BusinessWeek Rankings
2008 #27
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. engages in the production, grading, packaging, marketing, and distribution of shell eggs in the United States. The company also produces and markets specialty shell eggs, including reduced cholesterol, cage free, and organic eggs marketed under two brands, ‘Egg-Land's Best’ and ‘Farmhouse’. It offers its products through a distribution network to national and regional grocery store chains, club stores, foodservice distributors, and egg product manufacturers. Cal-Maine Foods markets its products in 29 states, primarily in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western, and mid-Atlantic regions of the country. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Jackson, Mississippi.