Foster Farms - About the company
Foster Farms is an acquired company based in Kelso (United States), founded in 1939. It operates as a Fully integrated company in breeding, rearing, processing and supply of poultry meat products. Foster Farms has raised an undisclosed amount in funding. The company has 1022 active competitors, including 18 funded and 152 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Vital Farms, 2 Sisters Food Group and JBS.
Company Details
Foster Farms is a fully integrated company engaged in breeding, rearing, processing and supply of poultry meat products catering to the domestic as well as international markets. The company operates breeding ranches, hatchery, poultry barns, feed mills, and processing facility. Its product portfolio includes fresh chicken, naturally seasoned chicken products, fresh turkey products, frozen chicken products such as wings, nuggets, corn dog, etc; frozen ready to cook chicken products, chicken sausages, frankfurters, etc. In addition, it also sells value-added baked chicken products such as breast tenders, breast nuggets, etc.
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- www.fosterfarms.com/
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
1939
Location
Kelso, United States
Stage
Acquired
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
12th among 1022 active competitors
Employee Count
4,708 as on Jan 31, 2026
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Exit Details
Acquired by Atlas Holdings (Jun 07, 2022)
Foster Farms's acquisition details
Foster Farms got acquired by Atlas Holdings on Jun 07, 2022.
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Foster Farms's funding and investors
Foster Farms has raised funding over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 11, 2008. Its latest funding round was a Grant (prize money) round on Jun 01, 2012 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Foster Farms has 1 institutional investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Foster Farms:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jun 01, 2012 | 2645162 | Grant (prize money) | 9222680 | 7456124 | 7939462 | 5368578 |
Sep 30, 2009 | 4115293 | Grant (prize money) | 5589960 | 7150432 | 3321317 | |
Sep 19, 2008 | 1937473 | Grant (prize money) | 1761538 | 7283340 | 4355411 |
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Foster Farms' founders and board of directors
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Foster Farms has 4,708 employees as of Jan 26. Here is Foster Farms's employee count trend over the years:
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Foster Farms's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Foster Farms include Vital Farms, 2 Sisters Food Group and JBS. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Foster Farms, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Vital Farms 2007, Austin (United States), Public | Integrated company in rearing of hen & cattle and supply of eggs & butter | $50M | 74/100 | |
2nd | 2 Sisters Food Group 1993, Birmingham (United Kingdom), Acquired | Meat processing company | $398M | - | 61/100 |
3rd | Provider of beef, poultry, pork, plant-based, and leather products | - | 59/100 | ||
4th | BoarsHead 1905, Sarasota (United States), Unfunded | Producer of premium deli meats, cheeses, and related products | - | - | 58/100 |
5th | Brand of meat products | $390M | 58/100 | ||
6th | Minerva Foods 1992, Barretos (Brazil), Public | Brand of meat products | - | 57/100 | |
7th | Pre 2012, Chicago (United States), Acquired | Grass-fed, grass-finished beef company committed to quality and sustainability | $3.8M | 57/100 | |
8th | Brand of meat and meat products | - | - | 56/100 | |
9th | Fleury Michon 1905, Pouzauges (France), Public | Processor & brand of meat products | - | 54/100 | |
10th | Atria Finland 1903, Nurmo (Finland), Public | Internet first brand of packaged meat products | - | 51/100 | |
12th | Foster Farms 1939, Kelso (United States), Acquired | Fully integrated company in breeding, rearing, processing and supply of poultry meat products | - | 51/100 |
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Foster Farms's Investments and acquisitions
Foster Farms has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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News related to Foster Farms
Filter this listMedia has covered Foster Farms for a total of 3 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates.
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Foster Poultry Farms recalls chicken corn dogs due to wood in batterFinancial Post•Oct 06, 2025•Foster Farms
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Case Farms Acquires Foster Farms Complex in LouisianaWattagnet•Aug 23, 2025•Case Farms, Foster Farms
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Law firms secure $398M settlement for poultry workers.PR Newswire•Mar 22, 2025•Tyson Foods, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, Handley Farah & Anderson PLLC, Cohen Milstein and 20 others
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Union Pacific ordered to fix service to Foster FarmsFreightWaves•Jan 04, 2023•Foster Farms, Union Pacific
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Foster Farms Recalls 148,000 Pounds Of Chicken Sold At Costco That May Contain PlasticTechiLive.in•Nov 01, 2022•Foster Farms
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Calavo Growers, Inc. Names Helen Kurtz to Lead Prepared SegmentGlobeNewswire•Aug 10, 2022•Calavo, Foster Farms
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Atlas Holdings Completes Acquisition of Foster FarmsPerishableNews.com•Jun 11, 2022•Atlas Holdings, Foster Farms
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Donnie Smith, former Tyson Foods CEO, named CEO at Foster FarmsTalk Business & Politics•Jun 08, 2022•Foster Farms, Tyson Foods
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