by - May 11, 2023 6:19 pm
One-time, long-term investments in newly acquired assets turned Westrock Coffee’s first quarter profit potential into a $4.3 million net loss. The Little Rock-based integrated coffee, tea, flavors, extracts, and ingredients…
by - May 9, 2023 4:44 pm
Owning Tyson Foods has, in recent months, been a hard ride. The company’s share price has plummeted more than 46% in the past year. Since January, Tyson’s market cap –…
by - May 9, 2023 6:55 am
Demand for non-alcoholic beer is rapidly expanding and it has spurred new research using Arkansas-grown aromatic rice to expand flavor profiles of non-alcoholic beer, a category that has grown beyond…
by - May 8, 2023 12:08 pm
Tyson Foods reported a second fiscal quarter net income loss of $97 million on Monday (May 8), a wide swing from net income of $829 million in the same quarter…
by - May 3, 2023 4:53 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods is expected to report a 65% decline in net earnings per share for the second quarter ending March 31. The consensus estimate is $285.68 million in net…
by - May 3, 2023 8:46 am
Arkansas is one of the top broiler (chicken) producers in the country and new challenges such as automation, efficiency and pathogen detection will be key issues as the decade continues…
by - May 2, 2023 5:57 pm
ABB announced Tuesday (May 2) it will invest $1 million with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) to help the university use post-secondary education programs to create a…
by - May 1, 2023 12:29 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in April, but the activity improved narrowly from March to April, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). Still, April was the…
by - April 26, 2023 4:18 pm
Tyson Foods is cutting 10% of its corporate headquarters jobs and 15% of senior leadership jobs, according to an internal memo from CEO Donnie King on Wednesday (April 26). As…
by - April 24, 2023 4:23 pm
Cypress Cold Storage, a provider of temperature-controlled warehouse space and value-added services for the food sector, broke ground Monday (April 24) on a new 207,285 sq. ft. cold storage facility…
by - April 24, 2023 3:01 pm
Structurlam Mass Timber Corp., a Canadian mass timber manufacturer with holdings in Arkansas, announced Monday (April 24) plans to sell the company and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to…
by - April 13, 2023 4:26 pm
A 31% gain in inbound traffic pushed Arkansas River tonnage to 3.076 million tons in the first quarter of 2023, up 13.6% compared with the same period in 2022, according…
by - April 12, 2023 7:34 am
For more than three generations, agriculture reigned as the supreme economic driver in Mississippi County. Soybeans, corn and most importantly, cotton were grown in the county’s fertile soil. The county…
by - April 10, 2023 5:09 pm
Tyson Foods employees and supporters gathered Monday (April 10) near the company’s Van Buren plant to protest against what they claim is unfair treatment during their final weeks working at…
by - April 3, 2023 1:01 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector declined at a faster rate in March while the overall economy continued to contract, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The ISM…
by - March 28, 2023 4:09 pm
Tyson Foods may have violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA) in the effort to close large poultry processing operations in Van Buren and Glen Allen, Va., according to Peter…
by - March 27, 2023 4:25 pm
Lexicon Inc. promoted Ryan Walmsley as president of the company’s Fabrication Group. A Lexicon employee since 2019, Walmsley has nearly 20 years of experience in the steel industry. Working out…
by - March 19, 2023 6:51 pm
When news hit Monday (March 13) that Tyson Foods would close its chicken processing plant in Van Buren, folks in Fort Smith and Van Buren got busy working on how…
by - March 16, 2023 12:25 pm
The Federal Metal Company, a maker of copper-based cast alloys, announced Thursday (March 16) it is expanding its footprint into North Little Rock. The company will build a new manufacturing…
by - March 15, 2023 8:16 am
Westrock Coffee Co. reported a growth in sales but a larger annual net loss as it positions itself for future growth in the domestic and international coffee and ready-to-drink market….
