Gold Creek Foods, a Gainesville, Ga., poultry processor, announced it has made a deal “to acquire substantially all of the assets of Foundation Food Group.” The company said in a statement that the deal is expected to close during the first week of October, “subject to usual and customary due diligence.”
Foundation Food Group owns the plant in Gainesville where six people were killed during a nitrogen leak on January 28, 2021. The company and two others were fined by OSHA following an investigation into the plant; Foundation Food Group is appealing the fines.