PITTSBURG, Texas – Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. announced Tuesday plans to consolidate the tray-pack chicken business from its El Dorado, Ark. plant to six other facilities. About 600 of the 1,215 positions at the plant will be eliminated in the move.
The company said that most of the positions eliminated will be hourly jobs in chicken processing. Contract growers and employees of the live operations will not be affected. . Pilgrim's Pride will provide transition programs to employees whose positions are eliminated to assist them in securing new employment, filing for unemployment and other applicable benefits.