Approximately 500 people are employed at the Pilgrim's Pride New Oxford turkey processing facility. Approximately 130 poultry growers operating 350 houses supply the New Oxford plant with live poultry for its operations. New Oxford's live production department provides over 133,000 turkeys for the processing plant weekly. The New Oxford processing plant covers 120,000 square feet and operates one processing shift, five days a week. More than 4,000 tons of feed are provided weekly by two contract mills in Pennsylvania.
Primary products are whole turkeys and bulk meat and parts.
The New Oxford plant also supplies product to Wampler Foods' Franconia, Pennsylvania, further processing plant. The New Oxford facility includes a distribution center which ships product directly to customers. Storage capability of the New Oxford plant is approximately 3 million pounds. Primary customers are retail markets in the Eastern United States. Last year, the New Oxford plant recycled over 15 tons of corrugated paper.