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Cal-Maine Foods - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Cal-Maine Foods M&A Summary

Cal-Maine Foods has acquired 9 companies, including 4 in the last 5 years.

Cal-Maine Foods’ largest acquisition to date was in 2025, when it acquired Echo Lake Foods for $258M. Cal-Maine Foods has acquired in 5 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include food (56%) and agriculture (45%).

Cal-Maine Foods Business Overview

Where is Cal-Maine Foods headquartered?

Cal-Maine Foods is headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

What is Cal-Maine Foods’ revenue?

Cal-Maine Foods disclosed revenue of 2,326M USD for 2024 and 3,146M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Cal-Maine Foods have?

Cal-Maine Foods has 2,929 employees.

What sector is Cal-Maine Foods in?

Cal-Maine Foods is a food company.

When was Cal-Maine Foods founded?

Cal-Maine Foods was founded in 1957.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity9
    • M&A Buy Activity9
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4
  • M&A Advisors 2

Cal-Maine Foods

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

1052 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 200,
Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157
United States,
(601) 948-6813
www.calmainefoods.com

Cal-Maine Foods provides production, grading, packaging, marketing, and distribution of shell eggs. Cal-Maine sells most of its shell eggs in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the US. Cal-Maine market its shell eggs through its extensive distribution network to a diverse group of customers, including national and regional grocery store chains, club stores, foodservice distributors and egg product consumers. Cal-Maine Foods was founded in 1957 and is based in Ridgeland, Mississippi.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.8/yr) # 5 1 - 2 - 1 9
vol $258M $258M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  9

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Echo Lake Foods, Inc. 2025-06-02 258M USD Add-on Acquisition
Burlington, Wisconsin · www.echolakefoods.com
Tyson Foods - Shuttered Broiler Processing Assets 2023-12-29 - Divestiture
Dexter, Missouri
Fassio Egg Farms, Inc. 2023-09-28 - Add-on Acquisition
West Valley City, Utah · www.fassioeggfarms.com
Red River Valley Egg Farm LLC 2021-06-01 - Divestiture
Bogata, Texas
Mahard Egg Farm 2019-10-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Prosper, Texas · www.mahard.com
Featherland Egg Farms, Inc. 2018-10-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Marion, Texas · www.featherlandegg.com
Happy Hen Egg Farms, Inc. - Egg Production Assets 2017-02-09 - Divestiture
Junction, Texas
Southwest Specialty Eggs LLC 2014-07-25 - Joint Venture
, United States
Delta Egg Farm LLC 2014-02-17 - Stake Purchase
Delta, Utah
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Food 5 (56%) 258M (100%) - -
Agriculture 4 (44%) - - -
Total 9 $258M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 9 258M - -
  Texas 4 - - -
  Utah 2 - - -
  Wisconsin 1 258M - -
  Missouri 1 - - -
Total 9 $258M - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Goldman Sachs
 1
Legal Deals
Sidley
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $258M
TOTAL $258M
Largest Echo Lake Foods, Inc.
$258M (2025-06-02)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
33%
3 (33%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Food

Revenue

2,326   27% 2024
3,146   78% 2023
1,777   32% 2022
1,349   1% 2021
1,352   1% 2020
1,361   10% 2019
1,503   40% 2018
1,075   44% 2017
1,909   22% 2016
1,576   10% 2015
1,440   12% 2014
1,288   2013
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Employees

2,929

Established

1957

Public

NASDAQ: CALM

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