To many, it’s the big meat processor that few know a lot about. To some, it’s the big meat processor that started serving McDonald’s the day the first restaurant opened and hasn’t looked back.
But the reality is, Aurora, Ill.-based OSI Group has grown into an innovation-centric, people- and customer-focused powerhouse over the last decade-plus, quietly plying its trade in the background of the macro issues that have bombarded and also emerged within the industry. As the economy struggled through 2009 and 2010 (and in some cases still struggles), OSI was getting back on its horse, riding several initiatives toward long-term growth.