Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Retirement of Jeff Hardin

Scott Hull to Assume Executive Officer Role for Sales

RIDGELAND, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) today announced that Jeff Hardin, Senior Vice President of Sales, is retiring from his position with the Company, effective July 23, 2024. Scott Hull, Vice President of Sales, will assume the executive officer role previously held by Hardin, effectively immediately. Hardin will continue to work with Hull through the transition period until his official retirement date.

Hardin joined Cal-Maine Foods in 1988 and was named Vice President of Sales in 2002. He has played a pivotal role in driving the Company’s consistent record of sales growth and establishing valuable long-term working relationships with Cal-Maine Foods’ leading customers.

Hull has been with the Company since 2009. He has worked closely with Hardin in his most recent position, as well as in his prior role as National Sales Manager. He previously served as a general manager at the Company’s Louisburg, North Carolina, location before joining the sales team in 2014.

Commenting on the announcement, Sherman Miller, president and chief executive officer of Cal-Maine Foods, stated, “Jeff Hardin has been an outstanding sales leader for Cal-Maine Foods, and we are extremely grateful for his 36 years of dedicated service. Throughout his tenure, he has developed strong working relationships with our valued customers and provided exceptional service and support that are hallmarks of Cal-Maine Foods. We are thrilled to have Scott Hull take on additional sales leadership responsibilities and assume the executive officer role. He has already demonstrated his proven ability to lead our sales efforts, and we are confident we will continue to have market success under his leadership. We look forward to working together as we continue to execute our growth strategy and extend our market reach.”

About Cal-Maine Foods

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is primarily engaged in the production, grading, packaging, marketing and distribution of fresh shell eggs, including conventional, cage-free, organic, brown, free-range, pasture-raised and nutritionally enhanced eggs. The Company, which is headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi, is the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States and sells the majority of its shell eggs in states across the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.