Full-Time
Quality Assurance Supervisor
Day Shift
Cal-Maine Foods
501-1,000 employees
Leading US shell egg producer
Compensation Overview
$50k - $65k/yr
Burlington, WI, USA
In Person
Hours are 6:00 AM–4:00 PM.
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- A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
- A minimum of 1–2 years of quality assurance experience in a food manufacturing environment is required.
- Knowledge of food plant sanitation programs and processes is required.
- Knowledge of microbiological testing and analyses is required.
- Strong communication, analytical, and math skills are required.
- The employee must be able to walk throughout all plant areas for extended periods.
- The employee must be able to climb ladders and step stools as required.
- The employee must be able to lift, carry, or move up to 30–40 pounds.
- Visual and sensory acuity is required to detect food safety and quality variations in products.
- The employee must be able to work in a manufacturing environment with varying temperatures and conditions.
- Manage and direct Quality Assurance Technicians, including scheduling and providing coverage during absences of key personnel.
- Oversee all in-plant food safety and quality activities, including food safety training programs.
- Monitor and verify HACCP critical control points daily and support development, review, and updates to HACCP plans in coordination with the QA Manager.
- Investigate customer complaints and assist with implementing corrective actions to eliminate root causes.
- Verify labeling, date coding, packaging accuracy, and product compliance with specifications.
- Evaluate organoleptic attributes, including taste, texture, appearance, and smell, to ensure products meet established standards.
- Assist in maintaining Child Nutrition programs and certification requirements.
- Support relationships with regulatory agencies, including the FDA, USDA, and WDATCP, and stay current on regulatory changes impacting products and processes.
- Continuously evaluate plant processes to identify risks and opportunities for improvement related to food safety and quality.
- Assist in developing and implementing procedures, including SOPs and SSOPs, to improve food safety, sanitation, and operational performance.
- Support documentation and compliance for certifications and programs including GFSI/SQF, FSMA, Child Nutrition, and Organic.
- Assist with oversight of the sanitation program and coordinate with the Sanitation Supervisor.
- Support product sampling, environmental monitoring, and other testing programs according to company procedures.
- Participate in training and development initiatives for QA staff.
- Perform additional duties related to food safety, quality assurance, and sanitation as assigned.
- Experience managing or scheduling QA Technicians in a food manufacturing environment.
- HACCP certification or willingness to obtain it.
- PCQI certification or willingness to obtain it.
- SQF certification or willingness to obtain it.
- Bilingual Spanish skills.
Cal-Maine Foods is the largest producer and distributor of shell eggs in the United States. It operates state-of-the-art farms and distribution networks to supply fresh shell eggs and egg products across the southwestern, southeastern, midwestern, and mid-Atlantic regions, with operations located close to customers. Eggs are produced on farms, processed, and distributed to retailers and foodservice customers. The company distinguishes itself through its scale, a defined emphasis on a Culture of Sustainability, and reliable, high-quality supply. Its goal is to be the most sustainable producer and reliable supplier of consistent, high-quality fresh shell eggs and egg products, creating value for shareholders, customers, team members, and communities.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Jackson, Mississippi
Founded
1957
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- August 31, 2026 revolver gives Cal-Maine $250 million liquidity through 2031.
- Van's and Creighton Brothers broaden prepared foods, lifting capacity more than 60% by 2028.
- USDA reported July 17, 2026 wholesale egg prices rebounded 28 cents to 74 cents.
What critics are saying
- June 2026 DOJ and state antitrust settlement damaged trust and imposed compliance obligations.
- Q4 fiscal 2026 conventional egg prices fell 70.9%, crushing sales and profits.
- Another avian-flu outbreak or price collapse can destroy layer supply and earnings.
What makes Cal-Maine Foods unique
- Largest U.S. egg producer with national scale across the full egg value chain.
- Prepared Foods and Specialty Shell Eggs supplied 53.0% of Q4 fiscal 2026 sales.
- June 2026 board expansion added operations, finance, and governance expertise.
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Cal-Maine Foods Enters New $250 Million Credit Facility, Extending Maturity to 2031
Minnesota to get 2 million eggs from settlement a law professor calls 'an award for violating the law' The complaint alleges nearly three years of coordinated bidding to manipulate the Urner Barry price benchmark. | Published on: Aug 20, 2026 A law professor who follows antitrust enforcement in agriculture said the deal is too weak to discourage future collusion. "It's absolutely not a real penalty, and it's not even the cost of doing business," said Delcianna Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School. "It is effectively an award for violating the law and ripping off consumers because for every $1,000 they made in profit, they gave the states just a single dollar." The Justice Department's Antitrust Division and 17 state attorneys general, including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, filed a civil complaint June 29 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa against Cal-Maine Foods Inc., Hickman's Egg Ranch Inc. and Versova. The settlements were announced June 30. The complaint alleges the companies coordinated bidding on egg spot markets from around June 2022 to March 2025 to inflate daily price quotations published by Urner Barry, a benchmark pricing service used in egg supply contracts. Hickman's CEO emailed Versova and Cal-Maine executives in December 2022 urging them to submit "strong bids, early and often" to push prices higher, Ellison's office said. Under the settlements, which required federal court approval, the companies agreed to pay $3.3 million to the states, deliver 53 million eggs to food banks and nonprofits at their own expense, and adopt antitrust compliance programs. Around 2 million of those eggs are designated for Minnesota, Ellison's office said. The state has not received eggs yet, but Hickman's has 18 months and Versova 36 months to deliver. The attorney general's office is working with food banks on logistics, spokesman Brian Evans said Tuesday, Aug. 18. "Corporations should be competing against one another for your business, not colluding with one another to keep prices high," Ellison said in July, pointing to his office's May settlement with Agri Stats, a data firm barred from sharing sensitive pricing information among competing meat processors. Cal-Maine denied all wrongdoing in a June 29 statement, calling the claims baseless and saying communications cited in the complaint were made primarily by a single former employee and did not affect egg prices in any market. The company said it was not assessed any fines or penalties and agreed to donate 30 million eggs and pay $1.5 million. Versova and Mantiqueira USA, which acquired Hickman's in November, did not respond to requests for comment in time for publication. Winders said the settlement carries a cost for farmers because the case ends without a verdict. "If you had had a verdict, that then could have been used in separate lawsuits by producers, by consumers, to seek relief for their losses," she said. "Unfortunately, I suspect it likely is a preview," she said. "I hope I'm wrong."
Attorney General James announces delivery of over 280,000 eggs to New York City families. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Aug. 14 the delivery of more than 280,000 eggs to Food Bank For New York City in the Bronx as part of a bipartisan multistate settlement with Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch for alleged price fixing. The settlement follows an investigation led by the Office of the Attorney General in coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general from 16 other states, which found that these egg producers coordinated to influence a daily price index for eggs and artificially increased prices for retailers and consumers nationwide. Under the terms of the settlement, Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch will deliver a total of 53 million eggs to food banks across 17 participating states. Of these, New York will receive nearly five million eggs distributed through Feeding New York's statewide network. The companies will also pay $3.3 million to participating states and adopt compliance measures designed to prevent future violations. The recent delivery included 23,400 cartons - over one million eggs - to Food Bank For New York City as part of ongoing distributions statewide through October. "New York City families deserve fair prices for essentials at the grocery store," said Attorney General James. "For years, corporate greed inflated the price of eggs as companies worked together to push prices and their profits even higher. After putting a stop to this, my office has secured millions of free eggs for New Yorkers, and more than one million eggs have already been delivered to food banks across the state. I thank Food Bank for New York City for their partnership to ensure New Yorkers in need receive these eggs." Elizabeth Romano, Senior Director of Operations at Food Bank For New York City, said: "We are grateful to the Attorney General for helping make this delivery possible. Eggs are an important source of protein and we're pleased to help provide this nutritious food to families facing food insecurity across the five boroughs." The investigation determined that since at least early 2022, Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch coordinated bidding strategies intended to manipulate Urner Barry's daily egg price quotes - a benchmark widely used in supply contracts - by submitting sham bids at inflated prices then withdrawing them after raising market rates. The Office of the Attorney General is responsible for promoting social justice through civil rights enforcement and consumer advocacy; protecting public safety; defending civil rights; upholding consumer protections; preserving environmental standards; operating regional offices throughout New York State; providing services such as fraud investigations and tenant dispute mediation; all under leadership currently held by Letitia James, according to the official website.
Cal-Maine Foods reports Q4 loss as egg prices hit lows. Industry-wide oversupply pushed conventional egg prices to significant lows during the quarter, offsetting growth in the producer's specialty egg and prepared foods businesses. July 23, 2026 Article summary. Cal-Maine Foods reported a significant Q4 loss driven by a 70.9% drop in conventional egg prices due to industry-wide oversupply, with net sales declining 49.9% to $552.6 million compared to the prior year. * Net sales dropped 49.9% to $552.6 million in Q4 fiscal 2026 versus $1.1 billion in Q4 fiscal 2025 * Conventional egg prices fell 70.9% per dozen due to industry oversupply, pushing wholesale prices to historically low inflation-adjusted levels * Prepared foods segment showed strength with $60.4 million in sales and $8.8 million operating income, compared to an operating loss in the prior year * Recovery underway with USDA reporting wholesale prices up 28 cents per dozen to 74 cents as of July 17, 2026 * Expansion strategy ongoing with $54 million investment to increase prepared foods capacity by 30% by first half of fiscal 2028 Cal-Maine Foods reported net sales of $552.6 million for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, a 49.9% decrease compared with $1.1 billion in the same quarter of fiscal 2025, according to its most recent financial review. The decline was driven by a sharp drop in conventional shell egg prices. Average selling price per dozen for conventional eggs fell 70.9% in the quarter, causing the producer's conventional shell egg segment sales to drop to $210.8 million, compared to $702.1 million a year earlier. Cal-Maine said industry-wide oversupply pushed wholesale shell egg prices to historically low, inflation-adjusted levels during the quarter, opposite the supply shortages that drove record pricing in 2025. The producer's specialty shell egg sales declined 5.9% in volume and 16.5% in average price per dozen for the quarter. For the full fiscal year, however, specialty shell egg volume grew 2.4%, which Cal-Maine described as a sign of underlying demand. Cal-Maine's prepared foods sales reached $60.4 million for the quarter, and the segment posted operating income of $8.8 million, compared with an operating loss in the same period last year. "Fiscal 2026, culminating in a particularly challenging fourth quarter, reinforced the importance of our strategy to enhance the structural mix of our business, expand our portfolio of products that support more stable and predictable financial performance and reposition our pricing structure by reducing the impact of market-based pricing," said Sherman Miller, Cal-Maine Foods president and chief executive officer. On egg pricing, Miller said egg markets have begun to recover since the close of the fiscal year. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) July 17, 2026, Egg Markets Overview report, national wholesale prices of graded, loose, white large shell eggs were up 28 cents per dozen to 74 cents. The average advertised retail price for conventional caged eggs was $1.02 per dozen. Prepared foods expansion still a major focus. During the fiscal year, Cal-Maine acquired Creighton Brothers LLC and the Van's brand to expand its prepared foods business. After fiscal year-end, the company acquired additional Eggland's Best franchise territory covering Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, parts of Vermont, New York and Connecticut, which it said should increase its specialty shell egg volume by about 5% annually. Cal-Maine also announced a $54 million investment to expand its prepared foods production capacity by approximately 30%, with the added capacity expected to be online in the first half of fiscal 2028. Combined with previously announced growth and capacity added through the Van's acquisition, the producer said its total prepared foods production capacity is projected to increase more than 60% from the end of fiscal 2026 through the first half of fiscal 2028. Unlock Personalized Content! Sign up and the recommendations below will be more personalized for you!
Three major US egg producers will pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to settle price-fixing allegations brought by the Justice Department and 17 states. Cal-Maine Foods, Versova and Hickman's Egg Ranch allegedly colluded to artificially inflate egg prices between June 2022 and March 2025 by coordinating bids submitted to Urner Barry Publications, which runs a key pricing index. US egg prices peaked at $6.23 per dozen in March 2025 during a bird flu outbreak. Prices dropped significantly after companies learned of the investigation and fell to under $2.20 by May 2026. None of the companies admitted wrongdoing. Cal-Maine will pay $1.5 million and donate 30 million eggs, whilst Versova and Hickman's will contribute $2.1 million and 23 million eggs combined. The settlements require court approval.