Comcast, Mastercard and fast-food giant Yum Brands are some of the biggest companies reporting quarterly earnings today. Follow live coverage of the results and our analysis.
In the midst of a nationwide run on chicken, poultry producer Pilgrim's Pride aims to grow its flocks—those on farms as well as the workers who staff processing lines in the Colorado company's plants. The latter has long been tough for the meat industry, andPilgrim's Chief Executive Fabio Sandri said on a Thursday conference call that short-staffed plants are costing the company money, and making it harder to fill orders.
Long term, Pilgrim's intends to lean more on robots. Mr. Sandri said the company is developing automated deboning systems that will begin functioning in plants soon. "We don't believe the labor force is going to increase significantly in the next few years," he said.
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