Insights and Stories on Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods plant closure raises antitrust concerns among US farmers, experts

Mar. 24, 2023 at 9:22 am CDT

Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc TSN.N gave its chicken suppliers two months’ notice of its plan to shut a Virginia processing plant in May, raising concerns among farmers and legal experts about the company’s compliance with antitrust regulations requiring it to give 90 days’ notice before ending a contract. The planned closure […]

Tyson Foods ignoring subpoena for meat price gouging probe, NY attorney general says

Aug. 4, 2022 at 3:02 pm CDT

By jonathan-stempel

Meatpacker Tyson Foods mandates Covid vaccines for workers

Aug. 3, 2021 at 9:10 am CDT

By Aishwarya Venugopal

Tyson suspends staff as suit alleges managers set up COVID pool

Nov. 19, 2020 at 8:58 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

COVID-19 forces Tyson to shutter two major U.S. pork plants

Apr. 22, 2020 at 5:05 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Tyson sells stake in Beyond Meat

Apr. 24, 2019 at 7:34 pm CDT

Reuters — Tyson Foods said on Wednesday it had sold its 6.5 per cent stake in vegan burger maker Beyond Meat, as the No. 1 U.S. meat processor looks to develop its own line of alternative protein products. The exit comes against the backdrop of rising tensions between the two […]

By Reuters

A+W to launch pulseburger next month

Jun. 21, 2018 at 6:51 pm CDT

Canada’s second-biggest burger chain plans to roll out a new non-meat burger in the Canadian market starting in July. A+W Food Services of Canada on Thursday announced a July 9 release date for what it’s dubbed the Beyond Meat Burger at all its restaurants across the country, in what CEO […]

By Staff

Tyson posts better-than-expected profit, bets on chicken

Aug. 8, 2017 at 1:44 pm CDT

Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Monday, sending its shares up 5 percent, and said it would ramp up chicken production in the face of record demand from U.S. consumers. Tyson said it spent more money on advertising and marketing for chicken in the third quarter […]

By Tom Polansek

Tyson Foods beefs up prepared foods with AdvancePierre buy

Apr. 25, 2017 at 10:44 am CDT

Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc, the No. 1 U.S. meat processor, said on Tuesday it would buy packaged sandwich supplier AdvancePierre Foods Holdings Inc for about $3.2 billion in cash, to expand its fast-growing portfolio of prepared food brands. Demand for meat-based snacks has been growing as Americans shun candy […]

By Reuters

Tyson accelerates shift away from antibiotics in chicken

Feb. 21, 2017 at 6:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Tyson Foods in June will switch its retail line of company-branded chicken products to birds raised without any antibiotics, a top executive said on Tuesday, accelerating the meat sector’s shift away from the drugs. The change will make Tyson, which is the largest U.S. chicken processor, […]

By Tom Polansek

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