05:47 PM EST, 12/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Cal-Maine Foods ( CALM ) reported Wednesday the appointment of Johnathan Zoeller as Chief Financial Officer of its Prepared Foods unit.

The egg company is concurrently kickstarting a $15 million network optimization and capacity-expansion project at Echo Lake Foods, which is expected to add 17 million pounds of annual output by mid-fiscal 2027.

Separately, its joint venture, Crepini Foods will invest $7 million through fiscal 2028 to add 18 million pounds of additional production capacity.

These planned investments are projected to increase the company's Prepared Foods production capacity by over 30% in the coming 18 to 24 months, Cal-Maine Foods ( CALM ) added.