Creighton Brothers

What Creighton Brothers does

Creighton Brothers LLC was a privately held, family-owned egg production company founded in 1925 and headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana. The company operated a vertically integrated egg business encompassing shell egg production (approximately 3.2 million laying hens, including 500,000 cage-free hens), pullet raising operations (approximately 865,000 pullets for flock replenishment), an internal feed mill, and egg products processing facilities, supported by roughly 1,007 acres of land. Creighton Brothers also held Crystal Lake LLC as a wholly owned subsidiary with related egg production operations.

The company's commercial activity was B2B-focused, supplying shell eggs, egg products, and prepared foods to grocery retailers and food service companies across the Midwest region through direct commercial wholesale relationships. Pricing operated on a contract-based B2B model with no publicly disclosed pricing details, and the company maintained no significant public-facing marketing presence. Customer segments centered on grocery chains and food service operators, with a secondary positioning in the specialty and cage-free egg market.

In March 2026, Cal-Maine Foods acquired Creighton Brothers LLC and Crystal Lake LLC for approximately $128.5 million in cash, with all 177 employees transferring to Cal-Maine. The transaction expanded Cal-Maine's geographic footprint into Indiana, where it had no prior operations, and supported vertical integration into egg-based ingredients for prepared foods operations.

Name

Creighton Brothers

Legal name

Creighton Brothers LLC

Website

https://creightonbrothersllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Creighton Brothers was a privately held, vertically integrated egg producer founded in 1925 in Warsaw, Indiana, supplying shell eggs, egg products, and prepared foods to grocery retailers and food service companies across the Midwest until its 2026 acquisition by Cal-Maine Foods.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Egg Production and Processing

NAICS

Chicken Egg Production (112310), Poultry and Egg Production (1123), Other Poultry Production (11239), Poultry Hatcheries (11234), Poultry Processing (311615)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Layer Hen Egg Production (Table Eggs) (AFAEADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Eggs (Shell & Liquid) Wholesale (AFAIAEAD), Hatcheries & Chick Production (Day-Old Chicks, Pullets) (AFAEADAD), Egg breaking & separation (yolk/white; whole egg) (AFANAHAA), Specialty egg products & blends (salted/sugared, fortified, functional, custom formulations) (AFANAHAE), Value-Added Egg Products (Hard-Boiled, Omelets, Egg Mixes) Wholesale (AFAIAEAH)

Keywords

• Shell egg production
• Egg products processing
• Cage-free eggs
• Poultry farming
• Prepared egg foods

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Shell Egg Production and Sales: Commercial shell egg production capacity of approximately 3.2 million laying hens (including 500,000 cage-free), producing conventional and specialty eggs for wholesale and retail distribution.
2. Egg Products and Prepared Foods: Egg products processing and prepared foods operations acquired by Cal-Maine Foods as part of the acquisition, including production and distribution of egg-based food products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Core offering

Creighton Brothers produces and supplies shell eggs (conventional and cage-free) from approximately 3.2 million laying hens, processes egg products for food industry buyers, and manufactures prepared egg-based foods. The company also operates a restaurant specializing in egg cuisine and runs vertically integrated operations including a feed mill and approximately 1,007 acres of land supporting feed grain sourcing.

Product overview

Creighton Brothers was an Indiana-based egg production company operating as a multi-faceted egg business. The company's operations included shell egg production with approximately 3.2 million laying hens (including 500,000 cage-free), 865,000 pullets for flock replacement, an internal feed mill, egg products processing facilities, and approximately 1,007 acres of land. The company also included Crystal Lake LLC operations. All assets were acquired by Cal-Maine Foods in March 2026 for approximately $128.5 million, with 177 employees transferring as part of the acquisition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Shell Eggs (Conventional and Cage-Free)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Cal-Maine FoodscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 March 2026Cal-Maine Foods acquired Creighton Brothers LLC and Crystal Lake LLC for approximately $128.5 million in cash. The acquisition included shell egg production capacity of about 3.2 million laying hens (including 500,000 cage-free), around 865,000 pullets, a feed mill, egg processing facilities, approximately 1,007 acres of land, and 177 employees. The deal expanded Cal-Maine's geographic footprint into Indiana and supports internal sourcing for egg-based ingredients in prepared foods operations.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cal-Maine Foods: Cal-Maine Foods is the largest egg producer in the United States and the acquirer of Creighton Brothers in 2026. It is directly comparable as a shell egg and egg products producer at much greater scale (48.3M laying hens, $4.3B revenue), serving the same grocery retail and food service channels with conventional and specialty eggs.

Emerging players

• Vital Farms: Vital Farms is a US pasture-raised and specialty egg brand with national retail distribution. Comparable to Creighton Brothers' specialty egg line (500,000 cage-free hens) as it competes in the premium/cage-free segment with growing grocery and foodservice penetration.
• Eggland's Best: Eggland's Best is a US branded egg franchise licensing production to certified partner farms nationwide. Comparable to Creighton Brothers' specialty egg production as a premium-positioned shell egg brand sold through grocery retail with differentiated nutritional claims.

Direct peers

• Echo Lake Foods: Echo Lake Foods is a US producer of ready-to-eat egg products and breakfast foods acquired by Cal-Maine in 2024. Comparable to Creighton Brothers' egg products and prepared foods operations as a Cal-Maine-aligned processor serving food service and retail prepared-foods channels.
• Hillandale Farms: Hillandale Farms is a major US shell egg and egg products producer acquired in part by Cal-Maine in prior years. Directly comparable to Creighton Brothers as a vertically integrated layer operation with conventional and cage-free production serving grocery retail.
• Michael Foods: Michael Foods is a leading US processor of value-added egg products, refrigerated potatoes, and dairy. Directly comparable to Creighton Brothers' egg products processing and prepared foods operations, serving food service and retail channels with branded and private-label processed eggs.
• ISE America: ISE America was a Mid-Atlantic egg producer with ~4.7M laying hens, acquired by Cal-Maine Foods in prior years. Comparable to Creighton Brothers as a regional shell egg producer with conventional and cage-free capacity that contributed to Cal-Maine's nationwide footprint expansion.
• Hickman's Family Farms: Hickman's Family Farms is a regional egg producer in the Southwest US with shell egg and egg products operations. Comparable to Creighton Brothers as a multi-generational, family-rooted regional egg producer with integrated processing and wholesale distribution.
• Rose Acre Farms: Rose Acre Farms is the second-largest US egg producer, operating vertically integrated shell egg and egg products facilities across multiple states. Directly comparable to Creighton Brothers as a multi-state, integrated egg producer with both conventional and specialty cage-free capacity serving grocery and food service customers.
• Daybreak Foods: Daybreak Foods is a privately held egg producer operating cage-free and conventional laying facilities in the Midwest, including egg processing. Comparable to Creighton Brothers as a Midwest-based integrated egg producer with similar grocery and food service customer mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/crazyeggin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/creighton-brothers

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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