O.K. Foods announced that it will add or return 182 jobs to its facilities in Fort Smith, Ark., and Heavener, Okla. The company announced the jobs are part of a $7 million renovation effort to improve processing facilities in Fort Smith and Heavener.
“The new team members will be hired over the next eight weeks and will principally work in chicken deboning and further processing roles. First priority will be given to placing previously furloughed employees into the new positions,” the company noted in a statement.