Cal-Maine Foods has extended its reach beyond shell eggs with the acquisition of a controlling interest in MeadowCreek Foods LLC located in Neosho, MO.  The facility produces hard-cooked and extended shelf-life products directed to the retail and food service markets.  Cal-Maine will provide MeadowCreek with an $18.5 million investment to upgrade and extend physical facilities and equipment.

Dolph Baker, Chairman and CEO of Cal-Maine Foods stated, “We are pleased to announce our strategic investment in MeadowCreek, which provides Cal-Maine Foods an opportunity to not only grow our presence in the egg products sector but position ourselves to better seek out solutions for economically feeding a growing world population.”

The company will be managed by Ronald B. Bennett, an experienced egg products veteran with previous positions with Cal-Maine, Moark and Prime Foods.