Operational since 1949, Simmons Foods is one of the leading, privately held poultry processors in the United States. The company offers ready-to-cook breaded, fully cooked, and individually and bulk-frozen chicken items. Its range of products includes raw chicken, breast and thigh strips, tenders and fillets. Simmons Foods operates breeder farms and hatcheries. It also has growout houses that equipped with automated feeding, watering, tunnel ventilation and cooling systems. It manages a feed mill that produces feeds for breeder flocks, growing chickens and finished broilers. The company specializes in the processing and packaging of chicken and utilizes advanced template slicing machines. Simmons Foods operates a cold storage facility that serves a central distribution center. The company employs more than 3,800 team members at its facilities in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.