WLR Foods digital records 1948-2002

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WLR Foods digital records 1948-2002

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=jmu/vihart00125.xml

This digital collection contains over 5,000 scanned imagesrepresenting 645 documents that pertain to the business endeavors, acquisitions, andpublications of WLR Foods Incorporated.

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Special Collections, James Madison University

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WLR Foods Incorporated

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WLR Foods first incorporated in 1986 and created a holistic and self-sufficient poultry company that was capable of controlling all aspects of poultry production--literally from the egg to the local market. WLR Foods combined hatcheries and farms, feed storage and mills, processing and dressing plants, and distribution under one corporate umbrella. This proved to be a winning combination for the Virginia based company; at the height of its success in 1996, WLR Foods sales reached almost one bill...