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Benzinga
Business
Anusuya Lahiri

Atlas Holdings Scoops Foster Farms For Undisclosed Terms

  • Atlas Holdings acquired Foster Farms from entities associated with the Foster Family for an undisclosed sum.
  • Foster Farms is a family-owned provider of fresh, frozen, and prepared poultry products.
  • Foster Farms generated annual revenues of $3 billion and will continue to operate under the Foster Farms name.
  • Foster Farms employed 10,000 skilled team members and operated significant processing facilities in California, Washington, Louisiana, Oregon, and Alabama.
  • Veteran poultry industry leader Donnie Smith, the former CEO of Tyson Foods, Inc (NYSE:TSN), was named Foster Farms' new Chief and Chair.
  • The deal occurs as chicken prices have surged, driven by strong consumer demand and rising grain prices, the Wall Street Journal reports.
  • The planned $4.5 billion takeover of Sanderson Farms, Inc (NASDAQ:SAFM) by Cargill Inc and agricultural investment firm Continental Grain Co was under regulatory review.
  • The White House accused the leading U.S. meat companies of exploiting their influence to manipulate prices for restaurants and supermarkets while underpaying farmers. 
  • The Justice Department and the U.S. Agriculture Department separately probed primary beef packers' cattle-buying activities.
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