Jennie-O Turkey Store

Jennie-O Turkey Store operates a poultry slaughter and processing establishment at 1116 NW 4th Avenue in Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota. The plant holds USDA FSIS establishment numbers M579, P579 and V579, and the grant of inspection date on file is December 12, 2019. FSIS lists its activities as poultry slaughter, poultry processing and export certification, and classes the establishment as large, with a slaughter volume category of 4.0. Poultry is the only species reported slaughtered under inspection.

The establishment is listed under a number of doing-business-as names in the federal record, including Hormel Foods Corporation, Jennie-O, Jennie-O Foods, Inc., Jennie-O Turkey Store, Inc., Jerome Foods, Inc., Jerome's Golden Glo, Festive Brand, Norwestern Deli, The Turkey Store, Inc. and West Central Turkeys, LLC. The plant reports both halal and kosher slaughter to FSIS. No custom-exempt activity is reported, which indicates the establishment is not listed as handling custom processing for individual owners of animals.

No company website is on file for this location. Directory listings describe Jennie-O turkey products such as fresh, frozen, refrigerated and deli items, and a local chamber listing references the brand operating since 1940, but these are secondary sources rather than plant-specific statements. Details beyond the federal record, including hours, retail sales and booking practices at this address, are not yet on file.

The federal record lists this establishment for poultry slaughter and poultry processing at a large size class, with a slaughter volume category of 4.0, and reports no custom-exempt activity. That means the plant is not recorded as performing custom processing where the animal owner takes back their own meat. Booking procedures, minimum lot sizes, live receiving requirements and fees are not stated in any source on file. Producers should contact the plant at (507) 332-5302 to ask whether it takes outside birds, since nothing in the record confirms it does.

Jennie-O Turkey Store operates under a federal grant of inspection, so product from this plant can be sold anywhere in the United States, which matters if you sell online or across a state line. FSIS does not list a custom-exempt activity for this plant.

No retail counter, farm store, online ordering, shipping or bundle offering at this address is documented in the sources on file. Third party directory listings describe Jennie-O branded turkey products, including ground turkey, turkey burger, deli meats and whole turkeys, which are widely distributed through grocery retail rather than described as sold from this plant. Households seeking direct purchase should call ahead, as retail availability at the Faribault site is not stated.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.