Jollibee-Cargill venture opens biggest poultry processing plant in the country

Cargill Joy Poultry Meats Production, Inc. (C-Joy), a joint venture between Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) and Cargill, has inaugurated the country’s biggest poultry processing plant.

Located in Santo Tomas, Batangas, the plant increases income opportunities for local poultry farmers in Batangas and nearby provinces as they will supply the chickens to be processed at the JFC facility.

With a processing capacity of 45 million chickens per year, the plant is the largest in the Philippines and provides dressed and marinated chicken to meet the increasing demand at JFC brands in the country.

The investment underscores C-Joy’s commitment to deliver convenient, safe and affordable chicken products to the JFC brands in the Philippines.

“We are bringing protein to family’s tables across the Philippines. Cargill and Jollibee came together to start this plant because of our common commitment to the highest standards in product quality and food safety,” said C-Joy President Paul Fullbright.

He noted that, “this is reflected in this new plant which harnesses technology and global experience to deliver tasty chicken products in an environment which is safe for our employees and is environmentally sustainable.”

C-Joy is partnering with local poultry farmers in Batangas and nearby provinces to supply chickens to the new facility. The farming community expressed their excitement at the income opportunities and highlighted their eagerness to providing chicken to JFC brands in the country.

“We are looking forward to producing the chickens that will be supplied to the C-Joy plant to meet the poultry meat requirements of Jollibee,” said Vic Lao, President of Highcrest Corporation, a partner-grower of C-Joy.

Lao said that, “one thing I was impressed about is the biosecurity requirements to control food safety at every stage of production. They are surely raising the bar there.”

US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim views the continued investments from Cargill in the Philippines as an example of the strong economic relationship between the United States and the Philippines. Philippines was the first country Cargill established its presence in Asia back in 1948.

“We are proud that US companies like Cargill make investments that strengthen the economic partnership between our two countries and contribute to the economic development of the Philippines by providing livelihood opportunities, particularly in rural areas,” said Kim.