Cal-Maine Foods Acquires Creighton Brothers LLC and Crystal Lake LLC

Cal-Maine Foods Acquires Certain Assets of Van’s Foods Brand

May 12, 2026

Consumer Products

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. announced it will acquire certain assets of the Van’s Foods business of Sara Lee Frozen Bakery, LLC. The move is intended to diversify Cal-Maine Foods’ business model by expanding its prepared foods B2C retail presence and leveraging its distribution to grow the Van’s brand.

Global Eggs Acquires Pearl Valley Farms

April 2, 2026

Food & Beverage

Global Eggs, a leading global egg producer and distributor, is acquiring Pearl Valley Farms, a second-generation, family-owned egg producer. D.A. Davidson served as the exclusive sell-side financial advisor to Pearl Valley Farms in the transaction.

Cal‑Maine Foods Acquires Echo Lake Foods for ~$258M

June 2, 2025

Food & Beverage

Cal‑Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) has completed the all‑cash acquisition of Echo Lake Foods for approximately $258 million, with an expected tax benefit of about $28 million (effective purchase price ≈ $230 million). The purchase brings Echo Lake’s ~$240 million 2024 revenue business — a producer of ready‑to‑eat egg and frozen breakfast products — into Cal‑Maine’s portfolio to expand its value‑added egg product offerings and reduce earnings volatility through synergies and expanded customer relationships.

Cal-Maine Foods Acquires ISE America Inc. for $110M

July 2, 2024

Food & Beverage

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has acquired virtually all assets of Galena, Maryland–based ISE America Inc. for approximately $110 million in cash. The deal adds ISE’s commercial shell-egg production and processing capacity (about 4.7 million laying hens, including 1 million cage-free), feed mills, roughly 4,000 acres, pullets, inventories and an egg-products breaking facility, expanding Cal‑Maine’s footprint into the Northeast and Mid‑Atlantic.

Cal-Maine Foods Acquires Tyson Foods' Dexter, Missouri Poultry Facilities

January 2, 2024

Food & Beverage

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is acquiring a broiler processing plant, hatchery and feed mill in Dexter, Missouri from Tyson Foods, Inc.; terms were not disclosed. Cal-Maine plans to convert the facilities to egg production and grading operations to expand its geographic footprint and production capacity in Missouri and surrounding markets.

Cal-Maine Foods to Acquire Egg Production Assets of Fassio Egg Farms

September 28, 2023

Food & Beverage

Cal-Maine Foods, the largest U.S. producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all commercial shell-egg production and processing assets of Fassio Egg Farms, including facilities in Erda, Utah with capacity of ~1.2 million laying hens. The asset purchase expands Cal‑Maine’s cage‑free production capacity and market presence in Utah and the western United States; the deal is expected to close in the coming weeks subject to customary conditions.