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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Sanderson Farms Plans $139 Million Poultry Complex In Kinston, North Carolina

03/12/2015
Sanderson Farms will construct a new state-of-the-art poultry complex in Robeson County, North Carolina. The new processing plant and hatchery will create approximately 1,100 new jobs during the next three years. Sanderson Farms expects to invest approximately $139 million in the complex which includes upgrades to its Kinston, North Carolina, feed mill.

“We are grateful for the cooperation from the economic development and governmental officials in St. Pauls, Robeson County and the State of North Carolina,” said Joe F. Sanderson, Chairman/CEO of Sanderson Farms, Inc. “The additional capacity of 1.25 million birds per week represented by the new complex will provide new marketing opportunities for the Company in the fresh food service market.” The company will hire supervisors, maintenance technicians and line operators among other jobs with an average annual payroll of approximately $28 million.

Sanderson Farms is a fully integrated poultry processing company engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh and frozen chicken and other prepared food items. It is the third largest poultry producer in the United States with production of more than 9.3 million chickens per week. It has 11,800 employees in 11 plants across the country, including Kinston, North Carolina.

“Poultry is the number one agricultural industry in North Carolina and the state ranks third in the nation in poultry production,” said N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “It is great to see the poultry industry continuing to grow in our state with this expansion by Sanderson Farms.”

The project was made possible in part by a performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund of up to $1 million. The One NC Fund provides financial assistance, through local governments, to attract business projects that will stimulate economic activity and create new jobs in the state. Companies receive no money up front and must meet job creation and investment performance standards to qualify for grant funds. These grants also require and are contingent upon local matches. The state’s One North Carolina Fund is specific to the company’s new processing plant with an investment of $98.6 million and the announcement of 1,000 new jobs.

In addition to the N.C. Department of Commerce and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C., other partners that helped with this project include: North Carolina Community College System, Robeson County Office of Economic Development, the Town of St. Pauls, Robeson County, the city of Kinston, Lenoir County and Lenoir County Economic Development.

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