SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 552
	WHEREAS, Soules Food in Tyler celebrated its 50th
	anniversary in April 2025; and
	WHEREAS, The business was founded in 1975 as Country Jim's
	Meats by partners John Soules Sr., J. O. Thompson, and L. F.
	Thompson, and it initially produced raw ground beef patties and
	cutlets that were delivered directly to stores and customers;
	after a decade, John Soules Sr. purchased the company's
	controlling shares and renamed it John Soules Foods; he brought
	on Mark Soules as its first and only salesman two years later, and
	the enterprise soon expanded its frozen offerings to include
	fajitas; it continued to see a number of significant developments
	throughout the 1990s, including the introduction of fully cooked
	meats, and by 2000, it had begun to stock its products in grocery
	stores across the country; and
	WHEREAS, John Soules Foods had gone on to become the
	nation's top seller of cooked fajitas by 2004, the same year that
	its annual sales grew to surpass $100 million; in 2010, Mark
	Soules and John Soules Jr. took the mantle of co-chief executive
	officers, and John Soules Sr. assumed the role of chair of the
	board; four years later, the company acquired ProView Foods in
	Gainesville, Georgia, and it won the Value-Added Products
	Marketer of the Year and the Top Processor Sales Volume Increase
	awards from Certified Angus Beef; as the business continued to
	expand, it added a production facility in Valley, Alabama, in
	2021; and
	WHEREAS, Today, the company remains the country's top
	producer of beef and chicken fajitas, and its products are
	delivered to retail locations, food service distributors,
	restaurants, and school nutrition programs nationwide; moreover,
	its 50th anniversary marked its transition to being called Soules
	Food, reflecting its new identity as it moves into the future;
	and
	WHEREAS, For half a century, Soules Food has contributed to
	the economic prosperity of the East Texas area and beyond, and
	the foundation of good corporate citizenship on which it is built
	will help to ensure its existence well into the future; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th
	Legislature, hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of Soules
	Food and extend to the company's leadership and staff sincere
	best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
	prepared for Soules Food as an expression of high regard from the
	Texas Senate.
	Hughes
	Alvarado Hagenbuch Middleton
	Bettencourt Hall Miles
	Birdwell Hancock Nichols
	Blanco Hinojosa of Hidalgo Parker
	Campbell Hinojosa of Nueces Paxton
	Cook Huffman Perry
	Creighton Johnson Schwertner
	Eckhardt King Sparks
	Flores Kolkhorst West
	Gutierrez Menéndez Zaffirini
	Patrick, President of the Senate
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		President of the Senate
		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on May 22, 2025.
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		Secretary of the Senate
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		Member, Texas Senate