Koch Foods of Mississippi (Forest)
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THE QUICK READ
Koch Foods of Mississippi processes chicken at its plant in Forest, MS, where production lines break down poultry into cut parts — deboning, portioning, and packaging work that fills a typical day on the floor. The facility is a large operation with around 500 workers. In 2015, Koch Foods invested about $2 million to renovate this plant, adding roughly two dozen new positions.
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 Mississippi
- $22.47–$33.57/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Mississippi
- $27.35–$37.79/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 775 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Mississippi pay levels
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Mississippi
- $20.82–$32.19/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Mississippi
- $26–$35.64/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 278 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Mississippi 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
- ~500
- Products
- chicken, processing
- Size
- Large
- Ammonia on site
- 23,000 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
EPA RMP · Sep 2026From public EPA records, as of September 7, 2026. Reported as filed — we add no opinions or grades.
LIVING IN FOREST, MS
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Foods | Forest, MS | 1 mi | 10 JOBS → |
| Peco Foods INC. | Sebastopol, MS | 15 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Peco Foods INC. | Bay Springs, MS | 26 mi | 4 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Carthage, MS | 33 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Lineage Logistics | Richland, MS | 40 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Tyson Foods | Vicksburg, MS | 69 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Foster Poultry Farms | Demopolis, AL | 96 mi | 4 JOBS → |
| Peco Foods INC. | West Point, MS | 98 mi | 5 JOBS → |
ABOUT KOCH FOODS
Koch Foods was founded in 1973 by Fred Koch as a small deboning operation, then grew under Joseph Grendys, who joined in 1984, took full ownership by 1992, and remains the private owner today. Acquisitions such as Aspen Foods in 1995 helped the company pass $1 billion in revenue by 2004 and roughly $3 billion by the mid-2010s, with about 14,000 employees at that time. Headquartered in Park Ridge, Illinois, the company now runs poultry processing operations across Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee. It sells chicken products under several brand names, including Koch Foods, Antioch Farms, Preferred Foods, and Rogers Royal.
Other Koch Foods plants in our directory: Preferred Foods Inc./Koch Foods Inc., Koch Foods - Chattanooga, Koch Foods of Mississippi (Morton), KOCH FOODS FRANKLIN PARK, Koch Foods LLC (Morristown), Koch Foods (Fairfield)
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