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OK Foods
OK Foods, Bachoco USA's US poultry arm founded in 1930s by Collier Wenderoth Sr., processes millions of pounds of chicken weekly with 4,000+ employees.
OK Foods
Collier Wenderoth, Sr. founded OK Foods in the 1930s as a maker of poultry and livestock feed in the Arkansas-Oklahoma area, employing 12 people. By the 1980s, under Collier Wenderoth Jr., it became a fully integrated chicken producer as O.K. Industries, later led by Randy Goins, son-in-law of Collier Jr. Today, as Bachoco USA, OK Foods operates hatcheries, feed mills, processing plants, and a distribution fleet across Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Georgia. It produces chicken for retail, food service, quick-service restaurants, and commodity markets. Its TenderBird® brand was launched in the 1990s. In 2016, all entities consolidated into OK Foods, Inc. (per firm website). The company has made acquisitions post-2011, including a hatching egg operation in Hermitage, Arkansas (2013), a facility in Baldwin, Georgia (2014), and a fully-cooked plant in Oklahoma City (2016). It also expanded its Heavener Hatchery in 2016. The workforce totals over 4,000 (per firm website). What distinguishes OK Foods is its integration within Bachoco, Mexico's leading poultry producer, creating a cross-border operational structure uncommon in US poultry. The company maintains its own feed formulation and fleet, while adhering to principles of biosecurity and environmental sustainability across its supply chain.
General information
Firm type
Family Business (acquired by Bachoco)
Year founded
1930
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Fort Smith
Corporate office
P.O. Box 1787, Fort Smith, AR 72902, United States
Principals
Collier Wenderoth, Sr.
Founder
Collier Wenderoth, Jr.
Former President
Randy Goins
President and CEO
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at OK Foods?
Operational leadership is under Randy Goins as President and CEO (per firm website). Investment decisions for the US operations are made within Bachoco's corporate structure, not disclosed independently. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bachoco.
Is OK Foods structured as a family office or an operating company?
OK Foods is an operating company — it processes and sells chicken products. It was founded as a family business but has been owned by Bachoco since November 2011. It does not operate as a family office or investment vehicle.
What is OK Foods' relationship to Bachoco?
OK Foods is the US operating arm of Bachoco, the leading poultry producer in Mexico. OK Foods integrated with Bachoco in November 2011 and since then has made several acquisitions under Bachoco ownership. The company operates as Bachoco USA (per firm website).
Where does the founding wealth of OK Foods come from?
The Wenderoth family wealth originated from poultry and livestock feed manufacturing, then poultry processing. Collier Wenderoth Sr. founded the company in the 1930s. The family sold to Bachoco in 2011. Wealth origin is publicly attributed to the founders and their descendants.
Does OK Foods participate in external fund investments or direct deals?
No. OK Foods is an operating chicken producer, not an investment firm. It does not make external fund commitments or direct investment deals outside its core business of poultry production and processing.
What investment stages does OK Foods typically target?
OK Foods does not engage in third-party investing. Its capital deployment is solely for operational expansion, such as the acquisitions of hatching egg operations and processing plants since 2013 (per firm website).
Does OK Foods maintain philanthropic structures?
The company participates in community giving, as seen in its 160,000-pound chicken donation to the River Valley Regional Food Bank (per firm website). No separate philanthropic foundation is publicly identified.
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