Introducing USAPEEC Members: Simmons Foods

March 25, 2026

Source: Watt Poultry

Simmons Foods Inc. is a family-owned, vertically integrated company headquartered in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Founded in 1949, the company has grown into a diversified food and ingredients producer with strong expertise in poultry, pet food, and animal nutrition.

Core Product Category

Chicken

Simmons Foods primarily serves the North American market, supplying high-quality poultry products alongside a diversified portfolio in pet food and feed ingredients.

Business Divisions

Simmons Foods operates through three key divisions:

Simmons Prepared Foods – focused on chicken products for the foodservice industry

Simmons Pet Food – specializing in private label wet and dry pet food and treats

Simmons Feed Ingredients – producing specialized ingredients for pet food, aquaculture, and animal feed

Production & Financial Performance

Simmons Foods combines poultry production with value-added processing and diversified operations:

Ready-to-cook chicken production: 22.10 million pounds per week

Head produced annually: 210 million birds

Weekly production: 4.000 million birds

Average liveweight per bird: 6.60 lbs

Financials

Annual revenue: USD 1,500.00 million

Workforce

Employees: 8,500

Operational Scale

The company’s vertically integrated poultry operations include:

Slaughter plants: 2

Further processing plants: 3

Hatcheries: 3

Feed mills: 2

This integrated structure supports efficiency, quality control, and innovation across its production chain.

Website: https://simmonsfoods.com/

Contact: 1 (479) 524-8151