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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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
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Food Roundup: Coke Offer Juiced, Tyson to Pamper Pets, Trade Sanctions Delayed, and More
BNET
- 2009-03-18
China says "No" to Coke buy -- The Chinese government rejected an attempt by the Coca-Cola Company to purchase the Hiyuan Juice Group, which controls 40 percent of China's juice market. The government said the proposed $2.4 billion takeover would have had "an unfavourable impact on competition." [Source: Just-drinks] ...
Tyson Foods to Focus on Brazil, India, Other Emerging Markets
BNET
- 2008-11-03
There's not much left for Tyson Foods to do in the U.S., founder and former CEO Don Tyson told the AP in a recent interview. Instead, the world's largest meat processor will focus on emerging markets like Brazil, India and China, following "the expanding footprint of fast food chains." by...
Federal judge won't stop fight over chicken ads
- 2008-04-11
Salisbury-based Perdue Farms Inc. can proceed with its false- advertising suit against competitor Tyson Farms Inc., a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett denied Tyson Foods Inc.'s motion to dismiss the suit, and promised to rule on Perdue's motion for a preliminary injunction within...
Man arrested in theft from Tyson Foods chief
- 2008-02-17
JOHNSON, Ark. AP -- A college student was arrested in the theft of a briefcase containing more than $140,000 from the home of the chairman of meat processing giant Tyson Foods Inc., police said. Ryan Silvey, 19, was arrested in Olathe, Kan., by the FBI Fugitive Task Force,...
Tyson: Earnings down
- 2008-01-29
The Capital-Journal Tyson Foods reported a 40 percent decline in earnings in the quarter that ended Dec. 31, blaming higher costs for feed grains, and announced plans for substantial food price increases in 2008. Tyson reported $34 million in profit on sales of $6.8 billion in...
Syntroleum Announces Funding Milestone for Dynamic Fuels, LLC
- 2007-07-16
TULSA, Okla. -- Syntroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:SYNM) announced today that initial funding for its renewable fuels venture, Dynamic Fuels, LLC has been completed. The formation of Dynamic Fuels, LLC was announced last month as a 50/50 venture between Syntroleum Corporation and Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) to construct and operate multiple...
Stocks to Watch - ATK, TSN, SYNM, CYTR.
- 2007-06-25
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 2007-SmallCapReview: Stocks to Watch - ATK, TSN, SYNM, CYTRC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25062007 Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) Closed at $23.07. Announced today that it is taking another strategic step in its quest to be a leader in ...
Who's accountable for immigration violations: employers or illegal
- 2006-11-19
By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Greg Van Etten, owner of Labor Pros, said he sees Hispanic immigrant workers come into his company's offices in Topeka, Olathe and Kansas City, Kan., every day hunting jobs. They come in, fill out application forms and show two...
Who's accountable for immigration violations: employers or illegal
- 2006-11-19
By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Greg Van Etten, owner of Labor Pros, said he sees Hispanic immigrant workers come into his company's offices in Topeka, Olathe and Kansas City, Kan., every day hunting jobs. They come in, fill out application forms and show two...
Should ICE Investigate Plants Closed for Boycott?
- 2006-05-08
When hundreds of thousands of legal and illegal immigrants participated in the "Day Without Immigrants" boycott May 1, a number of meat-processing plants around the country voluntarily closed because of anticipated absences. "Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat producer, shut five of nine beef plants and four of six...
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