In 1936, Norbest hit a publicity jackpot with the presentation of a large turkey to President Franklin D. Roosevelt just before Thanksgiving.

Norbest earned the Armed Forces Meritorious Services Award for Outstanding Performance in supplying the Quartermaster Corps.

After the war, domestic demand for turkey lagged behind the production capacity built to cover wartime needs.

(Prior to this time, turkeys were sold "New York dressed", with the head, feet, and viscera still intact.)

Norbest was first with the Tender-Timer pop-up cooking gauge that pops its stem at precisely the time the turkey is done.

[2] In 2018, activists from Direct Action Everywhere, including director Wayne Hsiung, along with journalist Glenn Greenwald entered a farm in Moroni, Utah that supplies turkeys to Norbest.

Norbest products are sold throughout the United States, as well as in Pacific Rim countries, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.