Wayne Farms Decatur Fresh 

254 Ipsco Street
Decatur, Alabama 35601

History:

• Original facility located on Bank Street on the

           Tennessee River

• 1976 – New facility was completed on the

           present site

• 1984 – Converted from an ice-pack plant to a

            deboning plant

Number of employees:   

814

Local employment:

Employees are from Lauderdale, Lawrence and Morgan Counties in Alabama

Key management positions:

• Operations Manager
• Area Manager
• Human Resources Manager
• Area Human Resources Manager

Wayne Farms Decatur Further Processing East

100 Plugs Drive
Decatur, Alabama 35601

History:

• 1998 – Facility opened with two lines
• 2001 – Additional line added
• 2002 – Additional line added
• 2004 – Roasted line and bread/batter line opened 

Number of employees:   

440

Local employment:

Employees are from Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Colbert and Morgan Counties in Alabama

Key management positions:

• Operations Manager
• Plant Manager
• Quality Assurance Manager
• Human Resources Manager

Wayne Farms Decatur Further Processing West

112 Plugs Drive
Decatur, Alabama 35601

History:

• 2005 – Wayne Farms initiated $55 million construction on phase one; plant to begin operations in fall 2005
• 2006 –  Scheduled construction completed, official plant opening

Number of employees:   

849

Local employment:

Employees are from Lauderdale, Lawrence and Morgan Counties in Alabama

Key management positions:

• Operations Manager
• Plant Manager
• Quality Assurance Manager

Wayne Farms Enterprise

1020 County Road 114
Jack, Alabama  36346   

History:

• 1979 – Facility constructed for Southland Broilers
• 1992 – Expanded production to produce marinated

           and individually frozen products

• 1994 – Wayne Farms purchased Enterprise

           complex from Southland Foods Inc.

• 2006 - Increased production capacity to 1,250,000

           head per week

Number of employees:   

950

Local employment:

Employees are from Coffee, Pike, and Dale Counties in Alabama

Key management positions:

• Operations Manager
• Area Manager
• Area Human Resources Manager

Wayne Farms Union Springs

444 Baskin Street South  
Union Springs, Alabama  36089               

History

• 1959 – Plant opened under the name Poultry

           Products with 75 employees

• 1960 – Plant sold to Armour and Company
• 1961 – Plant sold to Allied Mills, Inc. and was

           named Wayne Farms

• 1963 – Plant expanded into individually frozen (IF)

           products

• 1982 – Plant shut down IF line, converted to whole

           bird chilled pack

• 1995 – Changed from chill-pack to deboning operation

Number of employees:   

980

Local employment:

Employees are from Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Montgomery and Pike Counties in Alabama

Key management positions:

• Area Manager
• Operations Manager
• Plant Manager
• Area Human Resources Manager