The Delhi plant is a perfect example of our commitment to quality and to our customers. We’ve taken everything we know from our years of sweet potato experience, and combined it with new processes and sustainable building practices to create the largest processing facility in the world dedicated to sweet potato products. It is our way of making sure that our customers can meet growing consumer demand for quality, sweet potato products.

We know our Delhi facility’s success depends directly on the employees we hire—their abilities, their commitment, and their ongoing engagement and sense of satisfaction from the work they will perform.

Delhi hiring process and timeline

Over the next year, we’ll be hiring approximately 275 employees for a multitude of positions at the plant, from line workers to management. We will begin hiring in earnest in the Spring and Summer of 2010.

If you are interested in working at the ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Delhi facility—a tobacco-, alcohol- and drug-free workplace—please visit your local Workforce Commission office, as they will be partnering with Lamb Weston to facilitate the recruitment and hiring process.

You may also keep a watch on our careers website. Enter Delhi, LA into the key-word search box at www.conagrafoodscareers.com to find all currently open hourly and salaried positions.

Great opportunities, great rewards

As an employee of ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, you will have a wide range of both responsibilities and benefits available to you and your family.

If you are offered and accept a position with ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, you will find yourself a valued employee at one of the most highly respected and top-performing companies in the food industry. As part of a diverse, ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston team, you’ll have opportunities to share ideas and to continually improve the ways in which we meet customer needs. And you’ll be rewarded with the respect of colleagues, the chance to develop new skills, and the exhilaration of being part of a Company at the forefront of the industry.

You’ll also be part of ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), one of North America’s largest packaged food companies, serving consumer grocery retailers, as well as restaurants and other foodservice establishments. As a leader in multiple segments of the food business, ConAgra Foods understands what consumers want: familiar brands, favorite foods and innovative products that make meals and snacks great-tasting, convenient and affordable. The value you could bring is vital to the achievement of ConAgra Foods’ mission and to its continued growth and prosperity. For more information, please visit: www.conagrafoods.com.

ConAgra Performance System

Our Company operates under the principles of the ConAgra Performance System (CPS). CPS focuses on achieving zero loss by empowering all employees through engagement and ownership. A key factor to the success of this program is that everyone, everyday, learns and improves something. By utilizing the tools and principles of CPS, we will achieve our goals of eliminating or reducing work place safety incidents, improving the quality of products we supply to our customers, reducing costs, and increasing overall productivity.

Employment Policy

ConAgra Foods intends that your association with the Company will be a long and happy one. However, the Company understands that because your employment is “at-will,” you would be free to terminate your employment at any time, for any reason, and the Company reserves the same right. ConAgra Foods appreciates at least a two-week notice if an employee is going to resign, so job duties can be effectively transitioned.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

ConAgra Foods does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual preference, sexual identity, age, disability or veteran status. In addition, ConAgra Foods complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which ConAgra Foods has facilities and employees. Discrimination on the basis of these factors has no place at ConAgra Foods. ConAgra Foods will ensure that only non-discriminatory, bona fide job-related requirements and procedures are used with regard to all terms and conditions of employment, including, recruitment, hiring placement, promotion, transfer, discipline (including termination), compensation, benefits, demotion, layoff, training and educational programs.

Prohibition of Harassment

ConAgra Foods is committed to providing its employees with a non-discriminatory work environment free of any type of harassment. ConAgra Foods will not tolerate harassment of its employees by anyone, including managers, co-workers, vendors or customers of ConAgra Foods.

Reasonable Accommodation

Any applicant for employment at ConAgra Foods or any current employee who has a need for accommodation due to disability or religious beliefs is encouraged to inform the Company of their needs. If the employee or applicant can perform the essential functions of the job, ConAgra Foods will make every effort to offer reasonable accommodations as long as they do not result in undue hardship to the Company or a direct threat to health and safety. Whether a certain accommodation meets these standards is determined on a case-by-case basis, after consultation with the individual and consideration of all the particular facts and circumstances.

ConAgra Foods’ Code of Conduct

ConAgra Foods has published a Code of Conduct which describes ConAgra Foods’ policies on conducting business in an ethical and lawful manner. The Code also describes some of ConAgra Foods’ expectations for Employee behavior. A copy of the Code is available via the ConAgra Foods’ website.

Links

For more information on ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, please visit:
www.lambweston.com

To learn more about working at ConAgra Foods, please visit:
www.conagrafoods.com/careers

To learn more about ConAgra Foods’ commitment to diversity and inclusion:
www.conagrafoodscareers.com/benefits-and-culture/diversity-and-inclusion.jsp