OAKWOOD, Ga. (July 13, 2009) – For the third year in a row, employees from Wayne Farms LLC spent the July 4 holiday feeding traveling members of the United States military inside the Jean R. Amos USO Center at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The event was the latest installment in an ongoing relationship between the company, the United Service Organizations (USO) and Operation Chefs Unite.

Wayne Farms’ association with the USO started when Wayne Farms Executive Research Chef Caroline Morris, a member of the Georgia chapter of the American Culinary Federation (ACF), learned about an ACF program called “Operation Chefs Unite,” which pairs local chefs with the USO to help cook for traveling troops. Morris brought the program to the attention of others at Wayne Farms, and it has since become a favorite cause of the company with employees serving troops food donated by the company multiple times since 2007.

“It’s been amazing how quickly and enthusiastically employees at our company have adopted this cause,” said Morris. “Members of our armed forces dedicate their lives to keeping our country safe and free, and taking a few hours during a holiday to show how much we appreciate them is something we’re happy to do.”

Food served by Wayne Farms this year included more than 60 pounds of hot wings, chicken roulades and various side items. In addition to Independence Day, Wayne Farms fed troops at the USO on Valentine’s Day earlier this year and plans to do the same this fall on September 11.

About Operation Chefs Unite & USO

The United Service Organization (USO) offers a variety of services to active military personnel and their dependents, including free refreshments, information, and referrals. The USO in partnership with Operation Chefs Unite (OCU) receives food everyday from Atlanta area chefs and organizations. This food feeds inbound and outbound troops passing through the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

About Wayne Farms LLC

Wayne Farms LLC is the fifth-largest vertically integrated poultry producer in the United States with annual sales exceeding $1 billion. A subsidiary of ContiGroup Companies, Inc., Wayne Farms LLC owns and operates 11 fresh and further-processed facilities throughout the Southeast, produces more than 1 billion pounds of poultry products each year, and employs more than 8,800 individuals.

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