![The first set of barns for the Costco project was recently completed near the town of Hooper, Nebraska. Approximately 20,000 breeding hens will be raised here.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/51050/092718_net-knapp_costco_barn__medium.jpg)
Costco Becomes First Retailer To Control Its Entire Chicken Supply Chain
A handful of companies — think Tyson and Perdue — all but control poultry production in the U.S. They’ll soon be joined by a retailer known more for selling rotisserie chickens: Costco, which is building a farm-to-table system based in Nebraska to supply itself.