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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

   Pilgrim's Pride went into Chap 11, today.  They must be East Coast, I 
never see their chickens out here.  Ususally Sanderson or Tyson, I think .  
They (PP)  are selling maybe 40 - 50 million chickens annually, according to 
the stats below.  That is a lot of chickens


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A look at the top US chicken industry players  
 
Dec 1 06:59 PM US/Eastern
By The Associated Press Write a Comment          
 
 
The nation's largest chicken producer, Pilgrim's Pride, filed for Chapter 11 
bankruptcy protection on Monday. Here's a look at the top five players in the 
chicken industry as of the middle of 2008: 
_Pilgrim's Pride: 23 percent of market share, average weekly production of 
170 million pounds 

_Tyson Foods: nearly 19 percent, with production of 140 million pounds 

_Perdue Farms: 7.6 percent, with production of 56 million pounds 

_Sanderson Farms: 5.6 percent, with production of 41 million pounds 

_Wayne Farms: 4.6 percent, with production of 34 million pounds 

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