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Exhibit 99.1
Contacts:
Sherman Miller, President and CEO
Max P. Bowman,
 
Vice President and CFO
(601) 948-6813
CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC. NAMES
MELANIE BOULDEN TO COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
RIDGELAND, Miss. (August 11,
 
2025) - Cal-Maine Foods,
 
Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) (“Cal-Maine Foods”
 
or
the
 
“Company”)
 
today
 
announced
 
that
Melanie
 
Boulden
 
was
 
appointed
 
to
 
the
 
Company’s
 
Board
 
of
Directors
 
as
 
an
 
independent
 
director,
 
effective
 
August
 
11,
 
2025.
 
She
 
will
 
serve
 
until
 
the
 
2025
 
Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, after which she will stand for reelection as a Class I Director to serve for a three-
year
 
term.
 
Boulden
 
will
 
join
 
the
 
Compensation,
 
Audit,
 
and
 
Nominating
 
and
 
Corporate
 
Governance
Committees,
 
effective September 1, 2025.
Boulden
 
brings
 
over
 
25
 
years
 
of
 
experience
 
in
 
corporate
 
marketing
 
for
 
leading
 
global
 
food
 
and
consumer brands
 
to Cal-Maine
 
Foods.
 
She served
 
as Executive
 
Vice President
 
and Chief
 
Growth Officer
for Tyson Foods, Inc. a multinational
 
protein-focused food company, from
 
February 2023 to May 2025.
 
In
this
 
role,
 
she
 
led
 
innovation,
 
research
 
and
 
development,
 
consumer
 
insights
 
and
 
analytics,
 
category
management,
 
demand
 
planning,
 
marketing
 
communications,
 
corporate
 
branding
 
and
 
corporate
communications across the
 
business. Boulden previously
 
held roles as
 
Group President,
 
Prepared Foods of
Tyson
 
Foods;
 
Chief
 
Marketing Officer
 
of
 
the
 
North
 
America operating
 
unit
 
of
 
The
 
Coca-Cola
 
Company,
leading
 
a
 
multibillion-dollar
 
brand
 
portfolio
 
consisting
 
of
 
more
 
than
 
20
 
brands;
 
President
 
of
 
the
 
Still
Beverages
 
business
 
unit
 
at
 
Coca-Cola
 
North
 
America,
 
leading
 
the
 
water,
 
sports
 
drinks,
 
tea
 
and
 
coffee
businesses;
 
and
 
President
 
and
 
General
 
Manager
 
of
 
Venturing
 
and
 
Emerging
 
Brands.
 
Boulden’s
 
earlier
corporate experience
 
includes senior
 
global marketing
 
roles at
 
Reebok International,
 
Ltd., Crayola
 
LLC,
Kraft Foods Group Inc., and Henkel Consumer Goods, USA.
 
Boulden currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Adobe Inc. She holds a Bachelor
of
 
Science degree
 
from Iowa
 
State University
 
and a
 
Master of
 
Business Administration
 
degree from
 
the
University of Iowa with concentrations in finance and marketing.
 
Dolph Baker, chairman of
 
the Board of
 
Directors of Cal-Maine Foods,
 
stated “We are
 
delighted to
welcome Melanie
 
Boulden to
 
our Board
 
of Directors
 
as an
 
independent director.
 
As a
 
seasoned Fortune
500 senior executive
 
working with leading
 
global food brands
 
and consumer goods,
 
she is an
 
ideal fit for
Cal-Maine Foods
 
and our
 
strategic vision.
 
As we
 
continue to
 
expand our
 
market reach
 
and diversify
 
our
product
 
portfolio,
 
we
 
will
 
benefit
 
from
 
her
 
extensive
 
marketing
 
experience,
 
brand
 
development
 
and
consumer insight.”
 
Sherman
 
Miller,
 
president
 
and
 
chief
 
executive
 
officer
 
of
 
Cal-Maine
 
Foods,
 
added
 
“We
 
believe
Melanie’s background in prepared foods will be especially invaluable and will support the ongoing growth
and
 
development
 
of
 
our
 
Meadowcreek
 
Foods,
 
Crepini
 
Foods
 
and
 
Echo
 
Lake
 
Foods
 
operations.
 
Her
impressive history as an
 
innovative leader focused on
 
operational excellence aligns
 
well with our corporate
culture and will complement
 
the work and experience of
 
our other board members.
 
We are confident she
will make an immediate
 
contribution to our Board
 
of Directors, and we
 
look forward to
 
working together
as we continue to execute our growth strategy.”
About Cal-Maine Foods
Cal-Maine
 
Foods,
 
Inc.
 
is
 
primarily
 
engaged
 
in
 
the
 
production,
 
packaging,
 
marketing
 
and
distribution
 
of
 
fresh
 
shell
 
eggs,
 
including
 
conventional,
 
cage-free,
 
organic,
 
brown,
 
free-range,
 
pasture-
raised
 
and
 
nutritionally
 
enhanced
 
eggs,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
a
 
variety
 
of
 
egg
 
products
 
and
 
prepared
 
foods.
 
The
Company, which
 
is headquartered
 
in Ridgeland,
 
Mississippi, is
 
the largest
 
producer and
 
distributor of
 
fresh
shell eggs in the nation and sells most of its shell eggs throughout the majority of the United
 
States.
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