November 19, 2012
Cal-Maine Foods closes acquisition of Maxim Production Co.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has closed the previously announced acquisition of the commercial egg production and related assets of Maxim Production Co., Inc.
The assets purchased by Cal-Maine Foods include a feed mill and two production complexes with capacity for approximately 3.5 million laying hens with related pullet capacity, all located near Boling, Texas. In addition, the acquisition includes contract capacity for approximately 500,000 laying hens near Gonzalez, Texas.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is primarily engaged in the production, grading, packing and sale of fresh shell eggs, including conventional, cage-free, organic and nutritionally-enhanced eggs. The Company, which is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the US and sells the majority of its shell eggs in approximately 29 states across the south-western, south-eastern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the US.
