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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: CHILDHOOD – CLUES HE WOULD BE A SUCCESS
CHAPTER TWO: EARLY DAYS – GROWING CHICKENS AND GROWING A FAMILY
CHAPTER THREE: CHICKEN FEED – IT ISN’T JUST CHICKEN FEED
CHAPTER FOUR: PROCESSING CHICKEN – OPPORTUNITY, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF A FULL-BLOWN OBSESSION
CHAPTER FIVE: MARKETING – STUDYING IT, PRACTICING IT, EXCELLING AT IT
CHAPTER SIX: ADVERTISING – REWRITING THE RULES
CHAPTER SEVEN: PUBLIC RELATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, THE FRANK TOUCH
CHAPTER EIGHT: PACKAGING – SURPRISINGLY IMPORTANT
CHAPTER NINE: OVEN STUFFER® ROASTERS – THE WORLD’S FIRST PROPRIETARY COMMERCIAL CHICKEN
CHAPTER TEN: HR – GROWING THE COMPANY FROM 3,000 TO 19,000 ASSOCIATES
CHAPTER ELEVEN: LOGISTICS – TRYING TO UNSCRAMBLE AN EGG
CHAPTER TWELVE: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING – EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: ACCOUNTING – THE FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT OF AN MRI
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: TRANSITIONING FROM A MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANY TO A VERY LARGE ONE – NOT SMOOTH AND NOT EASY
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: TURKEYS – THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE IN COMMON WITH CHICKENS IS FEATHERS
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT – AN EDGE UP ON THE COMPETITION
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: QUALITY – THE ONE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY INGREDIENT
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: GROWING INTERNATIONALLY –GEOPOLITICAL AWARENESS MEANS GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
CHAPTER NINETEEN: PHILANTHROPY – FRANK’S ENTREPRENEURIAL APPROACH
CHAPTER TWENTY: LOYALTY – HOW TO NURTURE IT
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: LEADERSHIP STYLE – YES, HE REALLY WAS A TOUGH MAN
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE PERSONAL SIDE – WHAT WAS FRANK REALLY LIKE?
EPILOGUE: JIM PERDUE’S REFLECTIONS ON HIS FATHER AND ON PERDUE FARMS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
QUOTES FROM FRANK PERDUE
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