Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Strategic Investment in New Egg Products Manufacturing Company

2021-11-12 09:06:42 By : Ms. Lynn Huang

Richland, Mississippi, October 4, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--California Maine Foods Corporation (NASDAQ: CALM) today announced that the company’s board of directors has approved a strategic investment, The investment will focus on high-value commercial product solutions for the specific needs of the food industry. The initial focus will include cooked and extended shelf life egg product lines. The new entity in Neosho, Missouri will operate as MeadowCreek Foods, LLC ("MeadowCreek").

Cal-Maine Foods will capitalize MeadowCreek with up to $18.5 million in debt and equity to purchase property and equipment and fund working capital. Cal-Maine Foods will retain a controlling interest in the joint venture. The MeadowCreek management team will be led by Ronald B. Bennett. Cal-Maine Foods will be the preferred supplier to provide MeadowCreek with special eggs and traditional eggs needed for egg products. MeadowCreek's marketing plan will expand Cal-Maine Food's influence in the food service and retail market, and bring new opportunities to restaurants, institutions, and industrial food.

Bennett will serve as President of MeadowCreek, bringing 30 years of experience in the egg industry to the new venture. Bennett recently joined DeJong Operational Management & Consulting to create, develop and install operational improvements and solutions for high-value ready-to-eat food and biotechnology companies. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Prime Foods from 2011 to 2019. Bennett also served as Director of Egg Products for Moark, LLC, where he joined the company in 1998. Bennett began his career in the egg products department of Cal-Maine Foods. year 1991.

Commenting on the announcement, Dolph Baker, Chairman and CEO of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said: "We are pleased to announce a strategic investment in MeadowCreek, which provides an opportunity for Cal-Maine Foods to not only expand our influence In the field of egg products, we position ourselves as a better way to find solutions to economically feed the growing world population. Although currently about 30% of the eggs produced are further processed in the United States, as specialty eggs become More and more popular, we see demand for more specialty egg products, including cage-free products, to meet industrial, food service and retail needs. We believe that MeadowCreek will play an important role in meeting this demand and look forward to us Collaboration with Ronald and his operations team to support this goal adventure."

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is mainly engaged in the production, grading, packaging, marketing and sales of fresh eggs, including traditional eggs, cage-free eggs, organic eggs, pasture-raised eggs, free-range eggs and nutritionally fortified eggs. The company is headquartered in Richland, Mississippi, and is the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States. Most of its shell eggs are sold to states in the southwest, southeast, midwest, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. America.

The statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as the term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current intentions, beliefs, expectations, estimates and forecasts about our company and our industry. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that are difficult to predict and may be beyond our control. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the results predicted in the forward-looking statements include (i) the company’s documents submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (including its annual report and quarterly report on Form 10-K). -Q and the current report in Table 8-K), (ii) inherent risks and hazards of the shelled egg business (including diseases, pests, weather conditions and the possibility of recall), (iii) changes in demand and changes in shelled eggs Market prices and feed costs, (iv) our ability to predict and meet the demand for cage-free eggs and other specialty eggs, (v) the risks, changes or obligations that may result from the acquisition of new chicken flocks or businesses in the future, as well as the inability to The risks or changes that meet the conditions for completing the pending acquisition, (vi) the risks associated with the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, and (vii) the unfavorable outcome of pending litigation matters. SEC documents can be obtained from the SEC or the company's website www.calmainefoods.com. Readers are cautioned not to rely too much on forward-looking statements, because although we believe that the assumptions underlying forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that these forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate. In addition, the forward-looking statements contained herein are only made on their respective dates, or if no dates are stated, as of the date of this document. Unless otherwise required by law, we do not undertake any intent or obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements due to new information, future events or other reasons.

View the source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211004005903/en/

Dolph Baker, Chairman and CEO Max P. Bowman, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (601) 948-6813

Inflation is at a 31-year high. But these Mad Money mega trends can help you fight back.

Paysafe's (NYSE: PSFE) stock plummeted Thursday after the payment platform released sales and profit forecasts that were far below investors' expectations. As of 2:15 pm Eastern Time, Paysafe's share price has fallen by more than 40%. Paysafe's revenue fell 1% year-on-year to $353.6 million.

(Bloomberg)-Even after the blockbuster IP0 of rival electric car manufacturers, Elon Musk is not completely optimistic about the prospects of Rivian Motors. Post-apocalyptic food crisis Greece’s popular islands are overcrowded-are plastic prisons worth a second chance? Tesla CEO stated that he hopes Rivian will increase productivity and achieve breakthroughs in cash flow

Analysts raised their price targets for Nvidia and reiterated a positive rating before the company announces quarterly earnings next week.

The CEO of the electric car pioneer detailed his sales to the Securities and Exchange Commission. He exercised 2.2 million shares, sold some to pay income tax, and then sold 3.6 million shares.

The share prices of the three hottest stocks last year have fallen 49% to 57% from their recent highs. Let's go shopping together.

Rivian's debut on the public market allowed investors to buy shares of other electric vehicle industry start-ups.

For most of the past two years, all the focus has been on the coronavirus, but these biotech companies also have big plans to develop vaccines against other diseases.

The stock prices of several related stocks are going higher today, which shows that investors are particularly optimistic about the prospects of the electric vehicle industry. Weilai (NYSE: NIO) rose 6.1%. Fisker (NYSE: FSR) rose 15.9%.

Every stock has a background story, which provides hints and clues for future development. Smart investors will understand which clues or signals are most beneficial to the stock. These are to be followed. One kind of sound signal is insider buying. These insiders are company executives; they hold highly trusted and responsible positions in the company and are responsible to shareholders and the board of directors for the company's success and profits-they have a deep understanding of the company's internal operations and plans. exist

On Monday, November 8, the stock price of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) rose by 10% after the chip maker announced that Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB) has adopted Its EPYC server CPU (central processing unit). As investors cheered on the news, AMD’s stock price closed at a record high that day, which is not surprising, because in the long run, the new business may significantly promote the growth of this chip manufacturer. Let's see why it would be a big deal for Meta to adopt AMD's server chips.

In this article, we will discuss the cheapest stocks in Warren Buffett's 13F portfolio. You can skip our detailed analysis of this billionaire hedge fund and go straight to Berkshire Hathaway's stock portfolio: 5 cheapest stocks. Warren Buffett currently serves as chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, his hedge fund. [...]

If we want to find a stock that can grow exponentially in the long term, what potential trends should we look for...

The company's bottom line fell sharply in the third quarter, failing to meet analyst expectations.

Japan's Subaru Corporation launched its first all-electric vehicle (EV) Solterra on Thursday, as a result of a two-year joint development project with its largest shareholder Toyota Motor Corporation. The launch of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) was launched in the context of accelerating demand. As countries around the world tighten environmental regulations to reduce carbon emissions, the development of electric vehicles. Toyota announced its electric vehicle (BEV) version bZ4X last month.

As the industry received some good news about potential tariffs, solar stocks rose almost across the board on Thursday. Asian solar panel manufacturers have led the way, but everyone from residential solar installers to neighboring equipment manufacturers has experienced at least a small rebound. At its peak on Thursday, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) rose 15.6%, Daxin Energy (NYSE: DQ) rose 10.3%, and JinkoSolar (NYSE: CSIQ) rose 10.3%. : JKS) rose 11.9%, and Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH) rose 8.9%.

In this article, we will discuss the 10 best anti-inflation stocks. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of these stocks, please go directly to the 5 best anti-inflation stocks. According to the latest […]

Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) stock price plummeted on Thursday, falling nearly 5% throughout the trading day. After announcing the third-quarter results earlier this week, analysts made a series of downgrades on the stock of the space travel company. After these results were announced, several analysts quickly revised their views on Virgin Galactic stock.

This month finally saw Congress pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act (BIF), which is now waiting for the President to sign it. The passage of the bill marked an important political victory for President Biden and the moderates in Congress, but more importantly, it also brought a promise of federal spending to improve various physical infrastructure projects. These may include roads and bridges, railways and waterways, which are usually generous recipients of infrastructure,

As of 11:30 am Eastern Time on Thursday, 3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) shares have plummeted 10.2%. The worse news is that 3D Systems can only blame itself. After the market closed last night, 3D Systems announced that it would provide $350 million worth of "convertible senior notes due in 2026" (ie new debt). If the underwriter exercises its over-allotment option, it could be as high as $402.5 million. Terrified the market. supply.