Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Provides Update on Operations Affected by Hurricane Ian
September 29 2022 - 2:45PM
Business Wire
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) today provided an update on
the status of the Company’s facilities located in Florida following
landfall of Hurricane Ian and the related flooding in the region.
The Company reports that some of its farms and production
facilities have sustained only minor physical damage and light
flooding, and several locations have lost power and are currently
operating on back-up generators. At this time, the Company does not
anticipate any material loss in egg production. The Company is
closely monitoring the storm situation and will provide additional
information if there is a significant impact on its operations.
Dolph Baker, chairman and chief executive officer of Cal-Maine
Foods, Inc., stated, “We are thankful that we have not had any
reports of injuries to any of our employees as a result of this
devastating hurricane. We have experience managing through
catastrophic weather events and our top priority has been and will
continue to be the safety of our employees, and the health and
wellbeing of the animals under our care. We also want to
acknowledge and commend our dedicated employees who worked
tirelessly to prepare for the storm and will continue their efforts
to fully restore normal operations. Hurricane Ian is a storm of
historic proportions, and we are deeply saddened by the extreme
devastation in Florida. We are grateful for the support from local
authorities and the heroic work of first responders who are dealing
with the aftermath of the storm as conditions allow.”
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is primarily engaged in the production,
grading, packing, marketing and sale of fresh shell eggs, including
conventional, cage-free, organic, pasture-raised, free-range and
nutritionally enhanced eggs. The Company, which is headquartered in
Ridgeland, Mississippi, is the largest producer and distributor of
fresh shell eggs in the United States and sells the majority of its
shell eggs in states across the southwestern, southeastern,
mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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