ATLANTA — Throughout its current Annual Protein Conference & Showcase in Atlanta, Ga., the Nationwide Protein and Meals Distributors Affiliation introduced Jim Perdue, chairman of Perdue Farms, with its Protein Business Lifetime Achievement Award.
Perdue is a third-generation chief of the privately held Perdue Farms, primarily based in Salisbury, Md. He grew up within the household enterprise and realized the significance of buyer satisfaction and high quality merchandise, the affiliation famous.
After acquiring a grasp’s diploma and a doctorate, Perdue returned to the corporate in 1983 and labored his manner up the ranks. He turned chairman and CEO in 1991.
Below his management, the corporate expanded its portfolio of premium protein manufacturers and have become a frontrunner in office security and worker well being, NPFDA mentioned, including that, Perdue Farms additionally turned the primary main poultry firm to maneuver all its hen to no-antibiotics ever protocols and is an business chief in animal welfare with its Commitments to Animal Care initiatives.
Perdue can also be actively concerned in neighborhood organizations and serves on the board of the Oyster Restoration Partnership, a nonprofit knowledgeable in Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration. As chairman, Perdue ensures that the corporate stays true to its values of high quality, integrity, teamwork, and stewardship. Perdue Farms is dedicated to being essentially the most trusted title in meals and agricultural merchandise.
All through Perdue’s skilled trajectory and operational methodologies, he stays steadfast in his unwavering dedication that “should you maintain your folks and produce high-quality merchandise, profitability will observe.”
