Tyson Tops List of Largest Poultry Firms
by March 13, 2006 12:00 am 122 views
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Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale tops the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s list of largest poultry firms in the state.
With 2005 poultry sales of $8,295 million and average weekly production of 150 million pounds, Tyson Foods trounces its closest competitor, Simmons Foods Inc. of Siloam Springs, which brought in $600 million in sales and produced 9.61 million pounds of poultry in 2005.