Pilgrim’s values team members, families:

A proud provider for the family meal

A global provider of high-quality food products, Pilgrim’s employs more than 58,000 team members working together to bring protein to consumers, restaurants and retailers around the world. And here in Chattanooga, they’re offering job opportunities for the community to join in their vision. “At Pilgrim’s, our vision is to create the opportunity of a better future for our team members,” explained Nikki Richardson, Pilgrim’s Director of Communications. “The health and safety of our team members is paramount in our facilities, and we’re focused on producing high-quality food to feed families across the country.”

For those who may not be aware of all that Pilgrim’s provides in the U.S., brands the company produces include (but are not limited to):

• Pilgrim’s Chicken: a partnership with local family farms to produce high-quality food products including fresh chicken, fully cooked, ready to cook and individually frozen chicken.

• Just BARE Chicken: offerings of organic and all-natural chicken that are fed a vegetarian and grain diet with no artificial ingredients, no antibiotics and no hormones.

• Gold’n Plump: the upper Midwest’s leading provider of premium branded and custom chicken products to retail, deli and foodservice customers nationally.

• Gold Kist Chicken: high-quality chicken products for foodservice customers and school lunch programs.

• Pierce Chicken: great-tasting, high-quality chicken for the restaurant and foodservice industry.

• Country Pride: retail, deli and quality value chicken items including savory tenders, crunchy popcorn chicken and tasty nuggets.

A variety of opportunities are available at the local facility including production roles, maintenance mechanics, diesel mechanics, CDL drivers and more. Everyone is welcome to apply, according to Richardson, and qualifications include a background check and drug screening.

“We have several development opportunities at Pilgrim’s that give our team members the opportunity to grow with the company,” Richardson added.

Richardson also noted the company’s key values that create the culture at Pilgrim’s: determination, simplicity, availability, humility, sincerity, discipline and ownership.

“We want all our team members to share these values as they build their career at Pilgrim’s,” she said. “It’s our goal to be an employer of choice and provide people with a better future.”

Pilgrim’s also values diversity and equal opportunity in the workplace and holds all its facilities accountable to prevent any type of discrimination among their workers and their families, so applicants can be confident of their merit when applying for the opportunity that best suits them.

To learn more, or to apply for an available position, visit www.pilgrims. com, or stop by the facility on Peeples Street in Chattanooga.