2010s

In 2011, the John Herman Hickman Foundation was established to provide scholarships to Peco team members and their children, serve victims of natural disasters and strengthen local communities. That same year, Peco expanded into Arkansas through the acquisition of live and processing operations in Batesville, becoming the eighth-largest poultry producer in the United States.

In 2016, Peco completed a greenfield expansion that added live, processing and further processing operations in Pocahontas and Corning, Arkansas, with contract producers across Arkansas and Missouri.

In 2017, Peco renovated a facility in downtown Tuscaloosa for its corporate headquarters to support innovation and future growth. The following year, it opened the Culinary Center for Innovation in Tuscaloosa, a space designed to replicate customer kitchens and support product development in further processing.