JACKSON, Miss. — An Alabama-based chicken processor will open a plant in northeast Mississippi to make and distribute frozen chicken products.
Peco Foods announced its plan to invest $40 million in West Point, hiring 300 people over the next four years.
The nation’s eighth-largest poultry processor, Peco says it needs more capacity to supply its customers, including restaurants, grocers and food service distributors.
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