Our Story
2000
Mark Sosebee founded Agora Foods – soon to become Gold Creek Distributors, LLC – specializing in trading, marketing, and distributing frozen poultry.
2004
Gold Creek Distributors, LLC becomes Gold Creek Foods, LLC, relocating to historic downtown Dawsonville and renovating the textile mill, where Sosebee’s mother once worked, into a fully functional poultry processing facility.
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2005
Maintaining over 100% annual growth rate, Gold Creek Foods expands to 250 employees.
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2006
Gold Creek Foods CEO Mark Sosebee is featured in Georgia Trend’s “One to Watch” series.
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2007
Gold Creek Foods doubles production again and now employs over 500 team members. Annual sales reach $80 million dollars.
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2008
Gold Creek Foods breaks $100 million dollars in sales.
2012
Gold Creek Foods purchases and renovates its second facility, a 45,000-square feet plant in Gainesville, GA.
2013
Gold Creek Foods purchases its third plant, a 35,000-square feet facility in Gainesville, GA.
2014
Gold Creek Foods purchases its fourth and largest plant, 160,000-square feet. This state-of-the-art facility launches the Gold Creek Prepared Foods Division with fully cooked capabilities.
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2015
Gold Creek Foods adds additional sizing and portioning capacity, surpasses $300 million in sales.
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2016
Gold Creek Foods increases their mechanically separated chicken (MSC) capacity with the acquisition of a new plant in Gainesville, GA. The new facility makes Gold Creek Foods one of the largest independent producers of box frozen MSC in the USA.
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2017
Gold Creek Foods acquires its sixth processing plant and constructs a new state of the art 40-million pound Ready to Eat line.
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2018
Gold Creek Foods is the featured cover story of the 25th anniversary edition of MeatingPlace Magazine.
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2019
Gold Creek Foods invests in automated whole leg deboning and new ready to eat (RTE) equipment, enabling production of strips and diced meats. Gold Creek Foods also ships its first K-12 commodity products, beginning partnerships to feed America’s future.
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2020
Gold Creek Foods begins expansion of fully cooked lines in response to industry needs. Gold Creek Foods K-12 commodity program grows over 72% in overall market share.
2021
Gold Creek Foods starts production on second and third RTE lines at their White Sulphur plant with additional 60-million-pound capacity. In addition, Gold Creek Foods’ growth continues at a blistering pace with the acquisition of Foundation Food Group later in the year, adding 4 new plants and over 35 MM pounds of additional RTE and par fry capacity.
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2022
Gold Creek Foods more than doubles its presence in the K-12 commodity segment.
2023
Gold Creek Foods purchases Caryville, TN based Campos Foods LLC including the popular Quick’N Eat brand.
2025