For more than 90 years, Freirich Foods, Salisbury, N.C., has been helping people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with delicious corned beef. Freirich’s corned beef is synonymous with America’s favorite “green” holiday, which is the company’s busiest time of year.
Although the involvement of JBS with the Pilgrim’s Pride facilities takes a slightly different approach, it remains invested in and accessible to all its chicken-processing plants.
In 2009, JBS made the decision to invest in the U.S. chicken market, and pull Pilgrim’s Pride from bankruptcy, gaining a controlling interest in the chicken processor and beginning a monstrous turnaround project that continues today.