Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation operates a poultry plant at 2050 Highway 15 South in Sumter, South Carolina, in Sumter County. The establishment holds federal grants under establishment numbers M17980 and P17980, with a grant of inspection date on file of September 16, 2021. FSIS lists its activities as poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection. The plant is classified as Large by FSIS and falls in slaughter volume category 5.0, the highest volume tier in that scale. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

Pilgrim's describes itself as a global provider of poultry, pork, and prepared foods that has supplied products for more than seven decades. The corporate site reports more than 61,000 team members, 39 fresh processing facilities and 30 prepared foods facilities across the U.S., the U.K., Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Europe, and partnerships with more than 6,800 family farms for poultry, hog, and lamb supplies. Brands are sold in more than 100 countries. Corporate headquarters are listed at 1770 Promontory Circle, Greeley, Colorado, with a general contact line of (970) 506-8000 and email wecare@pilgrims.com. A secondary listing describes the company as headquartered in Pittsburg, Texas; the corporate website gives Greeley, Colorado as the headquarters address.

The corporate website does not publish plant-level detail for the Sumter facility. Hours, retail sales, custom or private-label arrangements, contract grower terms, and cut and wrap specifics for this location are not on file beyond the federal record. Farmers and household buyers seeking those details would need to contact the plant at (803) 481-6205 or the company directly.

The federal record lists this establishment as a Large poultry slaughter and processing plant in the highest FSIS slaughter volume category, and it reports no custom-exempt activity, meaning individual-animal custom slaughter for a farmer's own use is not part of the federal record here. The corporate website states that Pilgrim's partners with more than 6,800 family farms for poultry, hog, and lamb supplies, but no grower contract terms, booking process, scheduling, or fees for the Sumter location are stated in the sources on file.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation 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.

Pilgrim's states that its poultry products reach retailers, restaurants, foodservice providers, and consumers, and one secondary listing notes that products are sold to retail and frozen food customers with distribution through retailers and foodservice. No retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping is described for the Sumter plant in the sources on file.

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.