September 2, 2010

Dorada Poultry plans to open in Oklahoma

Dorada Poultry has announced that it will occupy the former 180,000sqft Tyson Foods facility located at 2000 Hall Boulevard in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

The plant, which is scheduled to become operational in mid-2011, will provide chicken products to McDonald's restaurants and is expected to employ approximately 350 employees.

Dorada Poultry is a joint venture between the principals of Lopez Foods, a meat manufacturing company, and Tyson Foods, a processors and marketers of chicken, beef and pork products.

Ed Sanchez, chairman and CEO of Dorada Poultry said, "We are proud to become members of the Ponca City business community and look forward to becoming a model of corporate citizenship. With an anticipated economic impact of US$7 million per year in payroll, we will make a major economic contribution to the region where our employees will live, work and play. We want our workforce to be proud to call Dorada Poultry their employer."