Carolina Premium Foods, a Moore County company establishing an antibiotic free chicken processing plant at a former Townsend Chicken facility in Siler City, hopes to hire 700 employees at full-scale production, with 200 anticipated hires by next summer.
CEO Brian Thomsen says contracts to distribute antibiotic free chicken are in place with distributors across the country.
“We have agreements with distributors to carry 2 million pounds of chicken per week,” he says. “The Siler City plant at full operation for us will generate 3.5 million pounds per week. That’s to distribute to the Northeast, West Coast and Southeast. Our biggest limitation is sourcing organic grain.”
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