SSG Advises The Best Dressed Chicken in the Sale of its South Carolina Processing Plant to Amick Farms

SSG Capital Advisors, LLC (“SSG”) served as the investment banker to The Best Dressed Chicken, Inc. (“The Best Dressed Chicken” or the “Company”) in the sale of its South Carolina processing plant to Amick Farms, LLC (“Amick Farms”). The transaction closed in April 2026. 

The Best Dressed Chicken, a subsidiary of The Jamaica Broilers Group, is a vertically integrated producer of branded poultry products with operations spanning feed production, breeding, hatching, and processing. The Company’s processing plant, located in Ward, South Carolina, handles the slaughter, processing, packaging, and distribution of ready-to-cook chicken products. Faced with operational challenges and difficult market conditions, the Company conducted a strategic review of its overall business and operational footprint.

SSG conducted a targeted and competitive marketing process and engaged a select group of strategic and financial buyers, which generated significant market interest in an expedited timeframe. Following a review of alternatives, Amick Farms emerged as the preferred acquirer of the Company’s South Carolina processing plant, offering a compelling strategic fit and a strong foundation for continued operational success. As part of the transaction, Amick Farms also purchased the Company’s feed mill, and entered into a lease for the Company’s hatchery and an egg supply contract with the Company’s breeding operation. SSG’s experience across the agriculture and food processing sectors was instrumental in advising The Best Dressed Chicken through a comprehensive strategic process. SSG worked closely with management, BDO USA, Tripp Scott, and stakeholders to evaluate alternatives and execute a transaction that maximized value and positioned the Company’s South Carolina processing plant for continued success under new ownership.

Amick Farms is a vertically integrated poultry producer with operations across Maryland, Mississippi, and South Carolina, and over 80 years of experience in the poultry industry.

Other professionals who worked on the transaction include:

• Robert C. Meacham, Charles M. Tatelbaum, and Ashley R. Arinus of Tripp Scott, P.A., counsel to The Best Dressed Chicken;

• Baker Smith, James Schwarz, Anthony Del Piano, Adam Kaplan, and Alex Voissard of BDO USA, P.C., financial advisor to The Best Dressed Chicken; and

• G. Marcus Knight, Julian Hennig III, and Emery T. Levine of Maynard Nexsen P.C., counsel to Amick Farms.

SSG Capital Advisors is an independent boutique investment bank that assists middle-market companies and their stakeholders in completing special situation transactions. We provide our clients with comprehensive investment banking services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private placements, financial restructurings, valuations, litigation, and strategic advisory. SSG has a proven track record of closing over 500 transactions in North America and Europe and is a leader in the industry.

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