Butterball's Raeford, N.C., plant: Following the script
Butterball has made sizeable investments into the Raeford plant beyond the initial purchase, feeding into its goal to become more focused on adding value to its commodity product lines.
In mid-November, Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief, visited Raeford, N.C., in order to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony and get an exclusive tour of the new Butterball further-processing plant there (which was also still under construction at presstime). President and CEO Kerry Doughty covered some of the background on how Butterball came about purchasing and planning for the facility in the corporate portion of this cover story package, and what follows is a portion of the conversation Hanacek had with Mike Bliss, vice president of Operations for Butterball, and Frank Koekkoek Jr., complex manager in Raeford, tackling some of the finer points of the renovation, startup and expectations for the facility:
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Check out our January 2016 cover story, "Butterball: The house wins," and our exclusive videos from the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Butterball's Raeford, N.C., plant.