Starting in 1946,  with $1,000 in cash and a $2,500 loan, Bo and Aubrey became partners in the Pilgrim's feed store.

The two had been giving away 100 baby chicks with each feed sack purchase. "We started selling baby chicks to farmers who brought the chickens back to us to sell," said Bo.

They sold their first chicken from a pen behind their farm supply store over 50 years ago. As the demand for the chickens grew, the first steps were taken toward creating the modern, vertically integrated chicken company, known as Pilgrim's Pride.

From the beginning, Aubrey and Bo Pilgrim saw and met consumer needs. It is the desire to keep up with our consumer needs that keeps Pilgrim's Pride searching for new ways to create innovative and healthy products for your family.

Today, Pilgrim's Pride has become the second-largest poultry company in America and the second-largest in Mexico. Pilgrim's Pride employs more than 40,000 people and processes approximately 6 billion pounds of poultry and 40 million dozen table eggs each year.

In 1966 Aubrey passed away from heart disease. Having had a heart attack and stroke by the age of 53, Bo Pilgrim made a commitment to create more healthy products for the benefit of his family as well as consumers. He began working with doctors, nutritionists and scientists and developed EggsPlus, the first egg to contain substantial amounts of Omega 3, Omega 6 and Vitamin E.

His latest venture, Eat Well Stay Healthy, continues the tradition of healthy great tasting products by providing delicious and convenient products that carry the American Heart Association's Seal.