PITTSBURG, Texas, March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pilgrim's Pride Corporation today said President and Chief Executive Officer O.B. Goolsby and Chief Operating Officer Clint Rivers will be presenting at the Stephens Inc. Consumer Conference on Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at approximately 11:30 a.m. ET (10:30 a.m. CT) in New York City. The investor presentation will include information detailing the company's performance, growth strategy and current industry conditions.
Links to the webcast and presentation slides will be available at the beginning of the presentation via the Pilgrim's Pride website at http://www.pilgrimspride.com/ . The live audio webcast version of the conference can also be accessed via the following URL: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/stph2/ppc/ .
About Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation is the second-largest poultry producer in the United States and Mexico and the largest chicken producer in Puerto Rico. Pilgrim's Pride employs more than 40,000 people and has major operations in Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Mexico and Puerto Rico, with other facilities in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Mississippi and Utah.
Pilgrim's Pride products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entree customers. The Company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. For more information, please visit http://www.pilgrimspride.com/ .
Contact:
Kathy Costner
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
(903) 434-1430
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