Fieldale Farms Corporation

What Fieldale Farms Corporation does

Fieldale Farms Corporation is a family-owned, privately held poultry producer headquartered in Baldwin, Georgia, operating within Northeast Georgia's poultry belt. The company runs vertically integrated operations spanning live production, processing, and further processing, employing 5,001-10,000 people across multiple facilities (Baldwin HQ, Cornelia, Murrayville, Gainesville) clustered within roughly a 60-mile radius. Its core product portfolio includes whole birds, cut-up parts, and skinless boneless parts packaged in Ice-Pack, CVP, and CO2 formats, alongside a further-processing line producing breaded, marinated, ready-to-cook, and fully-cooked chicken products.

The company's business model centers on (i) a private label program that supplies major U.S. grocery chains with retail-branded poultry, and (ii) an export channel distributing products to more than 50 countries. Pricing and revenue mechanics are not disclosed, but the model combines long-tenured retailer supply contracts with commodity-exposed international sales. The private-label business creates stickiness through retailer-specific packaging, food-safety qualification, and SKU planning, while export volume provides diversification against U.S. retail cycles.

The firm was founded approximately 50+ years ago and operates as an independent in a category dominated by public competitors such as Tyson Foods and Pilgrim's Pride. Its scale — described as one of the largest independent U.S. poultry producers — supports unit-cost efficiency and access to retail and export channels, but the input contains no recent disclosures on funding, M&A, leadership, or financial performance.

Name

Fieldale Farms Corporation

Legal name

Fieldale Farms Corporation

Website

https://fieldale.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Fieldale Farms Corporation is a family-owned private poultry producer headquartered in Northeast Georgia, supplying whole birds, parts, and further-processed chicken products to major U.S. grocery chains via private label and exporting to over 50 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Poultry Processing

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015)

akta.pro primary industry

Broiler Processing (Whole Bird, Parts, Further Processing) (AFANACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Further Processed Poultry (Cooked, Breaded, Nuggets, Patties, Wings) (AFANACAC), Primary Poultry Processing (Slaughtering, Evisceration & Chilling) (AFANACAA)

Keywords

• Poultry processing
• Chicken production
• Private label chicken
• Further processed chicken
• Poultry distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Baldwin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Private Label Chicken Sales: One of the largest producers of private label chicken in the United States supplying major grocery chains with high quality, tasty and nutritious chicken products through B2B relationships. Tailor-made concepts for market distinction.
2. International Distribution: Ships chicken products to over fifty countries worldwide with ability to provide various packaging options and specialty items.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fieldale Farms Corporation produces and distributes a complete array of chicken products—all-natural whole birds, cut-up chicken parts, and skinless, boneless chicken parts—available in Ice-Pack, CVP, and CO2 packaging formats. A dedicated Further Processing plant produces value-added breaded and marinated, ready-to-cook, and fully-cooked products. The company supplies major grocery chains through a custom Private Label Program and exports chicken products to over fifty countries internationally.

Product overview

Fieldale Farms Corporation operates as a single-product focused poultry company with a unified product portfolio centered exclusively on chicken. The core offerings consist of All Natural Whole Birds, Cut-Up Chicken Parts, and Skinless Boneless Chicken Parts, available in three packaging formats (Ice-Pack, CVP, and CO2). The company also operates a Further Processing plant that produces value-added products including breaded and marinated items plus fully-cooked products. In addition to domestic sales, Fieldale offers an international export program shipping to over fifty countries. The Private Label Program provides custom branded chicken products to major grocery chains as a business-to-business service. The product line is distributed through retail, foodservice, and private label channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• All Natural Whole Birds Whole chicken products marketed as all natural, available in Ice-Pack, CVP, and CO2 packaging formats for retail grocery and foodservice customers.
• Cut-Up Chicken Parts Pre-portioned cut-up chicken parts supplied in multiple packaging formats (Ice-Pack, CVP, CO2) for retail grocery and foodservice distribution.
• Skinless, Boneless Chicken Parts Further processed chicken parts with skin and bones removed, available in Ice-Pack, CVP, and CO2 packaging formats targeting retail and foodservice channels.
• Breaded and Marinated Products Ready-to-cook breaded and marinated chicken products produced at the Further Processing plant, offering added value and convenience for foodservice and retail customers.
• Fully-Cooked Chicken Products Pre-cooked chicken products requiring minimal preparation, produced at the Further Processing plant with packaging flexibility for retail, foodservice, and international distribution.
• Private Label Chicken Program Custom private label chicken production service for major grocery chains, providing tailor-made branded concepts and market distinction; positions Fieldale as one of the largest producers of private label chicken in the United States.
• International Chicken Export Program International distribution of Fieldale chicken products to over fifty countries worldwide, with the ability to provide varied packaging formats, fully-cooked products, and specialty item flexibility.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Perdue Farms: Major US poultry processor and producer, family-owned (like Fieldale) and privately held. Operates across whole birds, parts, and value-added chicken products for retail and foodservice, making it a closely comparable independent peer.
• Koch Foods: One of the largest US private poultry processors, family-owned, focused on chicken for retail and foodservice channels. Directly comparable peer in scale and product mix to Fieldale.
• Pilgrim's Pride: One of the largest US poultry producers, fully integrated from feed to processing. Closely comparable business model to Fieldale in chicken processing, foodservice supply, and private label retail supply, with much greater scale and public-company transparency.
• Peco Foods: Privately held, vertically integrated US poultry producer serving retail, foodservice, and international markets. Comparable to Fieldale in private-label and export distribution.
• Mountaire Farms: Privately held US poultry processor and producer serving retail and foodservice. Closely comparable integrated chicken operations and private-label supply model to Fieldale.
• House of Raeford: Privately held poultry producer and processor with further-processed product capabilities. Comparable peer to Fieldale in vertical integration and private-label/foodservice customer mix.
• George's Inc. Privately held, family-owned integrated poultry company producing and processing chicken for retail and foodservice. Comparable peer in size, family ownership, and chicken-only focus.
• Foster Farms: Privately held, family-owned US poultry producer with processing, further-processed, and cooked-product capabilities. Comparable peer in private ownership, branded and private-label retail positioning, and value-added product strategy.
• Wayne-Sanderson Farms: Formed from the merger of Wayne Farms and Sanderson Farms in 2022, making it one of the largest US chicken producers. Directly comparable to Fieldale in primary chicken processing and customer mix, though larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods: The largest US poultry processor and one of the world's largest protein producers. Direct overlap with Fieldale in chicken slaughter, processing, and further-processed products, though Tyson operates at massive scale across beef, pork, and prepared foods.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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