Simmons Foods

Simmons poultry primarily provides chicken for restaurants such as Chic-fil-a, Panda Express, Jubilee, Cheesecake Factory, Taco Bell, KFC, and a dozen other chains.

Simmons Animal Nutrition division provides feed ingredients for brands such as Blue Buffalo, Hills, Nestle, Mars, Champion, and Freshpet.

[5][6] Production facilities inherited from Menu Foods are located in Emporia, Kansas; Pennsauken, New Jersey; and Streetsville, Ontario.

[8] On July 31, 2017, Simmons Foods opened an ingredient production facility in Siloam Springs, AR.

Since 2015, the company has invested an estimated $30 million in the facility where it will produce fresh and frozen meat ingredients for pet food manufacturers.

[9] On September 27, 2017, Simmons Prepared Foods announced it will build a new chicken facility in Benton County between Decatur and Gentry, Arkansas.

The $38 million investment will increase operations by 200,000 square feet and create approximately 100 new jobs in the Emporia area.

[14][4] He began working at Simmons in 1990 was promoted to chief executive officer and Vice Chairman in December 2012.

[citation needed] The program has reached several milestones in its 40th year, providing a combined total of more than $1.1 million in college and vocational scholarships to over 1,000 students, according to a press release from the company.

[26] In 2022, Simmons Foods was named as one of nineteen companies accused by Washington State of conspiracy to artificially inflate for price of chicken.