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Food Processing in Georgia

COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

IN THIS STUDY: Georgia’s Food Processing Snapshot ..................... 1 Georgia’s Food Processing Industry........................ 3 Georgia’s Agricultural Economy............................... 5 Georgia’s Productive Workforce.............................. 6 Georgia’s Product Distribution Infrastructure........ 9 Georgia’s Industry Technology Resources........... 10 Georgia’s Available Food Processing Sites......... 12 Georgia’s Favorable Business Climate.................. 13 Georgia’s Food Processors...................................... 15 Georgia’s Trade Associations................................. 23

Food Processing Georgia’s Leading Manufacturing Sector GEORGIA’S FOOD PROCESSING SNAPSHOT

Food processors with 50+ employees

• Home to 608 companies employing 67,858

Georgia’s Top 10 Food Processing Employers

Company

Number of Employees

• Food processing accounts for $8 billion of Georgia GSP

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

8,631

• Approximately 40 new and expanding companies

Fieldale Farms Corp.

4,120

located in last five years, creating more than 5,200 jobs • Nearly 1,900 jobs created by 12 new locations within the last two years • Access to state-of-the-art technology and innovation kept productivity high in spite of industry-wide decline in employment

A Top Growth Industry in the Fourth-Fastest Growing State in the U.S. Georgia is an ideal home for food processing – the state’s leading manufacturing sector in terms

Why Georgia for Food Processing?

of employment. With more than 50,000 farms

• Abundant agricultural assets

producing a variety of food commodities, Georgia’s

• Excellent accessibility to market

processors capitalize on an abundance of raw

• Skilled, affordable workers

materials. Georgia is home to a highly skilled,

• Exceptional transportation systems

affordable work force, an exceptional transporta-

• World-class technology resources

tion infrastructure and world-class technological resources geared toward promoting the success

• Business-friendly environment

of the food processing industry.

• Critical mass of successful food processors

Georgia’s business climate is consistently Every year, food processors around the country

ranked as one of the best in the country, with business-friendly tax code and incentives that

and around the globe are discovering what the

encourage manufacturing growth for existing

state’s 600+ food processing companies already

and newly arriving companies.

know – Georgia is a great place to do business.

Food Processing Makes a Difference Georgia’s food processing industry employs

accounts for nearly 48 percent of food processing

68,000 people and contributes more than $8 billion

GSP. Georgia’s poultry growers and processing

to the Gross State Product (GSP). Food processing

facilities are thriving. The food processing industry

is the single largest contributor to manufacturing

makes a difference in the lives of Georgians and is

GSP, accounting for nearly 20 percent. The animal

a vital part of the state’s economy.

slaughtering and processing segment of the industry

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Tyson Foods Inc.

3,041

Equity Group-Georgia Division

2,900

Perdue Farms Inc.

2,000

Kellogg (includes Murray Biscuits)

1,833

Wayne Farms LLC

1,805

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

1,765

Norman W. Fries Inc. (DBA Claxton Poultry Farms)

1,700

Sanderson Farms

1,600

Source: Georgia Power Community & Economic Development Food Processing Database

Georgia’s food processing companies are located throughout the state.

Food Processors in Georgia Georgia is home to 600 food processing operations.

Global icon Coca-Cola is headquartered in Atlanta

largest food manufacturing employers and are

and employs thousands of workers around the

scattered throughout the state. Georgia is home

state. However, the majority of Georgia’s food and

to approximately 12,000 chicken houses.

beverage producers employ fewer than 100 workers. Poultry processing operations are among the state’s

An additional map and detailed company list by industry segment appear on page 14.

Food Processors with 50+ Employees

Source: Harris Selectory, Business Wise 2008

Food processors with 50+ employees

Poultry Capital of the World Georgia farmers produce 15 percent of the nation’s chickens at an average of nearly 23 million pounds per day. Georgia is the fourth largest poultry producing region in the world. On an average day, Georgia farmers produce 11.7 million table eggs, 7 million hatching eggs and 75 tons of turkey meat. Ninety-nine Georgia counties annually produce more than $1 million each in poultry products. The poultry industry in total produces more than $12 billion for the state’s economy. In 1995, the Georgia General Assembly declared Georgia the official Poultry Capital of the World. Source: The University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

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Food processing is an important industry in Georgia. It accounts for $8 billion in 70 Gross State Product and employs 68,000 Georgia residents.

INDUSTRY SEGMENTS IN GEORGIA

Georgia’s Food Processing Industry

NAICS Codes Included in Analysis

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3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 3113 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing

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Animal slaughtering and processing operations,

3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing

looks bright. Forecasts by Moody’s Economy.com

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the largest industry segment group in Georgia,

predict that food processing GSP contribution in

account for $4 billion in Gross State Product and

Georgia will reach 8.4 billion by 2010 and that the

3115 Dairy Product Manufacturing

employ nearly3038,000 Georgians. Other food pro-

industry will employ 69,000 workers.

3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing

cessing and bakeries are the next largest segments,

Companies included in this industry review are

contributing another $3 billion in GSP combined and

those that are classified under SIC 20 or NAICS 311,

20 than 20,000 workers. employing more

food manufacturing (including animal food manufac-

The future of Georgia’s food processing industry

3117 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging 3118 Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing 3119 Other Food Manufacturing

turing) and NAICS 3121, beverage manufacturing.

3121 Beverage Manufacturing

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GSP Contribution by Industry Segment

Employment by Industry Segment

billions of real dollars

4,086

Animal Slaughtering and Processing 1,751

Other Food Processing

9,991

Other Food Processing

436

Beverage

10,666

Bakeries

1,249

Bakeries

37,632

Animal Slaughtering and Processing

Sugar and Confectionery

1,891

Grain

279

Fruits and Vegetables

1,573

Sugar and Confectionery

244

Grain

1,498

Animal Food

233

Animal Food

1,452

122

Dairy

Seafood Products 560

Seafood Products 74 0

730

Dairy

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

0

Source: Moody’s Economy.com

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20,000

Source: Moody’s Economy.com

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30,000

40,000

50,000

SANDERSON FARMS COMES TO GEORGIA

Georgia’s Top 10 Food Processing Employers

Number of Employees

Number of Major Locations

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

8,631

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Poultry Processing

2

Fieldale Farms Corp.

4,120

4

Poultry Processing

the nation’s number

3

Tyson Foods Inc.

3,041

6

Poultry Processing

four poultry producer,

4

Equity Group-Georgia Division

2,900

1

Poultry Processing

5

Perdue Farms Inc.

2,000

1

Poultry Processing



Company

1

Sanderson Farms,

announced in 2004 that it would open a

Segment

processing plant in Moultrie, Georgia,

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Kellogg (includes Murray Biscuits)

1,833

5

Snack Foods Manufacturing

employing more than 1,500 workers. The

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Wayne Farms LLC

1,805

4

Poultry Processing

Laurel, Mississippi company said locating in

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Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

1,765

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Georgia would move Sanderson Farms closer

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Norman W. Fries Inc. (DBA Claxton Poultry Farms)

1,700

1

Poultry Processing

Sanderson Farms

1,600

1

Poultry Processing

to its customers in the Southeast and would help the company move into the next phase of its growth plan. The processing facility added second shift operations at the Moultrie facility in 2007.

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Soft Drink Manufacturing

Source: Georgia Power Community & Economic Development Food Processing Database



In addition to the processing plant in Moultrie, the company opened a feed mill in Adel, Georgia.

Major Locations Bring More than 5,000 New Jobs Companies Recently Expanding or Newly Locating in Georgia

“Georgia has been instrumental in helping us grow the success of our company. From

(100 or more employees)

the competitive cost of doing business to the

Company

Number of Employees

available workforce, Georgia has provided

Location

Year

Sanderson Farms

us with an ideal opportunity to expand our

Allen’s (two expansions in 2007 and 2008)*

1,600 428

Moultrie

2004

Montezuma

operations and reach an important part of our

2007

Kellogg Company (expansion)

customer base.”

Consolidated Biscuit Company (purchased by Organic Milling in 2006)

300

Columbus

2007

250

Valdosta

2005

Joe F. Sanderson, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Sanderson Farms

Quik’n Tasty Foods

250

Clayton

2008

California Cereal Products Inc.

225

Macon

2006

Kellogg Company (expansion)

220

Rome

2007

Lehui Enterprises

200

Newnan

2006

Organic Milling Company

175

Valdosta

2006

Flint River Foods LLC (purchased by Allen’s)*

150

Montezuma

2003

Gold Creek Foods LLC

150

Dawsonville

2004

Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe

150

Valdosta

2007

Turano Bakery

150

Villa Rica

2007

American Fresh Foods

100

Thomasville

2004

Bell Plantation (now Protein Plus LLC)

100

Fitzgerald

2006

Premium Waters Inc.

100

Douglas

2006

*Allen’s now operates two locations in Montezuma, one for frozen vegetables, one for canned vegetables.

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Agriculture is big business in Georgia. Affordable, abundant, high quality farm products are a definite plus for food processors.

Georgia’s Agricultural Economy Food and fiber production has always been an important part of Georgia’s growing economy. With 10.5 million acres of farm land, the state’s farmers produce a wide range of commodities. The chart called Georgia Farm Gate Values shows Georgia’s top products and ranking.

Georgia’s U.S. Rank by Commodity

Georgia Farm Gate Values In 2007, broilers accounted for 40.8 percent of

U.S. Ranking

Commodity

Georgia’s 2007 Farm Gate Value. Cotton was a

1

Broilers

1

Peanuts

1

Pecans

1

Watermelons

2

Cucumbers, Fresh Market

2

Onion, Spring

2

Rye

3

Bell Peppers

3

Cabbage

3

Cantaloupes

3

Snap Beans

3

Squash, Fresh Market

3

Sweet Corn, Fresh Market

success in Moultrie include the pro-business

3

Tomatoes, Fresh Market

environment via state and local support; a

distant second with 5.4 percent of Farm Gate value. Rank

Commodity

Value

1

Broilers

$4.75 billion

3

Eggs $549.7 million

6

Beef

$423.3 million

7

Peanuts

$381.9 million

8

Dairy

$310.02 million

Georgia’s 2007 Total Farm Gate Value: $11.6 billion

“Our Moultrie facility is a classic success story between business, the state and the local community. Three key factors to our

great work force filled with hard-working and Source: USDA, 2007

dedicated local employees, without whom we would not be able to produce the quality product our customers expect; and access to a dynamic and innovative customer in

2007 Georgia Top Ten Agricultural Commodities

Wal-Mart. Since our Moultrie facility opened in 2001, we grew from 120 employees seven

Container Nursery Greenhouse Dairy

years ago to approximately 500 employees today. Additionally the expansions to our facility have exceeded $10 million over the

Other Commodities

same time period.”

Peanuts Beef

Terry Wilkerson, Executive Vice President for Strategic Business

Horses

Development, National Beef Broilers

Timber Eggs Cotton

Source: 2007 Farmgate

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The food processing industry employs 68,000 Georgians. Georgia’s work force is highly productive and competitively priced.

Georgia’s Productive Work Force FORBES MAGAZINE “Best States to Do Business” 1. Virginia 2. Utah 3. Washington

The size of Georgia’s food processing work force

Gross Product. The industry will add approximately

will remain steady through 2010 according to

1,000 workers. Technology and process automation

projections by Moody’s Economy.com.

will continue to enhance the abilities of Georgia’s

Moody’s expects food processing output to

highly skilled, results-oriented workers.

increase by $200 million by 2010 to $8.4 billion in

4. North Carolina 5. GEORGIA 6. Colorado 7. Idaho 8. Florida 9. Texas 10. Nebraska Source: Forbes magazine, 7.31.2008 Forbes’ rankings measure states on six main areas of importance: business costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, current economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life.

Georgia’s Stable Food Processing Work Force (in Thousands) 80

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Growth in Georgia’s work force vs. growth in output, 1990 - 2010

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Food Processing GSP up 2.19 % annually Food Processing Employment up 1.35% annually Source: Moody’s Economy.com, 2007

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30

20

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FOOD PROCESSING WAGES IN GEORGIA ARE COMPETITIVE

Georgia’s Wages are Lower Georgia’s weekly manufacturing wage is

Georgia’s wages for manufacturing and occupations specifically related to food processing are typically lower than those of the U.S. overall.

below that of the U.S. The food processing wage is slightly higher. The presence of Coca- Cola’s headquarters in Atlanta

Occupation

U.S. Mean Hourly Wage

Georgia Mean Hourly Wage

Bakers

$11.13

$10.20

Butchers and Meat Cutters

$13.37

$11.61

$9.99

$9.60

Slaughterers and Meat Packers

$10.33

$9.77

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking and

$12.15

$10.75

Meat, Poultry and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

accounts for some of the difference, as the number of highly-compensated executives at that location is significant.

Manufacturing Wages Georgia:

$875/week

US:

$1029/week

Food Processing Wages

Drying Machine Operators and Tenders Food Batchmakers

$11.61

$11.21

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

$11.03

$8.26

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2007 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Georgia:

$810/week

US:

$728/week

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2007

Low Unionization Rates According to The Bureau of National Affairs, only 4.3 percent of Georgia’s private manufacturing work-

Georgia’s private manufacturing unionization is 4.3%, U.S. is 11.3%.

ers are unionized, compared to 11.3 percent for the nation overall. Major food processing-related unions in Source: BNA, 2007

Georgia, along with number of union members, are shown in the table below.

Union

1992

2008

Change

Bakery/Tobacco (BCTWIU)

5,213

2,220

-2,993

Food/Commercial Workers (UFCW)

1,845

1,670

-175

Bakery Workers (BCW)

252

174

-78

Grain Millers (AFGM)

193

193

0

7,503

4,257

-3,507

Total

Source: Georgia Power Community & Economic Development Unionization Database, 2008

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Skilled Workers Labor expenses in the food processing industry account for more than a third of production costs. Having a trained and efficient work force is paramount in maintaining a competitive position in the market place. Georgia’s extensive network of technical colleges and the state’s highly touted Quick Start program help ensure that food processing operations have the level of workers needed to be successful. In September of 2007, Expansion Management magazine once again named Georgia as the number one state in the U.S. for work force training. The ranking is based a poll of 80 site location consultants. Over the past six years, Georgia has placed either first or second, with Quick Start being the primary reason for the state’s success.




Quick Start is Georgia’s internationally recognized skills-based training program that provides job-specific training at no cost for qualified new and expanding companies. Food processors in Georgia can rely on Quick Start’s broad experience in food manufacturing

TOM’S SNACK FOODS AND QUICK START

technologies. Job-specific training for the food industry includes: FDA requirements

Pasteurization

GMPs

Centrifuge operations

new employees on a fast track. We relied

Water treatment

Filtration

heavily on Quick Start to develop materi-

Sanitation producers

Filling

als for training our employees on safety,

Ingredient testing

Sampling

Ingredient loading

Palletizing

that the use of the materials, and particularly

Mixing

Equipment troubleshooting

the professional way in which they were

Baking

Control system logic

Control panel navigation

ERP system interface

Inventory control

Labeling

“Expanded business opportunities required that we hire approximately 100

sanitation and allergen awareness in a food manufacturing environment. I am convinced

produced, was key to our success.” Source: Quick Start

Packaging Quick Start also provides a variety of core training programs focused on productivity enhancement, customer service and safety, to name a few. www.georgiaquickstart.org Source: Quick Start

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Georgia’s world-class transportation infrastructure enables food processors to quickly get their products to market.

Georgia’s Product Distribution Infrastructure Atlanta has long been the transportation center of the Southeast. With well-maintained highway systems connecting areas around the state to the rest of the nation, products made in Georgia are never far from their markets. Two major rail systems crisscross the state, and two major ports, Savannah and Brunswick, enable manufacturers and processors to quickly ship to domestic and global customers. According to the USDA, dollars spent on transportation represent roughly 4 percent of total production/ product-to-market costs for food processors. Georgia’s prime location as a transportation hub is crucial.

WATER • Savannah is the fastest-growing container port and the fourth largest in the nation. • Port shipments were up 17.5 percent in FY 2008 – a record for the Georgia Ports Authority. • Port expansions and improvements totaling $1 billion are planned over the next 10 years. • Interstate highways and rail lines are easily accessible from the port facilities. • Colonel’s Island in Brunswick is equipped with a multi-purpose agribulk facility.

AIR • 80 percent of the nation’s major consumer markets are within a two-hour flight of Atlanta. • Two international airports in Savannah and Atlanta. Seven additional airports provide commercial passenger service around the state. • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world’s busiest in passenger volume. • Hartsfield-Jackson has 1.2 million square feet of cargo handling space and two miles of mechanized conveyors. • Hartsfield-Jackson has a 42,000 square-foot temperature-controlled perishables center.

HIGHWAY • 80 percent of nation’s consumer markets are within a two-day drive time. • Four major interstates, I-75, I-85, I-20 and I-95 • Well-maintained, non-toll interstate system • $8 billion budgeted for road improvement and maintenance over next three years

RAIL • 4,700 miles of track, service to 500 communities • CSX and Norfolk Southern each operate more than 80 freight trains in and out of Atlanta daily. • Six major intermodal facilities; four in Atlanta, one in Brunswick and one in Savannah

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Georgia’s food processors are supported by a variety of research and technology groups around the state. The state’s world-class colleges and universities provide state-of-the-art facilities and research dollars that make possible ground-breaking food industry technology development.

Georgia’s Innovation & Technology Resources FOODPAC’S FY2008 RESEARCH The Food Processing Advisory Council (FoodPAC) has approved a total of 17 projects for FY 2008 funding at a combined amount of $1,339,950 (amount includes both general and bond funds). The projects address FoodPAC (Food Processing Advisory Council)

a research priority in one of FoodPAC’s three technical focus areas and are divided as follows: six in Process

is the state’s premier organization for academic,

& Product Improvement, six in Food Safety & Health, and five in Environmental. The projects (grouped under

government and private sector collaboration in

their respective technical focus area), principal investigator/institution, and their individual funding amounts

promoting the economic well-being of Georgia’s

are listed below.

food processing industry. The Food Processing Industry Initiative was started in 1994 as part

Process & Product Improvement

of the state’s economic development empha-

• Robotic packing of trays

sis on traditional industries. It resulted in the

• Imaging and oven control development for bottom color of baked goods

formation of a joint public-private partnership

• Development of an automated mid-line inspection system

between industry, Georgia’s institutions of

• Radio-frequency pre-heating of marinated boneless chicken meat

higher education and Georgia’s state agencies.

• Intelligent transfer system

http://foodpac.gatech.edu

• Augmented reality overline laser projection on food product

Food Safety & Health • Measuring the health-promoting components in peanuts and peanut products • Use of a multiphase antimicrobial/modified atmosphere packaging • Material/technology to control the safety and quality of processed, ready-to-eat meats • Development of a free available chlorine sensor of red-water chillers and other • Food processing liquid streams • Reduction of salmonella enteritidis in pre-harvest poultry • Evaluation of electrolyzed oxidizing water as a sanitizer for fresh and fresh-cut produce and food

Contact Surfaces • Detection and elimination of bone in deboned product • Biosensor at GTRI to detect avian influenza • Georgia Tech UV disinfection process • GTRI “washable robot” for poultry processing • Prototype sensor under development to automatically detect chlorine levels in poultry chiller water

Environmental • Recovery and purification of fat from food processing wastewater for use as high-grade biodiesel blendstock • Stormwater runoff from poultry processing: a cost-effective strategy for defining the relationship between suspended solids and fecal coliform concentrations • Development of environmental process system for the eggshells separation plant in support of its commercialization • Free fatty acid recovery from unrefined and waste oils as value-added products • Producing fuel ethanol from bakery waste

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Georgia Tech Agricultural Technology Research Since 1973, the Georgia Tech Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP) has provided innovative

The Food Processing Technology Building at Georgia Tech Georgia Tech’s state-of-the-art Food Process-

engineering research and development for the poultry industry in particular and the food-processing industry

ing Technology Building is a world-class center

at large. The program’s staff has studied the challenges facing this important industrial sector in Georgia,

for collaborative food processing technology

the nation, and abroad, developing a number of innovative technologies for improving processing efficiency

development, academic research, and public

and effectiveness. The program’s outreach activities focus on issues and challenges that affect the

interaction. Officially opened in May 2005, the

industry today.

building serves as a cornerstone for:

The Agricultural Technology Research Program is an integral part of Georgia Tech and administratively headquartered within the Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems of the Georgia Tech Research Institute. http://atrp.gatech.edu/

• Creating innovative new technology designs for the food industry • Fostering active industrial and academic collaboration • Attracting technology providers interested in helping solve some of the many challenges facing the food processing industry The building serves as headquarters for the Food Processing Technology Division of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the non-profit applied research arm of Georgia Tech.

INNOVATIONS

http://foodtech.gatech.edu/

Georgia Tech has a history of developing innovative technologies that eventually reach the commercial marketplace. Some of these developments are released through special licensing agreements, while others are offered for unrestricted use by commercial developers. A sampling of recent successful innovations includes: • A patent-pending, state-of-the-art computerized broiler-house management system for monitoring and controlling grow-out activities; • One of the first computer-vision systems developed specifically to size and identify poultry parts; • An ingenious thermally enhanced dewatering system for quickly and affordably removing more than half of the water in dissolved-air flotation (DAF) skimmings on-site; • One of the first electronic bird-counting systems for providing real-time, continuous tracking of processing plant line speeds and capacity utilization; • A USDA-approved sound-absorbing panel for effectively reducing noise levels in processing plants; and • One of the first designs for covering a scalder to reduce heat loss and conserve energy.

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Georgia’s Innovation & Technology Resources Other Supporting Organizations University of Georgia, Poultry Science Extension and Outreach: Provides relevant educational and service programs for commercial poultry producers and allied industry representatives. www.poultry.uga.edu/extension/index.htm University of Georgia, Food Science Extension and Outreach: Provides food safety education for industry and the public. Provides workshops and on-site training, assistance with new product development, plant layout and design, product shelf-life extension, and waste disposal. www.efsonline.uga.edu Georgia Centers for Innovation: Agriculture Innovation Center provides resources for Georgia’s agribusiness companies, connecting businesses with needed technical and financial resources throughout the state. The Center of Innovation for Manufacturing Excellence helps manufacturing companies stay competitive in the global market place. The Center offers state-of-the art manufacturing training in robotics, programmable control systems, lean manufacturing and plant safety. www.georgia.org/Business/Innovation/Centers+of+Innovation.htm Industry Associations: Georgia is home to more than 100 food industry-related associations and trade organizations. For a complete listing and contact information, see page 23.

Georgia’s communities are committed to bringing food processing operations to their towns. Locations that are currently available and highly suitable for food processing are shown below.

Georgia’s Available Food Processing Sites More than 50 sites are available with excess water capacity greater than one million gallons a day. Source: Georgia Resource Center, www.selectgeorgia.net

Sites throughout Georgia make excellent locations for food processing operations. For more information on Georgia’s prime food processing sites, visit Georgia Power’s Community & Economic Development Web site at www.selectgeorgia.net.

Criteria for Evaluating Sites

Available Industrial Site

• E xcess water and sewer capacity greater than one million gallons per day • Gas available • Electricity available • E asy access to interstate highway (within 1 mile of interstate) • Available tract of 50 acres or more • C urrently zoned industrial, heavy industrial or industrial park Source: Georgia Resource Center Site Database, 2008

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Georgia’s business climate is consistently ranked among the best in the country.

Georgia’s Favorable Business Climate Food processors in Georgia are often eligible for a variety of tax credits and sales tax exemptions. The state’s job tax credit program grants credits that may be applied against the state’s corporate income tax. Other tax credits including those tied to capital investment, employee training and child care are also available. See the listing to the right for tax credit programs and tax exemptions in Georgia. For detailed information on tax exemptions, credits and other state incentives, visit www.georgia.org/Business/Incentives/Taxation.htm.

TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS – Job Tax Credit – Job Tax Credit Bonus – Investment Tax Credit – Optional Investment Tax Credit – “Mega Project” Tax Credit – Retraining Tax Credit – Education Tax Credit – Small Business Growth Tax Credit – Research and Development Tax Credit – Child Care Tax Credit – Qualified Child Care Property Tax Credit – Port Activity Job Tax Credit – Mass Transit Tax Credit – Teleworking Tax Credit

GEORGIA RANKS

– Opportunity Zones – Renewal Communities/ EZs/ECs (Federal)

Cost of Doing Business: According to Moody’s Cost of Doing Business Index, March 2008, Georgia’s unit labor cost, energy cost, state and local sales tax costs and overall cost of doing business fall below the national average.

TAX EXEMPTIONS – Seed, Fertilizer, Agricultural Chemicals Sales Tax – Irrigation Equipment Sales Tax – Agricultural Machinery Sales Tax

CNBC’s “America’s Top States for Business”: Georgia ranked #4 in 2007.

– Off-Road Forestry Equipment Sales Tax – Liquefied Gases and Fuels for Specific Agribusiness Purposes Sales Tax – Ice Used for Food Processing or Shipment

Forbes “The Best States for Business”: Georgia ranked #5 in 2008

Sales Tax – Sod Grass Sales Tax Georgia’s corporate income tax is a flat 6 percent and has not changed since 1969. In 2008, corporate income tax liability is based solely on gross receipts in Georgia. Georgia ranks 6th most favorable in terms of corporate income tax climate according to the 2008 Tax Foundation State Business Tax Climate Index.

– Seed, Fertilizer, Agricultural Chemicals Sales Tax – Property Tax – Freeport Inventory Tax (Property) – Industrial Materials Sales Tax – Packaging Materials Sales Tax

Individual personal income taxes are graduated, 1 to 6 percent, and makes Georgia the 7th most favorable. (Tax Foundation, 2006)

– Manufacturing Machinery Sales Tax – Pollution Control Equipment Sales Tax – Custom Software Sales Tax – Clean Room Equipment Sales Tax

Unemployment insurance rates are competitive, as Georgia’s jobless return to work quicker than those in any other state. Georgia is the 3rd most favorable state in this category. (Tax Foundation, 2006)

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– Enterprise Zones (Property)

Companies with 50 or More Workers

Georgia’s Food Processing Companies

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Top Food Processing Companies in Georgia by Industry Segment Company

(50 or more employees)

Employment Line of Business

County

3111 Other Animal Food Manufacturing American Proteins Inc.

120

Anitox Corp.

50

Poultry feeds

Forsyth

Prepared feeds & feed ingredients/animal

Gwinnett Franklin

Columbia Farms Inc.

100

Prepared chicken feeds; chicken hatchery; flour & other grain mill products

Flint River Mills Inc.

105

Poultry feeds; dog & cat food & supplements

Decatur

Dog and Cat Food

Laurens

Hi-Tek Rations

56

Nestle Purina Petcare Co.

200

Dog & cat food & supplements

Fulton

Pennington Seed Inc.

100

Prepared feeds & feed ingredients/animal

Morgan

Animal feed

Hall

Dog & cat food & supplements

Fulton

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

1,600

Simmons Pet Food Inc.

100

TOTAL

2,431 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling

Archer Daniels Midland Co.

200

Soybean processing

Lowndes

California Cereal

125

Cereals

Bibb

Cargill Custom Dressings LLC

150

Vegetable shortenings; wholesales animal or vegetable oil & greases

Hall

Chickasha of Georgia LLC

50

Cottonseed oil; meal

Tift

Fuji Vegetable Oil Inc.

53

Vegetable oil mill

Chatham

400

Cereals

Newton

Griffin Industries Inc.

53

Tallow

Clayton

Home-Grown Industries of GA

55

Prepared pizza dough; pickles; sauces & salad dressings; flour mixes & doughs

Fulton

Mid Georgia Processing Co. LLC

56

Cottonseed oil products; oil; cake & meal

Dooly

Corn flour

Jackson

Granola & muesli flakes; cookies; frozen snack foods; food preparations

Lowndes

General Mills Inc.

Mission Foods

485

Organic Milling of Georgia LLC

50

Pillsbury Co.

100

Flour/mill products; prepared flour mixes; frozen specialties

DeKalb

Southeastern Mills Inc.

150

Prepared flour mixes and doughs

Floyd

TOTAL

1,927 3113 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing

Candy Innovative Concepts LLC Crown Candy Corp. Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company Hershey Co. Imperial Sugar Co. Mars Inc. Masterfoods Inc.

59 75 255 50 400 1,000 272

Candy & other confectionery products

Fulton

Candy & other confectionery products

Bibb

Candies

Dougherty

Chocolate & cocoa products

Cobb

Sugar cane refining

Chatham

Candy & other confectionery products

Turner

Candy bars & chocolate covered candy bars

Dougherty

Savannah Sugar Refinery Corp.

377

Granulated/powdered/soft sugar

Chatham

Standard Candy

300

Candy & other confectionery products

Dodge

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Company

Employment Line of Business

Stewart Candies Wrigley Manufacturing Co. LLC TOTAL

County

50

Soft candies

Ware

700

Chewing gum

Hall

3,538 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing

AG Buckhead Inc. Allen’s Inc.

50 420

Canned fresh fruit juices

Fulton

Frozen vegetable and fruits

Macon

America’s Kitchen

50

Frozen packaged dinners

Fulton

Boca Grande Foods

95

Pickled fruits, vegetables, veg sauces

Gwinnett

Braswell, A M Jr. Food Co. Inc.

95

Cucumbers, pickles & salted pickles; canned preserves, including imitation; flavoring extracts & syrups; food preparations

Bulloch

Heidi’s Gourmet Desserts Inc.

85

Canned specialties

DeKalb

Pactiv Corp.

800

Canned applesauce

Newton

Sunny Delight Beverages

150

Fruit juices; wholesales packaged frozen foods

Fulton

Dried & dehydrated fruits, vegetables

Tift

Wendell Roberson Farms Inc. TOTAL

75 1,820

3115 Dairy Product Manufacturing Blue Bell Creameries

50

Centennial Farms Dairy

123

Kraft Foods Global Inc.

150

Frozen desserts & novelties

Gwinnett

Milk, fluid

Fulton

Processed cheese

Forsyth

Mayfield Dairy Farms Inc.

54

Frozen desserts & novelties; milk production

Carroll

Mayfield Dairy Farms Inc.

80

Processes, pasteurizes, homogenizes & bottles milk

Jackson

Nestle USA Inc.

120

Evaporated milk; canned fruits; dog food; uncooked pasta packaged with other ingredients; candy & other confectionery products; wholesales confectionery products

Henry

Portion Pac, Division of HJ

200

Cheese paste; beverage powders; canned & jarred edible jellies; dried or dehydrated vegetables; raw & cooked salad dressings; peanut butter

DeKalb

Schreiber Foods Inc.

200

Cheese; fluid milk

Hall

Southern Ice Cream Specialties Inc.

139

Ice cream

Cobb

Unilever Foods NA

230

Margarine

Fulton

Dairy & non-dairy based dietary supplements; food preparations

Gwinnett

Valentine Enterprises Inc. TOTAL

75 1,421

3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing Agora Foods Inc.

200

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Dawson

American Fresh Foods

100

Case-ready ground beef and meat products

Thomas

BCK LLC

130

Poultry processing

Clarke

Birchwood Foods

200

Ground beef processing

Gwinnett

Braselton Poultry Inc.

200

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Hall

Cagle’s Inc.

60

Cagle’s Inc.

800

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Fulton

Poultry processing

Harris

Callaway Farms

50

Meat processing

Richmond

Cal-Maine Foods Inc.

75

Egg Processing and Packaging

Jasper

Cal-Maine Foods Inc.

100

Egg Processing and Packaging

Hart

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Employment Line of Business

County

Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.

350

Meat packing plant

Coweta

Castleberry’s Food Co.

420

Prepared meat products & processes vegetables

Richmond

Coleman Natural Foods

200

Further processed chicken

Jackson

Coleman Natural Foods

120

Processes fresh chicken; wholesales live, dressed or frozen unpackaged poultry

Hall

Crider Inc.

200

Processes cooked chicken

Candler

Crystal Diamond Brands Inc.

175

Meat packing plant

Chatham

Crystal Farms, Inc.

134

Eggs

Hall

D L Lee & Sons Inc.

280

Meat processing

Bacon

Chicken slaughtering & dressing; chicken hatchery; prepared chicken feeds

Mitchell

Processes fresh poultry

Hall

Poultry processing

Hall

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Banks

Poultry processing

Habersham

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Clayton

Equity Group-Georgia Division

2,900

Fieldale Farms Corp.

811

Fieldale Farms Corp.

1,809

Fieldale Farms Corp.

100

Fieldale Farms Corp.

1,400

Filet of Chicken Inc.

300

Flanders Provision Co. Inc.

130

Meat processing

Ware

FPL Food LLC

500

Meat packing plant

Richmond

Fries Farms LLC

250

Poultry slaughtering & processing; poultry hatchery

Tattnall

Georgia Feed Products LLC

120

Animal & marine fats & oils

Randolph

Gold Creek Foods LLC

400

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Dawson

Golden State Foods Corp.

350

Frozen meat products; pickles, sauces & salad dressings; fresh or frozen bread type buns; flavoring extracts

Rockdale

Gress Foods Inc.

319

Poultry processing

Hall

Rendered inedible grease; animal feed; meat packing plant

Laurens

Ice pack & vacuum pack poult

Barrow

Griffin Industries Inc.

60

Harrison Poultry Inc.

700

Hormel Foods Corp.

230

Meat processing

DeKalb

Koch Foods of Cumming

550

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Forsyth

Koch Foods of Gainesville

600

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Hall

Lowell Packing Co.

100

Meat packing plant; meat processing

Ben Hill

Chicken slaughtering & processing

Hall

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Banks

Mar-Jac Holdings Inc. Mar-Jac Poultry Inc./Feed Mill National Beef Packing Co. LLC Norman W. Fries Inc. (dba Claxton Poultry Farms) North Side Foods Corp. Perdue Farms Inc.

1,100 60 550 1,700 111 2,000

Meat packing plant

Colquitt

Chicken slaughtering & processing

Evans

Meat processing; meat packing plant

Forsyth

Chicken slaughtering & dressing

Houston

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

468

Poultry processing

Whitfield

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

878

Poultry processing

Carroll

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

1,000

Poultry processing

Clarke

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

700

Poultry processing; wholesales poultry & poultry products

Gilmer

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

750

Poultry processing

Coffee

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

135

Poultry slaughtering & processing; wholesales poultry products; wholesales general line groceries

Gwinnett

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

1,700

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Clarke

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

600

Poultry slaughtering & processing; wholesales poultry products

Elbert

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Company Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

Employment Line of Business 800

County

Chicken slaughtering & dressing; chicken hatchery; meat packing plant

Cherokee

Processes frozen poultry

Morgan

Pine Valley Farms Inc.

90

Prime Pak Foods Inc.

104

Prepared beef products from purchased beef; processes fresh poultry; meat packing plant

Hall

Quail International

120

Dressed quail

Greene

Robbins Packing Co. Inc.

125

Meat processing

Bulloch

Roger Wood Foods Inc.

250

Sausages from purchased meat; wholesales fresh meat

Chatham

Poultry processing

Colquitt

Egg Processing and Packaging

Hall

Sanderson Farms

1,600

Sonstegard Foods of Georgia

65

Sunset Farms Foods Inc.

67

Meat processing, sausage

Lowndes Gwinnett

Suzanna’s Kitchen Inc.

250

Processes cooked chicken; cooked meats from purchased meat; meat packing plant

Tip Top Poultry Inc.

650

Processes fresh poultry

Cobb

Tip Top Poultry Inc.

650

Poultry products

Polk

Tyson Foods Inc.

50

Meat packing plant

Macon

Tyson Foods Inc.

300

Poultry processing; meat packing plant

Marion

Tyson Foods Inc.

500

Chicken slaughtering & processing

Terrell

Tyson Foods Inc.

1,200

Poultry processing

Forsyth

Tyson Foods Inc.

900

Chicken slaughtering & processing

Dooly

Tyson Foods Inc.

91

Meat packing plant poultry hatchery

Macon

United Egg Marketing Corp.

68

Egg Processing and Packaging

Peirce

WaltKoch Ltd.

75

Poultry processing

Hall

Wayne Farms LLC

55

Chicken processing

Hall

Wayne Farms LLC

200

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Coffee

Wayne Farms LLC

250

Poultry slaughtering & processing

Fulton

Wayne Farms LLC

1,300

Poultry slaughtering & processing; animal feed; chicken farming

Jackson

Zartic Inc.

500

Zartic Inc.

65

TOTAL

Processes frozen poultry

Floyd

Frozen meat products; processes frozen poultry

Floyd

37,500 3117 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging Catfish processing

Decatur

King & Prince Seafood Corp.

Georgia Sweet H2O Catfish Co.

582

Processed seafoods

Glynn

Rich Products

301

Fresh or frozen fish & seafood processing; cheese; food Glynn preparations; frozen fruits, juices & vegetables; frozen food products

Rich Products

73

Rich Products Consumer Brands Sea Harvest Packing Co. TOTAL

70

Prepared fresh or frozen fish & seafoods

Ware

120

Prepared fresh/ frozen fish & seafood

Glynn

85

Prepared frozen seafood; eating place

Glynn

1,231

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Employment Line of Business

County

3118 Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing Bailey Street Bakery LLC

200

Commercial bakery

Fulton

Benson’s Inc.

120

Commercial bakery

Oconee

Fruit cake

Evans

Frozen raw dough

Fulton

Claxton Bakery Inc. Country Home Bakers

81 300

Dawn Food Products Inc.

160

Bread & other bakery products

Douglas

Derst Baking Co.

427

Bread

Chatham

Edwards Baking Co.

542

Pies and pie pieces

Fulton

Edwards Holding Corp.

76

Frozen bakery products

Gwinnett

Engelman’s Bakery Inc.

65

Bread & other bakery products

Gwinnett

Fresh or frozen bread

Thomas

Flowers Baking Co.

100

Flowers Baking Co. of Tucker

215

Breads, rolls & buns

DeKalb

Flowers Bakery of Suwanee LLC

110

Bread & other bakery products

Gwinnett

Bread and buns

Douglas

Commercial bakery; cookies & crackers

Thomas

Breads

Fulton

Commercial bakery, cookies, candy

Lowndes

Flowers Baking Co.

72

Flowers Foods Inc.

150

French Pastry Shop

50

Fresh Beginnings

200

Interstate Bakeries Corp./Dolly Madison

500

Bread & other bakery products

Muscogee

Kellogg Co.

500

Dry bakery products; commercial products

Muscogee

Kellogg Co.

123

Frozen bakery products

Fulton

Kellogg Co.

600

Cookies; fresh pies

Floyd

Kraft Foods Global Inc.

550

Wholesale or wholesale & retail combined bakery; cookies

Fulton

Tortillas

Fulton

La Espiga de Oro

75

Latino Enterprises Inc.

80

Lavoi Corp. (EPI Breads)

181

Los Amigos Tortilla Mfg.

53

Maplehurst Bakeries Inc.

200

Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe

150

Masada Bakery

50

Tortillas; eating place

Fulton

Flour mixes & doughs; commercial bakery; frozen bakery products; wholesales bakery products

DeKalb

Tortillas; wholesales sauces

Fulton

Commercial bakery

Carroll

Commercial bakery, bread

Lowndes

Bread & other bakery products

Gwinnett

Mom’s Bakery Inc.

100

Dry biscuits

Fulton

Mrs. Smith’s Bakeries

300

Bakery products

Gwinnett

Murray Biscuit Co. Inc.

60

Cookies; cakes, pies & pastries

Forsyth

Murray Biscuits

550

Dry biscuits, cookies and crackers

Richmond

Ole’ Mexican Foods Inc.

325

Tortillas; wholesales commercial cooking & food services equipment; wholesales canned fruits, vegetables, seafood & meats; full service Mexican restaurant

Gwinnett

Panarama Inc.

100

Frozen bakery products; commercial bakery; retail bakery

Cobb

Quik‘n Tasty Foods Inc. (announced new location in 2008)

250

Food preparations

Clayton

Cracker meal & crumbs

Bacon

Richmond Baking of Georgia Inc.

85

Sara Lee Bakery Group Inc.

250

Frozen or refrigerated doughs from purchased flour

Clayton

Sara Lee Bakery Group Inc.

525

Fresh or frozen bread

DeKalb

Sara Lee Bakery Group Inc.

425

Wholesale or wholesale & retail combined bakery; wholesales crackers, cookies & bakery products; food preparations

Floyd

Schwan Food Co./Logistics

50

Bread & other bakery products

Gwinnett Note: Bolded companies are headquartered in Georgia.

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Company Sisters Gourmet Inc.

Employment Line of Business 70

County

Commercial bakery

Gwinnett

Tortilleria El Maizal Inc.

150

Tortillas; wholesales general line groceries

Cobb

Turano Bakery

150

Bakery products

Douglas

Bread

Fulton

Vie de France Yamazaki Inc. TOTAL

70 9,140

3119 Other Food Manufacturing American Blanching

400

Peanut butter

Ben Hill

American Egg Products Inc.

65

Egg food products

Pierce

American Peanut Growers Group LLC

54

Salted & roasted nuts & seeds

Seminole

Arlessence Inc.

78

Flavoring compounds

Cobb

Bella Cucina Artful Food Inc.

50

Food preparations; canned specialties; retails gift baskets; earthenware table & kitchenware; soaps & detergents

Fulton

Birdsong Peanuts

60

Salted & roasted nuts & seeds

Worth

Birdsong Peanuts

300

Salted & roasted nuts & seeds

Early

Birdsong Peanuts

90

Peanut processing

Miller

Cargill Texturizing Solutions

60

Stabilizers and Emulsifiers

Fulton

Peanut butter

Worth

Meat sticks (snacks)

Hart

Food preparations; poultry slaughtering & processing

Emanuel

Food preparations, other

Gwinnett

Conagra Grocery Products Co. Country Boy Meat Stix Crider Inc. El Milagro of Atlanta Fresh Express Frito-Lay Inc.

120 50 400 80 480 1,100

Packaged salads

Clayton

Corn chips & other corn-based snacks

Houston

Georgia Sandwich Co. Inc.

50

Sandwiches

Cobb

Georgia Spice Co. Inc.

50

Dry seasoning mixes; plastic food storage & frozen food bags

Fulton

Golden Peanut Co. LLC

120

Salted & roasted nuts & seeds

Turner

Golden Peanut Co. LLC

50

Salted & roasted nuts & seeds

Mitchell

Golden Peanut Company

230

Peanut products

Terrell

Griffith Laboratories Inc.

135

Food preparations; wholesales spices & seasonings

DeKalb

Gruma Corp.

300

Tortilla chips; food preparations

Jackson

H C Brill Co. Inc.

321

Ready-to-use frosting

DeKalb

Harrell Nut Co.

65

Salted & roasted nuts & seeds

Mitchell

200

Salted & roasted nuts & seeds

Decatur

John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc. Kabobs Inc.

400

Food preparations, other

Clayton

Ken’s Foods Inc.

250

Pickles, sauces & salad dressings

Henry

Kerry Inc.

69

Seasonings & spices; edible fats & oils; dry, condensed or evaporated dairy products

Gordon

La Chiquita Tortilla Manufacturing Inc.

70

Food preparations, other

Fulton

Lance Inc. (Tom’s)

900

Snack chip products; commercial bakery; cookies; chocolate & cocoa products; dried, dehydrated, salted or roasted nuts; candy & other confectionery products

Muscogee

Lehui Enterprises

200

Soy sauce, vinegar, condiments

Coweta

Mark-Lynn Foods LLC

150

Pickles, sauces & salad dressings; syrups; canned tomato products; packaging & labeling services

Haralson

McCormick & Co. Inc.

100

Spices; flour mixes & doughs

Fulton

Naturally Fresh Inc.

270

Raw & cooked salad dressings; doughs & batters from purchased flour; maple syrup

Fulton

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Company

Employment Line of Business

Protein Plus LLC (previously Bell Plantation)

100

Quik’n Tasty Foods Inc.

63

County

Peanut flour

Ben Hill

Food preparations

Jackson

Ready to eat mixed salad

Butts

Ready Pac Jackson

300

Reddy Ice Group Inc.

60

Ice

Fulton

Rudolph Foods Co Inc.

70

Pork rinds; food preparations

Gwinnett

Schermer Pecans Inc.

50

Salted & roasted nuts & seeds

Tattnall

South Georgia Pecan

120

Processing and packaging nut products

Lowndes

Southeastern Mills Inc.

185

Dry gravy mixes; cookies; wheat flour; fresh pies; wholesales flour; flour mixes & doughs

Floyd

Southern Tea LLC

200

Tea

Cobb

Niche market products, Italian ice, bagels, snack foods

Sumter

Sunnyland Farms Inc.

Specialized Food Products LLC

130

75

Packaged pecans and nuts

Dougherty

T Marzetti Co.

120

Raw & cooked salad dressings

Fulton

Tara Foods

145

Food colorings; pickles, sauces & salad dressings; sauce, gravy, dressing & dip mixes; canned fruits

Dougherty

Salted & roasted nuts & seeds

Columbia

Food preparations; rice milling

Troup

Raw & cooked salad dressings; canned preserves, including imitation; sorghum syrups

DeKalb

Tracy-Luckey Co. Inc.

74

Trinidad Benham Corp.

100

Vita Specialty Foods Inc.

63

TOTAL

9,097 3121 Beverage Manufacturing

Anheuser-Busch Inc.

700

Brewery

Bartow

Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

36

Soft drink bottler

Pickens

Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

50 to 99

Soft drink bottler

Cobb

75

Bottled & canned iced tea & fruit drinks; wholesales beverages

Cobb

Buffalo Rock Co.

130

Soft drinks; wholesales green or roasted coffee; merchandising machine operator

Coweta

Buffalo Rock Co.

160

Soft drinks; wholesales groceries

Muscogee

Ccda Waters LLC

420

Bottled & canned pasteurized & mineral water

Fulton

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Floyd

Brands In Zone Inc.

Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

75

Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

87

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Muscogee

Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

50

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Carroll

Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

50

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Dougherty

310

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Fulton

Drink concentrates; canned fresh fruit juices; frozen fruit juice concentrates; soft drinks

Fulton

Coca-Cola Bottling Co./Production Center Coca-Cola Co.

5,000

Coca-Cola Co.

200

Carbonated soft drinks

Fulton

Coca-Cola Co.

400

Carbonated soft drinks

Fulton

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

120

Carbonated soft drinks

Cobb

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

100

Soft drinks; wholesales groceries

Hall

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

146

Soft drinks; wholesales groceries

Gwinnett

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

950

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Cobb

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

200

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Cobb

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

85

Carbonated soft drinks

DeKalb

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

350

Soft drinks; wholesales groceries

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Company

Employment Line of Business

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

250

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

50

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

400

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc./IT Coca-Cola North America/Syrup Division

County

Soft drinks; flavoring extracts & syrups

Richmond

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Lowndes

Nonalcoholic carbonated beverages; drink syrups

Fulton

1,200

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Cobb

124

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Fulton

Cott Beverages Inc.

100

Nonalcoholic carbonated beverages

Muscogee

Crystal Spring Water Co.

150

Bottled water

Cobb

Deep South Products Inc.

315

Soft drinks; canned jams; edible fats & oils; cheese; peanut butter; pasta

Ben Hill

DS Waters of America Inc./National Call Center

200

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Hall

Miller Brewing Co.

642

Beer

Dougherty

Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.

220

Bottled & canned soft drinks

DeKalb

Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.

75

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Hall

Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.

80

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Bibb

Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.

80

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Richmond

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.

80

Soft drinks

Chatham

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.

75

Soft drinks

Clarke

Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.

80

Soft drink bottler

Valdosta

Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.

172

Soft drink bottler

Newnan

Pepsi-Cola Distribution Center

160

Soft drink bottler (distribution center)

Albany

Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling

400

Soft drinks

Fulton

Premium Waters

100

Private label water bottling company

Coffee

Quaker Oats Co.

150

Bottled & canned soft drinks

Fulton

Shasta Beverages Inc.

100

Southeast Canners Inc.

55

Southeast-Atlantic Beverage Southern Beverage Packers Inc. The Savannah Coca-Cola Bottling Co. TOTAL

100 60 128

Soft drinks; wholesales groceries

Hall

Nonalcoholic carbonated beverages

Muscogee

Soft drinks; wholesales soft drinks

Fulton

Bottled & canned pasteurized & mineral water; wholesales beverages

Columbia

Soft drinks

Chatham

15,420

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Food Industry Trade Associations and Supporting Organizations in Georgia AGRIBUSINESS GEORGIA AGRIBUSINESS COUNCIL, INC. Gary Black, President P.O. Box 119 Commerce, Georgia 30529 (706) 336-6830 (800) 726-2474 FAX: (706) 336-6898 www.ga-agribusiness.org

APPLES GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR APPLES Marcia Crowley, Director Commodities Promotion Division Georgia Department of Agriculture 19 M.L. King Jr., Drive, Suite 328 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 (404) 656-3678 Fax: (404) 656-9380 www.agr.state.ga.us GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR APPLES Tim Mercier, Chairman Post Office Box 483 Blue Ridge, Georgia 30286 (706) 632-3411 (706) 632-2364 Fax: (706) 632-2685

AQUACULTURE CATFISH FARMERS OF AMERICA Pearl Mulhern, Executive Director 166 First Street, Suite B Colquitt, Georgia 31737 (912) 758-2404 (770) 922-6006 Fax: (770) 761-8397 GEORGIA AQUACULTURE ASSOCIATION Tom Crow, President Post Office Box 5773 Athens, Georgia 30604 (706) 367-8817

BEEF CATTLE GEORGIA POULTRY GEORGIA BEEFALO ASSOCIATION O. E. Deaver 1088 Liberty Hill Road Blairsville, Georgia 30512 (706) 374-5789

GEORGIA CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION Bobby Freeman, Executive Vice President 100 Cattlemen’s Drive Post Office Box 24510 Macon, Georgia 31212-4510 (912) 474-6560 Fax: (912) 474-5732

GEORGIA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION Drew Collins, President P.O. Box 306 Edison, Georgia (912) 835-2862 NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION Chris Wehrman, Chairman 1000 Executive Parkway, #105 St. Louis, Missouri 63141 (314) 275-9915 Fax: (314) 275-7061 www.ncga.com

GEORGIA CATTLEWOMEN’S ASSOCIATION Ann Payne, President 2259 US Highway 41 SW Calhoun, Georgia 30701 (706) 629-6000

CROPS

CANOLA

AMERICAN CROP PROTECTION ASSOCIATION Jay Vroom, President 1156 15th Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 296-1585 Fax: (202) 463-0474 www.acpa.org

GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR CANOLA Marcia Crowley, Director Commodities Promotion Division Georgia Department of Agriculture Suite 328 19 M.L. King Jr. Drive, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30334 (404) 656-3678 Fax: (404) 656-9380 www.agr.state.ga.us

GEORGIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Terry Hollifield, Director 2425 South Milledge Avenue Athens, Georgia 30605 (706) 542-2351 Fax: (706) 542-9397 Email: [email protected]

GEORGIA AGRICUTLURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR CANOLA Marty McLendon, Chairman Route 1, Box 21 Leary, Georgia 31762 (912) 881-2767 (912) 792-1951 Fax: (912) 792-0068

SOUTHERN CROP PROTECTION ASSOCIATION Ed Duskin, Executive Vice President Post Office Box 686 Dawson, Georgia 31742 (912) 995-2125 Fax: (912) 995-4000 Email: [email protected]

CORN GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR CORN Marcia Crowley, Director Commodities Promotion Division Georgia Department of Agriculture Suite 328 19 M.L. King Jr. Drive, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30334 (404) 656-3678 Fax: (404) 656-9380 www.agr.state.ga.us

SPECIALTY FOODS & WINES GEORGIA SPECIALTY FOOD & WINE ASSOCIATION Barbara Dyche, President Frog Song Farm 261 MacIntosh Circle Jackson, Georgia 30233 (404)467-0038 Business and Fax www.gourmetgeorgia.com GEORGIA WINERY ASSOCIATION Tom Slick, Treasurer 4200 Northside Parkway, Bldg, 2, Suite 100 Atlanta, Georgia 30327 (404) 239-0040 Fax: (404) 364-0740 Email: [email protected]

GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR CORN Donald Chase, Chairman 577 Stage Coach Road Oglethorpe, Georgia 31068 Home, Office & Fax: (912) 472-7726

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INTERNATIONAL BOTTLED WATER ASSOCIATION Joe Doss, President 1700 Diagonal Rd., Suite 650 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 (703) 683-5213 Fax: (703) 683-4074 www.bottledwater.org

DAIRY AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA Louis Hogue, Manager 5340 West Fayetteville Road Atlanta, Georgia 30349 (770) 996-6085 Fax: (770) 996-6925 www.got-milk.com EXTENSION DAIRY ECONOMIST Dr. William A. Thomas University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service College of Agriculture Athens, Georgia 30602 (706) 542-2453 Fax: (706) 542-4131 FEDERAL MILK MARKET ADMINISTRATOR Sue L. Mosely, Market Administrator Post Office Box 1208 Norcross, Georgia 30091 (770) 448-1194 Fax: (770) 729-1692 www.fmmatlanta.com FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION Lezette Earhart and Tom Bowman Regional Milk Specialist Milk & Food Sanitation Programs 60 Eight Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30309 (404) 253-1281 (404) 253-1282 Fax: (404) 347-4349 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR MILK John Bagwell, Chairman 100 Bagwell Rd. Cave Springs, Georgia 30124 (706) 263-8349 GEORGIA DAIRY GOAT ASSOCIATION Dr. Seymoun Gelaye Goat Research Center Fort Valley State College Fort Valley, Georgia 31030 (912) 825-6817 or 6864

GEORGIA DAIRY GOAT BREEDERS ASSOCIATION Cam Faircloth, President Mandy Latimer, Vice President 1540 McRee’s Mill Road Watkinsville, Georgia 30677 (706) 769-9460

UNITED EGG PRODUCERS Al Pope, President 1720 Windward Concourse, Suite 230 Alpharetta, Georgia 30005 (770) 587-5071 or (770) 360-9220 Fax: (770) 360-7058

GEORGIA DAIRY PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION Joe Andrews, Executive Director Post Office Box 801 Macon, Georgia 31202-0801 (912) 746-1588 Fax: (912) 743-8278

U.S. POULTRY & EGG ASSOCIATION Don Dalton, Executive Director 1530 Cooledge Road Tucker, Georgia 30084 (770) 493-9401 Fax: (770) 493-9257 www.poultryegg.org

GEORGIA MILK PRODUCERS, INC. Tom Thompson Jr., President Post Office Box 3997 Eatonton, Georgia 31024 (706) 310-0020 Fax: (706) 310-0025 SOUTHEAST UNITED DAIRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, INC. Bob Earle, Manager 5340 West Fayetteville Road Atlanta, Georgia 30349-5416 (770) 996-6085 Fax: (770) 996-6925 www.got-milk.com THE DAIRY, FOOD & BEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY OF GEORGIA Kirby Burt, President Extension Food Science & Technology Cooperative Extension Service University of Georgia 204 Barrow Hall Athens, Georgia 30602 (706) 542-2574 Fax: (770) 621-0907

EGGS GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR EGGS Vince Booker, Chairman Country Charm Eggs 2080 Industrial Drive Gainesville, Georgia 30504 (770) 532-6471 Fax: (770) 536-8006 GEORGIA EGG COMMISSION & ASSOCIATION Robert Howell, Executive Director State Farmers’ Market 16 Forest Parkway Forest Park, Georgia 30297 (404) 363-7661 Fax: (404) 363-7664 Email: [email protected] www.georgiaeggs.org

MEATPACKERS GEORGIA MEAT GOAT ASSOCIATION Calvin Alford, President Post Office Box 266 Ila, Georgia 30647 (706) 542-7023 Fax: (706) 542-9316 Email: [email protected]

ONIONS VIDALIA ONION COMMITTEE Jeffery Hall, Executive Director 100 Vidalia Sweet Onion Drive Post Office Box 1609 Vidalia, Georgia 30475 (912) 537-1918 Fax: (912) 537-2166 www.vidaliaonion.org

FRUITS/ VEGETABLES GEORGIA FRUIT & VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION Kevin Hendrix, President Charles Hall, Exec. Director Post Office Box 2945 LaGrange, Ga. 30241 (706) 845-8200 Fax: (706) 883-8215

OTHER ATLANTA PRODUCE DEALERS ASSOCIATION Gabe Thomas, Executive Director State Farmers’ Market 113 Administrative Bldg. 16 Forest Parkway Forest Park, Georgia 30050 (404) 366-8767 Fax: (404) 366-0579

LOW CHILL FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION Billy Drew, President Coastal Plain Farmers Co-op Quitman, Georgia 31643 (904) 392-1996, Ext. 310 or 226

PEACHES

GEORGIA STRAWBERRY GROWERS ASSOCIATION Walter Wainwright, Manager P.O. Box 975 Reynolds, Georgia 31076 (912) 847-4186 or (912) 847-4464

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR PEACHES Marcia Crowley, Director Commodities Promotion Division Georgia Department of Agriculture 19 M.L. King, Jr. Drive Suite 328 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 (404) 656-3678 Fax: (404) 656-9380 www.agr.state.ga.us

GRAPES/ MUSCADINES GEORGIA GRAPE GROWERS ASSOCIATION David Harris, President Chestnut Mountain Winery Post Office Box 72 Braselton, Ga. 30517 (770) 867-6914

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR PEACHES Al Pearson, Chairman Post Office Box 981 Fort Valley, Georgia 31303 (912) 825-7504 Fax: (912) 825-8842 Email: [email protected]

GEORGIA MUSCADINE ASSOCIATION Edward Bottoms, President 360 Pullian Road Concord, Georgia 30206 (770) 884-5661 Business & Fax Email: [email protected]

GEORGIA PEACH COUNCIL Billy Davidson, President Route 1, Box 1440 Fort Valley, Georgia 31030 (912) 825-2355 Fax: (912) 825-8842

PEANUTS AMERICAN PEANUT SHELLERS ASSOCIATION John Powell, Executive Director Post Office Box 70157 Albany, Georgia 31708-0157 (229) 888-2508 Fax: (229) 888-5150 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR PEANUTS Don Koehler, Executive Director Post Office Box 967 Tifton, Georgia 31793 (229) 386-3470 1-(800) 346-4993 Fax: (229) 386-3501 www.gapeanuts.com GEORGIA PEANUT PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION 1408 W. Third Avenue Albany, Georgia 31707 (229) 432-9001 1-(800) 997-6887 Fax: (229) 432-7447 Email: [email protected] www.georgiapeanuts.org AMERICAN PEANUT COUNCIL Patrick Archer, President 1500 King Street, Suite 301 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 (703) 838-9500 Fax: (703) 838-9508 www.peanutusa.com THE PEANUT INSTITUTE John T. Powell, President PO Box 70157 Albany, GA 31708 (229) 888-0216 Toll Free 888-8PEANUT Fax: (229) 888-5150 www.peanut-institute.org GFA PEANUT ASSOCIATION James Godwin, Manager U. S. 19 South, P.O. Box 488 Camilla, Georgia 31730 (229) 336-5241 Fax: (229) 336-9503

GEORGIA WINERY ASSOCIATION Tom Slick, President 3715 Northside Pkwy., N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30327 (404) 239-0040

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PECANS GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR PECANS Charles M. “Buddy” Leger, Chairman Post Office Box 686 Cordele, Georgia 31010 (912) 273-4548 Fax: (912) 273-4998 www.georgiapecans.org GEORGIA PECAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION Jane Crocker, Executive Secretary 4807 Woodland Dr. Tifton, Georgia 31794 (229) 382-2187 Fax: (229) 382-8098

PORK GEORGIA PORK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION Charles Griffin, Executive Director P.O. Box 232 Camilla, Georgia 31730 1-(800) 537-5988 (229) 336-7760 Fax: (229) 336-8240 Email: [email protected]

POULTRY GEORGIA POULTRY FEDERATION Abit Massey, Executive Director Post Office Box 763 Gainesville, Georgia 30503 (770) 532-0473 Fax: (770) 532-7543 GEORGIA POULTRY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. James Scroggs, Executive Director Post Office Box 20 Oakwood, Georgia 30566 (770) 535-5996 Fax: (770) 535-5941 www.gapoultrylab.org UNITED POULTRY GROWERS ASSOCIATION Lucius Adkins, President PO Box 70967 Albany, GA 31708 1-800-957-5187 Fax: (229) 883-8881 Email: upga@unitedpoultrygrowers. com www.unitedpoultrygrowers.com

RETAIL/ WHOLESALE

NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Stuart Proctor, President 1225 New York Avenue, N.W. Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 898-0100 Fax: (202) 898-0203 www.eatturkey.com

GEORGIA FOOD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION Kathy Kuzava, Executive Director 1260 Winchester Pkwy., Suite 216 Smyrna, Georgia 30080 (770) 438-7744 Fax: (770) 438-7761

NATIONAL POULTRY & FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION Kristin McWhorter, Executive Director 958 McEver Rd. Ext., Unit B5 Gainesville, Georgia 30504 (770) 535-9901 Fax: (770) 535-7385 www.npfda.org

GEORGIA RETAIL ASSOCIATION John C. Heavener, MSM, CAE President Georgia Retail Association 2929 Turner Hill Road, Suite 1450 Lithonia, GA 30038 770-484-3449 770-484-5727 (fax) Email: [email protected]

NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PLAN Andrew R. Rhorer, Senior Coordinator 1500 Klondike Road Suite 200 Conyers, Georgia 30094 (770) 922-3496 Fax: (770) 922-3498 www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/npip

SEAFOOD GEORGIA SEAFOOD COUNCIL Tori Stivers, Seafood Specialist University of Georgia Marine Extension Service Sea Grant College Program Office of Seafood Education and Marketing 313 Dividend Drive Suite 102 Peachtree City, Georgia 30269-1990 (770) 460-2506 Fax: (770) 460-2507 Email: [email protected] www.uga.edu/seafood/

POULTRY & EGG NEWS/POULTRY TIMES Randall Smallwood, General Manager Post Office Box 1338 Gainesville, Georgia 30503 (770) 536-2476 Fax: (770) 532-4894 US POULTRY & EGG ASSOCIATION John Starkey, President 1530 Cooledge Road Tucker, Georgia 30084 (770) 493-9401 Fax: (770) 493-9257

SOYBEANS GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR SOYBEANS James Lee Adams, Chairman Route 3, Box 96 Camilla, Georgia 31730 (229) 336-7177 Fax: (229) 336-7703

USA POULTRY & EGG EXPORT COUNCIL Jim Sumner, President 2300 West Park Place Boulevard Suite 100 Stone Mountain, Georgia 30087 (770) 413-0006 Fax: (770) 413-0007 www.usapeec.org

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GEORGIA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION Cheryl Koehler, Executive Secretary Post Office Box 2007 Tifton, Georgia 31793-2007 (229) 382-2326 Fax: (229) 382-5020

SWEET POTATOES GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR SWEET POTATOES K. A. Veal, Chairman 534 Satilla Road Ocilla, Georgia 31774 (912) 468-7848

WATERMELONS GEORGIA WATERMELON ASSOCIATION Joe Simmons, President Nancy Childers, Secretary/Treasurer Post Office Box 38 Morven, Georgia 31638 (912) 775-2130 Fax: (912) 775-2344 NATIONAL WATERMELON PROMOTION BOARD Mark Arney, Executive Director 3501 Quadrangle Blvd. Ste. 321 Orlando, Florida 32817 (407) 657-0261 Fax: (407) 657-2213 www.watermelon.org Source: Georgia Department of Agriculture Web site

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