Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. - Introduction

Introduction

3320 Woodrow Wilson Avenue
Jackson, Mississippi 39209
U.S.A.
Telephone: (601) 948-6813
Fax: (601) 969-0905
Web site: http://www.calmainefoods.com

Public Company
Incorporated: 1969
Employees: 1,520
Sales: $572.3 million (2004)
Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: CALM
NAIC: 112310 Chicken Egg Production

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is the largest fresh egg producer in the United States. The Jackson, Mississippi-based company controls 13 percent of the market, selling more than 600 million dozen shell eggs each year in 28 states, mostly in mid-Atlantic, midwestern, southeastern, and southwestern states. Cal-Maine eggs are sold to supermarket chains, club stores, foodservice distributors, and egg product manufacturers, and marketed under several names: Cal-Maine, Rio Grande, and Sunups. The company also produces and markets specialty shell eggs under two brands: Egg-Land's Best for low-cholesterol eggs, and Farmhouse for eggs laid by uncaged hens. The Cal-Maine flock consists of 20 million laying hens and another five million young female chickens (pullets) and breeders. Cal-Maine is a public company trading on the NASDAQ, headed by its founder, Fred R. Adams, Jr., whose family owns a controlling interest.