Coronavirus Slows Chicken Production in Top-Producing U.S. State -Sanderson Farms

April 7, 2020 Tom Polansek, Reuters

U.S. poultry company Sanderson Farms Inc on Thursday said it is reducing chicken production in Georgia, the top U.S. chicken-producing state, after ordering more than 400 slaughterhouse workers who seem healthy to stay home as a precaution against infection by the novel coronavirus.

Tyson Foods and Sanderson Farms Upgraded as Meat Is ‘Flying off the Shelves’

March 25, 2020 ROB LENIHAN, The Street

Tyson Foods and Sanderson Farms on Friday were upgraded to overweight from neutral by a JPMorgan analyst, who said consumers’ desire stock up on food due to the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in meat “flying off the shelves.”

Chicken Sandwich Craze Will Give Sanderson Farms a Bump in 2020

December 24, 2019 Tonya Garcia, MarketWatch

The chicken sandwich craze has been a business driver for fast-food chains, and has the potential to give chicken producer Sanderson Farms Inc. a bump in 2020, the company said Thursday.

Sanderson Farms Becomes First Chicken Producer to Introduce Both Google Home and Amazon Alexa-Activated Recipes

October 30, 2019 Sanderson Farms

The company has spent the summer developing both the first Amazon Alexa-enabled recipe skill and Google Home experience within the chicken industry, allowing consumers to ask their smart speaker how to make dishes, such as garlic parmesan chicken wings, Mediterranean chicken thighs, and chicken fajitas.

Sanderson Farms Gets U.S. DOJ Subpoena in Chicken Price-Fixing Case

September 12, 2019 Reuters

Poultry processor Sanderson Farms Inc said on Monday it had received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice related to the regulator’s investigation into the broiler chicken antitrust case.