Perdue Farms Says It Attracted Suitors, Has No Plans to Sell

Perdue Farms Inc. has attracted interest from potential domestic and international suitors as protein demand expands globally, although the third-largest U.S. chicken producer says it plans to continue as a family-owned business.

“We have not had talks with anybody,” said Jim Perdue, the company’s chairman and public face who has appeared on its television commercials. “But you get phone calls.”