BNET Industries
Market Cap:$3.6B
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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Tyson Foods TSN Approves $0.04 Per Share Dividend - Annual Yield 1.20%
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Tyson Foods posts 4Q loss on beef charge
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Tyson foods posts quarterly loss on goodwill charge
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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
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Tyson Foods posts loss on charge in beef business
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Donnie Smith Promoted to CEO of Tyson Foods
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U.S. stock futures rally following remarks by Fed officials
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Opening View: Fed Speeches Bolster Wall Street Bulls
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Lincoln casts two votes against public option
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Findings of Oklahoma witness decried by Arkansas poultry companies
News & Analysis
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Federal judge tells Tyson to stop making antibiotic claims
- 2008-04-23
In an interim win for Salisbury-based Perdue Farms Inc., a federal judge has ordered Tyson Foods Inc. to stop advertising that its chicken products are raised without antibiotics. The preliminary injunction will last while Perdue's lawsuit is in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. It applies to print, broadcast...
Tyson cooked products plant axed
- 2008-03-08
SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS: Meat processor Tyson Foods will close its cooked products plant in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in April with the loss of 400 jobs. The increased popularity of hot, rotisserie chicken in retail delis had reduced demand for its refrigerated oven-roasted chicken, the company said. "We've mode the difficult decision...
Tyson still committed to no-antibiotics chicken
- 2007-11-26
After months of discussion with the U.S. Agriculture Department over the labeling of its fresh chickens as "raised without antibiotics," the federal agency said Tyson Foods Inc. must change the labels. But Tyson said it stands by the truthfulness of its labels and remains committed to its Raised Without...
Tyson Foods Inc
- 2007-07-23
Tyson Foods Inc. has introduced a new line of restaurant-style frozen snacks called Tyson Any'tizers. They are made with chicken in a variety of flavors and can be heated and ready to eat in just a few minutes.
Current Research on Tyson Foods Inc.
- 2007-04-30
M2 PRESSWIRE-30 April 2007-bellwetherreport.com: Current Research on Tyson Foods IncC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:30042007 Current Research on Tyson Foods Inc (NYSE:TSN) Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, distribution, and marketing of chicken, beef, pork,...
Tyson, UA test new way to slaughter chickens
- 2006-10-16
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale has concluded a preliminary study of an alternate method of preparing chickens for slaughter and will ask the University of Arkansas to conduct similar research. Tyson said it had spent the past two years examining and testing the use of Controlled Atmosphere Stunning CAS....
A hot challenge for chicken: chicken remains dominant in the deli rotisserie case, but newer varieties of pork and turkey give retailers added ammunition for attracting new customers.(rotisserie report)
- 2006-09-01
Chicken is strengthening its position as the king of the deli rotisserie case. More retailers are expanding their rotisserie chicken offerings and adding additional flavors and package sizes to attract an even larger base of convenience-minded shoppers seeking quick, tasty, meals. Indeed, the...
Tyson Foods Inc
- 2006-02-13
Tyson Foods Inc. plans to spend between $600 million and $650 million on capital expenditures in 2006. At its annual meeting last week, the company also said it would evaluate acquisitions with an eye toward expanding overseas. The company also rejected a request by an animal rights group to change...
New CEO Says Peterson Farms Ready to Ruffle
- 2005-05-23
Peterson Farms Inc. of Decatur has bragged about being the best-kept secret in Northwest Arkansas. Its new chief executive has charted a course that he hopes will bring the company more recognition.It's easy to be overshadowed in the crowded Northwest Arkansas poultry industry with such nearby giants at Tyson Foods...
Peterson Farms' new CEO plans to catch competition
- 2005-05-23
PETERSON FARMS INC. has bragged about being the best-kept secret in northwest Arkansas. Its new chief executive has charted a course that he hopes will bring the company more recognition. It's easy to be overshadowed in the crowded northwest Arkansas poultry industry with such nearby giants at Tyson Foods...
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