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Pilgrim's Pride Files Chapter 11: Not a Bailout in Sight

Dear Commentator,

To the three previous commentators: You wieners and criers give me a pain. I'd bet none of you have ever owned a business, not alone built one. I know you don't know the history of this company, for if you did, you'd sing a different tune.

Bo Pilgrim, chicken magnate, started from nothing. Because his father died abruptly from a heart attack, leaving their store in debt and the family with just $80, Bo was forced at age 11 to work at several different jobs. At the age of 17, he and his brother Aubrey purchased a farm supply store in Pittsburg, Texas, with money borrowed from a bank and a local dentist. Twice over the years, commodity chicken down-cycles almost bankrupted Pilgrim's Pride. I wish you'd read about Pilgrim's Pride in the Wikipedia web page. They are an American success story. They went from nothing, to the largest in their field. The only thing left to say, is I hope they make it.