Pilgrim’s is divided into five specific businesses: Pilgrim’s U.S., Pilgrim’s Mexico, Pilgrim’s Moy Park and Pilgrim’s UK, and Pilgrim’s Food Masters. Each business includes additional structured units to drive local ownership and allow our teams to focus on the details of their individual operations.
Pilgrim’s U.S.
Pilgrim’s U.S. provides consumers with more than 96 million 4 oz. servings of chicken daily and is structured into five primary business units:
The Prepared Foods business unit includes four production facilities that specialize in producing marinated, battered and breaded, par-fried and fully-cooked frozen chicken products for leading foodservice and retail customers. Prepared Foods products are sold into every segment of the retail and foodservice industry, led by our Pierce Chicken, Gold Kist and Just Bare Pilgrim’s brands.
The Case Ready business unit includes eight production facilities that specialize in producing traditional tray pack, deli and boneless dark meat products for the retail market. This business unit is strategically aligned to fulfill the growing demand of key customers. To meet consumer needs, Pilgrim’s Case Ready operates three traditional plants, three vegetarian-fed plants and one organic plant. This business unit also includes one production facility in Puerto Rico that serves the island’s retail market through the company brand To-ricos.
The Commercial business unit includes seven production facilities that are uniquely positioned to support key customers in the industrial, foodservice and retail channels. These facilities produce a number of value-added products such as halal and marinated chicken as well as regular line-run chicken.
The Small Bird Debone business unit consists of five production facilities that are designed to support customers specializing in chicken sandwiches. This business unit is strategically aligned to fulfill the growing demand of key customers.
The Fresh Foodservice business unit includes six production facilities dedicated to producing products in the whole bird equivalent form. This business unit focuses on the retail and foodservice channels, and the facilities are designed to support demand of whole bird equivalent products to our key customers in the retail deli and quick service restaurant bone-in sector.
Pilgrim’s Mexico
Pilgrim’s Mexico provides consumers with nearly 21 million 4 oz. chicken servings daily and is structured into two primary business units:
The Fresh business unit consists of seven production facilities that provide fresh and frozen products to wholesale customers, self-service stores, price clubs and restaurant chains.
The Value Added business unit includes two production facilities, led by Pilgrim’s Value Added and Del Día brands. In 2016, the Value Added line was launched in a foodservice (bulk) version with 16 unique products, including a complete product portfolio of breaded, filled, partially and totally cooked, all for the wholesale and kitchen markets. Del Día was launched in 2009, offering quality and flavor at a better price through four main products: filled, varieties, breaded and breadless chicken products.
Pilgrim’s Moy Park
Pilgrim’s Moy Park provides consumers nearly 10 million 4 oz. servings daily and is structured into three primary business units:
The Fresh Poultry business unit consists of four production facilities dedicated to producing a comprehensive range of fresh and added-value poultry consisting of whole birds and portioned poultry products from classic, higher welfare, free range and organic farms, supplying leading retailers and foodservice providers throughout the U.K., Ireland and Europe with high-quality poultry products.
The Prepared Foods Retail business unit consists of two production facilities, each containing a coated and a cooked facility on site. The coated factories produce a comprehensive range of coated products such as Kievs, fillets, portions and bites.
The Prepared Foods Foodservice business unit consists of six production facilities focused on foodservice customer solutions from starters to desserts and from mouth-watering meat-free options to succulent protein products. These facilities provide our customers with frozen products including but not limited to coated or ready-to-eat poultry, bacon, minced beef patties, a variety of coated cheese, vegetarian products like non-meat patties, spring rolls, onion rings and desserts including donuts and apple pies.
Pilgrim’s UK
Pilgrim’s UK provides consumers nearly 7 million 4 oz. servings daily and is structured into two primary business units:
The Fresh Pork business unit consists of three production facilities dedicated to producing a comprehensive range of fresh and added-value pork consisting of fresh pork and portioned pork products from classic and higher welfare farms, supplying leading retailers and foodservice providers throughout the U.K. with high-quality pork products.
The Prepared business unit consists of 11 production facilities, producing products ranging from bacon, sausages, slow cooked and BBQ products, gammon, snacking products and canned products.
Pilgrim’s Food Masters
Pilgrim’s Food Masters retains a strong portfolio of brands and customer brand offering with a leading chilled and frozen ready meal business. It is structured into two primary business unites:
The Meats business unit is a leading manufacturer of branded and private label meats, meat snacks, food-to-go and meat-free products in the UK and Ireland. Its brands include Richmond, Denny, Galtee, Fridge Raiders and Rollover.
The Meals business primarily serves the UK market and specializes in authentic ethnic chilled and frozen ready meals, multi-cuisine ready to cook ranges, and home delivery meals under the Oakhouse brand. The Accelerators, Brand and Private Label Businesses also sit within Pilgrim’s Food Masters.
*Please Note: As Pilgrim’s Food Masters (formerly Kerry Foods Meats and Meals) and Randall Parker Foods were acquired in September and November of 2021 respectively, they have not been included in the scope of this sustainability report. We will begin to be report on these businesses in our 2022 Sustainability Report.
