Wayne Farms Douglas

601 East Johnson Street
Douglas, Georgia  31533

History:

• 1961 – Plant built for Crider Poultry
• 1962 – Plant sold to Painter Poultry
• 1964 – Plant sold to Douglas Foods Inc.
• 1970 – Crider Poultry and Douglas Foods

           merged

• 1978 – Plant purchased by Flowers Industries
• 1980 – Plant sold to Campbell Soup Company

            and called the Joseph Campbell Company

• 1997 – Plant sold to Wayne Farms

Number of employees:   

155

Local employment:

Employees are from Irwin, Ben Hill, Bacon, Coffee, Atkinson and Jeff Davis Counties in Georgia.

Key management positions:

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

Wayne Farms Oakwood

3456 Old Oakwood Road
Oakwood, Georgia 30566

History:

• 1979 – Dutch Quality House facility opened with two

           operational lines

• 1985 – Wayne Farms purchased facility from

           Dutch Quality House B.V., moved production of

            fresh product to Pendergrass, GA

• 1987 – Added two additional cook lines, moved raw processing to Pendergrass plant
• 1988 – Expanded facility to include Product and Concept Development Center
• 2003 – Renovated and reopened plant after fire 
• 2004 – Office space renovated and rebuilt to support multi-year project
• 2005 – Project Compass office dedicated and opened
• 2006 - $1million investment to the Product Development labs

Number of employees:   

41

Local employment:

Employees are from Barrow, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Jackson and Lumpkin Counties in Georgia

Key management positions:

• Production Manager
• Human Resources Supervisor
• Quality Assurance Supervisor

Wayne Farms Pendergrass

977 Wayne Poultry Road    
Pendergrass, Georgia 30567

History

• 1964 – Hatchery constructed in Clermont, Ga.
• 1967 – Pendergrass facility constructed, began

           production of ice-packed birds 

• 1987 – Second shift production added
• 1999 – New feed mill constructed in Maysville,  

               Ga.; transferred feed mill production from 

                    Gainesville, GA

• 2001 – Expanded processing plant

Number of employees:   

1,300

Local employment:

Employees are from Banks, Clarke, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall and Jackson Counties in Georgia

Key management Positions:

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