BNET Industries
Market Cap:$3.7B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$26.8B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Founded in 1935, Tyson Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, Company, we, us or our) are the worlds largest meat protein company and the second-largest food production company in the Fortune 500 with one of the most recognized brand names in the food industry. We produce, distribute and market chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods and related allied products. Our operations are conducted in four segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork and Prepared Foods. Some of the key factors influencing our business are customer demand for our products; the ability to maintain and grow relationships with customers and introduce new and innovative products to the marketplace; accessibility of international markets; market prices for our products; the cost of live cattle and hogs, raw materials and grain; and operating efficiencies of our facilities. We operate a fully vertically integrated poultry production process. Our integrated operations consist of breeding stock, contract growers, feed production, processing, further-processing, transporting and marketing chicken and related allied products, including animal and pet food ingredients. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress, Inc. (Cobb), we are the largest poultry breeding stock supplier in the world, supplying Tyson as well as a number of other poultry production companies. ...
Number of Employees 107,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Poultry Processing: 311615
Recent Events
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Honor and appointments
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Tyson promotes from within for poultry, beef-and-pork leaders
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Tyson Veterans to Fill Executive Positions
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Tyson names execs for poultry, pork and beef units
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Tyson Foods Appoints Donnie King Senior Group VP Of Poultry And Prepared Foods - Quick...
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Tyson Foods TSN Approves $0.04 Per Share Dividend - Annual Yield 1.20%
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Tyson Foods posts 4Q loss on charge, sales edge up
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Tyson Foods names Donnie Smith CEOSPRINGDALE, Ark. (Nov. 19, 2009)
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Company veteran Donnie Smith gets top Tyson job
News & Analysis
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Tyson's Fingerman awarded ACF President's Medal
- 2008-09-29
SPRINGDALE, ARK. -- The American Culinary Federation awarded one of its 2008 President's Medallions to Ira Fingerman, national manager for Lady Aster, a Tyson Foods Inc. brand. The award, which the ACF also presented to 24 other individuals, recognizes commitment and service to the standards and excellence. Fingerman, whose chief...
Tyson Foods Inc. has sold several brands of its meat products to Kayem Foods Inc. a meat processor in Chelsea, Mass
- 2008-05-26
Tyson Foods Inc. has sold several brands of its meat products to Kayem Foods Inc. a meat processor in Chelsea, Mass. They include the Jordan's, Deutschmacher, Kirschner, Essem, Tasty Bite and Williams of Vermont brands, all available in New England. Details of the agreement were not disclosed.
Boomm names Bland copy director
- 2006-09-11
WESTCHESTER, ILL. -- Full-service agency Boomm Marketing and Communications here appointed Melissa Bland copy director. In her new capacity, Bland will work with Boomm's account and creative team to provide concept development, copywriting and branding strategies. Previously, she worked with Noble & Associates on such accounts as Tyson Foods, Borden...
Tyson Foods Inc
- 2006-07-17
Bob Corscadden, chief marketing officer for Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, is resigning as of July 20 for personal reasons after 14 years with the meat processor, and his duties will be assumed by Tyson's vice president of marketing services, Sue Quillin, who has most recently overseen branding, advertising and...
Branding in the Deli: branding strategies that are developed in accordance with the unique shopper profiles of each retail location are crucial components of successful merchandising initiatives.(BRANDING IN THE DELI: A SPECIAL REPORT)
- 2006-07-01
Enhanced competition for share of the consumer's stomach is making the supermarket deli an increasingly crowded conglomeration of brands. Retailers are marketing a plethora of products to attract shoppers from a wide variety of demographic categories. A successful branding strategy, however, goes well beyond...
Tyson finds success through sustainable poultry products.
- 2006-05-01
Success in the poultry category for Tyson Foods is a matter of deeply understanding consumers' needs and providing products that are sustainable and meaningful, says Bill Welsh, senior director of marketing for the Springdale, Ark.-based company. "Ultimately, the consumer decides what is successful and our primary...
Madison County Awaits Butterball Buyer
- 2006-03-27
Regardless of what company eventually purchases Huntsville's Butterball plant, it's likely that the largest employer in Madison County will still be talking turkey when the sale goes through.ConAgra Foods Inc. of Omaha, Neb., the parent company of Butterball, announced its intention to sell its Butterball operations last month, including Madison...
Tyson hikes beef profile, shuts plants
- 2006-03-01
Tyson Foods had good news and bad news to report recently on the beef front. The bad news was a decision to close two plants in Nebraska, a cattle-slaughter facility and a boxedbeef processing plant, with a loss of about 1,300 jobs. The company cited fight business due to...
Tyson named top manufacturer in FoodservicElite study
- 2005-09-12
SPRINGDALE, ARK. -- For the third year in a row, Tyson Foods Inc. has been voted the top foodservice manufacturer in the FoodservicElite "Leadership Through Innovative Solutions," published by Cannondale Associates Inc. and Cognitio LLC. The FoodservicElite survey includes the participation of commercial and noncommercial operators. Tyson ranked first in...
Expansive product portfolio earns Tyson Deli, Inc. industry acclaim.(Advertisement)
- 2005-05-01
Fortune magazine didn't dub them "America's Most Admired,. Company in Food Production" for nothing. Tyson Foods, Inc. has long been synonymous with quality--a tradition of excellence that extends throughout its different product divisions. As the recognized market leader in the deli markets it serves,...
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