| 1895 |
Marsden Company of Philadelphia organizes Allied Mills, Inc.
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| 1898 |
Marsden Company consolidates its manufacturing of commercial feeds and changes its name to American Milling Company.
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1916
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D. W. McMillen purchases a small grain elevator in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and begins the manufacture of feed named “Wayne” – after a man of courage and daring – General Anthony Wayne.
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1929
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Allied Mills, Inc. is organized under the laws of the State of Indiana and soon thereafter acquires the feed businesses previously operated by the American Milling Company along with its predecessors since 1897 and by The McMillen Company and its predecessors since 1916, based in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
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1957
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Allied Mills constructs a poultry plant in Laurel, Mississippi. |
1961
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Allied Mills purchases a poultry plant in Union Springs, Alabama and names it Wayne Farms.
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1963
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Allied Mills purchases a second poultry plant from the Alabama Poultry Cooperative Inc. in Albertville, Alabama.
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1965
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Continental Grain Company of New York acquires 51% of the common capital stock of Allied Mills through a tender offer made to the shareholders of Allied and makes the decision to spin off the poultry division. The company is established with two initial locations in Albertville and Union Springs, Alabama. At this time, the company focuses on the manufacturing and sale of fresh poultry under the Wayne Farms name.
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1967
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Allied Mills constructs a third plant in Pendergrass, Georgia.
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1970
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The Allied Mills poultry division completes construction on a plant in Danville, Arkansas. The division now includes four processing plants and three egg production and processing units.
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1976
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Construction of fresh processing plant in Decatur, Alabama is completed.
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1978
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The Continental Grain Company Poultry Division acquires a plant in Dobson, North Carolina and begins deboning operations.
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1981
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Allied Mills, Inc. is merged into Continental Grain Company. |
1985
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The Continental Grain Company Poultry Division expands its product base by entering the further processing side of the poultry business. Continental Grain Company acquires the Dutch Quality House name and the first Further Processing plant located in Oakwood, Georgia. Dutch Quality House was originated in Gouda, Netherlands in 1961.
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| 1991 |
The Continental Grain Company Poultry Division purchases a plant from Golden West Foods in Bossier City, Louisiana. |
1994
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The Continental Grain Company Poultry Division completes its acquisition of the Enterprise, Alabama location from Southland Foods.
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1997
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The Continental Grain Company Poultry Division completes its acquisition of the Douglas, Georgia plant from Campbell Soup Company.
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1998
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Construction of a new processing facility in Decatur, Alabama (now known as Decatur East) is completed. This facility opens with 2 lines.
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1999
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Continental Grain Company changes its name to ContiGroup Companies, Inc.
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2000
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The Poultry Division of Continental Grain Company is officially named Wayne Farms LLC.
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2002
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Wayne Farms LLC acquires its 13th plant located in College Park, Georgia.
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| 2005 |
Wayne Farms LLC sells its Bossier City, Louisiana plant. |
2006
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Wayne Farms LLC opens its newest further processing facility in Decatur, Alabama (now known as Decatur West).
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2006
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Wayne Farms LLC opens its million dollar research and development laboratory, Innovation Central – located in Oakwood, Georgia. |
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