M&A Deal Summary

Cal-Maine Foods Acquires Happy Hen Egg Farms - Egg Production Assets

On February 9, 2017, Cal-Maine Foods acquired agriculture company Happy Hen Egg Farms - Egg Production Assets from Happy Hen Egg Farms

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cal-Maine Foods’ 1st transaction in the Agriculture sector.
  • This is Cal-Maine Foods’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cal-Maine Foods’ 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-02-09
Target Happy Hen Egg Farms - Egg Production Assets
Sector Agriculture
Buyer(s) Cal-Maine Foods
Sellers(s) Happy Hen Egg Farms
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Happy Hen Egg Farms - Egg Production Assets

Junction, Texas, United States
Happy Hen Egg Farms, Inc. - Egg Production Assets include commercial egg production and processing facilities with current capacity for approximately 350,000 laying hens and related distribution facilities located near Harwood and Wharton, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Cal-Maine Foods

Ridgeland, Mississippi, United States
Category Company
Founded 1957
Sector Food
Employees2,815
Revenue 3.1B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Cal-Maine Foods provides production, grading, packaging, marketing, and distribution of shell eggs. Cal-Maine sells most of its shell eggs in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the US. Cal-Maine market its shell eggs through its extensive distribution network to a diverse group of customers, including national and regional grocery store chains, club stores, foodservice distributors and egg product consumers. Cal-Maine Foods was founded in 1957 and is based in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 8
Sector (Agriculture) 1 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
State (Texas) 1 of 4
Country (United States) 3 of 8
Year (2017) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-25 Southwest Specialty Eggs

United States

Southwest Specialty Eggs LLC, owns and provider of eggs, also distributes 4-Grain®, Farmhouse® and other premium brands in the region.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-10 Featherland Egg Farms

Marion, Texas, United States

Featherland Egg Farms, Inc. is one of only a handful of egg farms that call Texas home. Featherland embraces to preserve and protect the environment. We believe modern egg farming is one of the keys to producing, sustainably, humanely and profitably, a highly nutritious eggs. But more than that, modern egg farming is the best way to produce affordable, safe and high quality eggs.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Happy Hen Egg Farms

Junction, Texas, United States
Category Company
Sector Agriculture
DESCRIPTION

Happy Hen Egg Farms, Inc. is a commercial producer and distributor of eggs.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Agriculture) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 1 of 1
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