The Armour-Louisville facility located in the near downtown sector of Louisville, Kentucky was purchased from the Klarer Company in September, 1969. This facility, consisting of some 337,420 square feet of production and storage space, situated on 14.93 acres, was acquired at a total cost to Armour of slightly more than $13,000,000.
Based on today’s standards, the Louisville facility is unique in a number of ways:
- This is the last Armour Integrated Plant, housing both Processed Meats Company and Fresh Meats operations.
- Having previously been a Corporate Headquarters for Klarer Company, we have an abundance of office facilities which are currently utilized by various sectors of the Armour Sales units. Sales, Accounting and Computer Offices presently locate at this facility are:
- Retail Sales Zone Manager’s Office
- 2 Retail Sales District Manager’s Offices
- 3 Retail Sales persons
- 1 Food Service District Sales Manager’s Office
- 4 Food Service Sales persons
- 3 Turkey Division Sales personnel
- 3 Fresh Meats Volume Sales persons
- 19 Major Accounting Center personnel
- 18 Computer Department personnel
- 14 Louisville Plant Accounting Department personnel
The fact that we are fully Integrated unit allows the Processed Meats Company a decided advantage in so far as both availability of processing raw materials and quality freshness. These raw materials. Once inspected and approved by Quality Control, are transferred to the Processing facility on a hour-to-hour bases. IN addition to insuring freshness of such raw materials, we are relieved of the cost of freight and handling as well as combo bin charges. Thus resulting in an overall benefit to both companies.
Other benefits derived from this type arrangement is through the join utilization of both Boiler Room facility as well as Motive Power, refrigeration, etc. This too tends to work to the benefit of both the Processed Meats and Fresh Meat Companies.