，其裸露是一项亮点。
While Sandri said prepared chicken volumes slightly improved in the quarter, indicating the segment’s nearly 100% sales increase was partly driven by higher prices, the CEO said the plant will help it reach greater potential for the category.
桑德里说：“为此，我们正在探索多种选择，以确保最佳的物流，劳动力和原始可用性。”“我们相信，这些投资将推动我们的业务进一步增长，同时增强我们的主要客户合作伙伴关系，进一步使我们的投资组合多样化并支持卓越运营。”
Overall net sales at Pilgrim’s Pride increased 27.3% year-over-year in the quarter to reach $4.63 billion. The company said e-commerce across its entire U.S. branded portfolio more than doubled.
Other leading poultry companies are capitalizing on consumers’ increasing desire for chicken. Last month, Tyson announced it would花费9000万美元扩大密西西比工厂满足需求，并继续investments in automation and programs promoting worker retentionat its facilities.
Despite strong demand for the protein, higher prices have had their impact on different chicken cuts. “I think the weakest part of the bird has been the wings, which is very interesting because last year wings were really the highlight of the cut out for chicken,” Sandri said during Pilgrim’s earnings call. Last year, many restaurant operators were forced to switch from wings to boneless varieties comprised of chicken breast as prices hit more than $3 per pound, he noted.
从那时起，鸡翅的价格很快下降了。桑德里说：“但是我们也希望随着即将到来的足球和篮球赛季，现在的翅膀现在将开始上升。”“因此，与乳房相比，翅膀现在非常有竞争力。”
