Cargill Joy Poultry Meats Production (C-Joy), a joint venture between Cargill and Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), has inaugurated its new Philippine poultry processing plant.
Located in the Batangas province, the site has a processing capacity of 45 million chickens per year, to provide dressed and marinated chicken to meet the increased demand at JFC brands in the country.
C-Joy is partnering with local poultry farmers in Batangas and nearby provinces to supply chickens to the new facility, which is now the largest poultry processing plant in the Philippines.
JFC said the site will increase income opportunities for local poultry farmers in Batangas and nearby provinces as they will supply the chickens to be processed.
Asian foodservice company JFC has over 600 stores in 16 countries with seven wholly-owned brands: Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal, Yonghe King and Hong Zhuang Yuan.
C-Joy CEO Paul Fullbright said: “We are bringing protein to families’ tables across the Philippines. Cargill and Jollibee came together to start this plant because of our common commitment to the highest standards in product quality and food safety.
“This is reflected in this new plant which harnesses technology and global experience to deliver tasty chicken products in an environment which is safe for our employees and is environmentally sustainable.”
Present at the plant’s inauguration ceremony was US ambassador to the Philippines Sun Kim who views the investment from Cargill in the Philippines as an example of the strong economic relationship between the US and the Philippines.
“We are proud that US companies like Cargill make investments that strengthen the economic partnership between our two countries and contribute to the economic development of the Philippines by providing livelihood opportunities, particularly in rural areas,” he said.
JFC CEO Ernesto Tanmantiong added: “We partnered with Cargill to deliver high-quality chicken products through Cargill’s technology and quality standards. The facility will provide JFC with dressed and marinated chicken to augment the chicken supply requirements of the growing needs of JFC brands.
“This partnership will meaningfully benefit our customers, our operations as well as the overall Philippine food industry. We will continue to maintain our strong relationship with key chicken suppliers in the country and look forward to sustained long-term supply arrangements with them as our businesses grow together.”
Last month Cargill announced a $250 million investment in India over the next five years as it aims to expand in the country’s food processing industry.
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