September 2, 2010

US poultry processor buys Tyson Foods facility

Dorada Poultry of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US, announced it will occupy the former 180,000 square foot Tyson Foods facility located in Ponca City.

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, five days per week, 24 hours a day.

Dorada Poultry is a joint venture between the principals of Lopez Foods, Oklahoma, a large Hispanic-owned meat manufacturing company, and Tyson Foods of Springdale, Arkansas, a major world's processor and marketer of chicken and other meat products.