Bar-S Foods - Altus Plant
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THE QUICK READ
Bar-S Foods runs a meat processing plant in Altus, Oklahoma, making hot dogs, bacon, and sausage on smokehouse and cooking lines, then freezing and packaging for shipment. The plant runs two 10-hour production shifts a day. It holds about 64,000 pounds of ammonia for refrigeration, well past the 10,000-pound mark where federal process safety rules apply, and the site keeps a formal safety program on file for it.
JOBS HERE
No openings on file for this plant right now. Nearby plants that are hiring are listed further down.
PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for Oklahoma
- $23.63–$36.05/hr
- What techs ask in Oklahoma
- $30.34–$38.77/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 10 techs in our network, Oklahoma
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Oklahoma
- $21.50–$31.79/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Oklahoma
- $26.23–$35.96/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 278 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Oklahoma pay levels
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~730
- Products
- processing, ready-to-eat
- Size
- Large
- Ammonia on site
- 64,011 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
EPA RMP · Sep 2026From public EPA records, as of September 4, 2026. Reported as filed — we add no opinions or grades.
LIVING IN ALTUS, OK
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Refrigerated Processed Meats, Inc. | Vernon, TX | 33 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Tyson Foods | Amarillo, TX | 140 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Leprino Foods | Lubbock, TX | 160 mi | 9 JOBS → |
| VENTURA FOODS | Saginaw, TX | 165 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Lineage Logistics | Fort Worth, TX | 167 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Schreiber Foods | Stephenville, TX | 176 mi | 4 JOBS → |
| Molson-Coors | Fort Worth, TX | 178 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Brakebush Brothers Inc. | Irving, TX | 185 mi | 2 JOBS → |
ABOUT BAR-S FOODS CO
Bar-S Foods was formed in 1981 when Tim Day led a management buyout of Cudahy Company's meatpacking assets for $28 million, starting with 45 employees producing about 10 million pounds of meat a year. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, the company makes hot dogs, corn dogs, bacon, sausage, and lunch meat under brands including Bar-S, President's Pride, and Chuck Wagon, with production plants in Oklahoma. By 2009, sales reached $535 million with more than 1,600 employees. In 2010, Mexican food company Sigma Alimentos acquired Bar-S Foods, which now operates as part of Sigma's American business.
Other Bar-S Foods Co plants in our directory: Bar-S Foods Co. - Clinton Plant, Bar-S Foods Co. (Elk City), Bar-S Foods Co. (Mt. Pleasant), Bar-S Foods - Lawton Plant
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