Monday, April 12, 2010

Pilgrim's Pride to shutter East Texas headquarters, cut 160 jobs

Robinson-Jacobs reports:

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. said early Monday it will shutter its East Texas world headquarters office, eliminating nearly 160 jobs, within the next 60 days and will move its corporate functions to Colorado.

The announcement, feared by many in the communities of Pittsburg and Mt. Pleasant, comes as part of Pilgrim’s Pride’s continued integration into JBS USA which is based in Greeley, Colo. Pilgrim’s, one of the largest chicken processors in the U.S., sold a 64 percent stake in the company to JBS to hasten its exit from bankruptcy last year.

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