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Cal-Maine Foods Positions for Growth in Prepared Foods with New Leadership and Expansion Plans
RIDGELAND, Miss., Dec. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM), the largest egg company in the United States and a leading player in
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[{"type":"text","content":"RIDGELAND, Miss., Dec. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM), the largest egg company in the United States and a leading player in the egg-based food industry, is strengthening its prepared foods platform through new leadership appointments and targeted prepared foods production capacity expansions. Johnathan Zoeller has joined Cal-Maine Foods as Chief Financial Officer, Prepared Foods, adding valuable external experience with over 25 years as a senior financial and corporate accounting executive. He most recently served as Vice President, Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations for Westlake Corporation, a global diversified industrial company, where he led the global treasury operations, cash management, credit, collections, risk management, and investor relations functions for the Fortune 500 company since 2018. In addition, Dave Jordan has been promoted internally to President, Echo Lake Foods, previously serving as Senior Vice President, Operations. Dave is a seasoned food and beverage operations leader known for modernizing manufacturing networks, driving large-scale transformation, and building high-performance, people-centered cultures. He brings deep expertise in enterprise operations, capital improvement execution, and continuous improvement across complex, multi-site organizations to the role. “Talent is at the center of every chapter of sustained growth,” commented Sherman Miller, president and chief executive officer of Cal-Maine Foods. “We are thrilled to welcome John and celebrate Dave’s well-deserved promotion. Their leadership, expertise, and dedication will be central to our prepared foods platform, and we are excited to have them as part of the Cal-Maine Foods’ management team as we continue to grow and serve our customers.” In parallel, Cal-Maine Foods is launching a new $15 million network optimization and capacity-expansion project at Echo Lake Foods, expected to add 17 million pounds of annual scrambled egg production by mid-fiscal 2027. The project consolidates all scrambled egg manufacturing into a single, modernized facility, creating a more efficient, centralized operation, and expands capacity with a new production line at the facility to support both near-term demand and long-term organic growth. By centralizing production, Echo Lake Foods eliminates redundancy across site...