John Soules Foods (#9) introduced new fully cooked rotisserie chicken strips, season chicken strips and chicken fillets. Alderfer Inc. and Leidy’s Inc., two of last year’s Top companies, merged into a new entity, ALL Holding Co. Inc. (#25). Charlie’s Pride Meats (#31) built a new processing facility/warehouse. Those are just three examples of how companies are forging ahead with their plans to improve their companies. As an added bonus, those processors that make improvements to survive in the rough times now will be that much further ahead of the game when the economy does turn around.
Thanks to Pamela Smith for her help in compiling this report.