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Tyson Foods CEO looking to lead company through its scale

“Big food needs to lead.” That may be the clarion call for new Tyson Foods CEO Tom Hayes, who spoke in Little Rock on Tuesday. Hayes told a crowd of…

Chicken processors like Tyson Foods to benefit from reduced supplies and exports

Analysts say chicken processors like Tyson Foods have more pricing power amid lower-than-expected supplies as well as decent exports despite the recent bird flu outbreak. Farha Aslam, an analyst with…

U.S. beef export gains, access to China benefits packers like Tyson Foods

The U.S. beef market is off to a good start in 2017 and a big reason lies in improved exports in the first two months of the year, according to…

Tyson Foods seeks growth with new retail products

The new senior leadership team at Tyson Foods is tasked to build on the momentum of three years of record growth. President and CEO Tom Hayes is betting big on…

Tyson loses another breeder farm flock to bird flu, concerns in Tennessee and Alabama rise

A second farm in Tennessee contracted for Tyson Foods’ breeder stock has tested positive for Avian Influenza. Late last week state officials and Tyson Foods said they had began to…

Tyson Foods ‘responding aggressively’ to avian influenza at a grower farm

A grower farm in south central Tennessee contracted with Tyson Foods tested positive for a strain of bird flu over the weekend. Tyson said the farm’s 73,000 birds would be…

Tyson Foods execs discuss new strategy, logo and expectations

Tom Hayes has been CEO of Tyson Foods for just seven weeks and has already shaken up the company’s core structure, rolled out a new logo, will begin grinding up…

Tyson Foods’ new CEO changes management team, breaks from traditional segment leadership

Tyson Foods CEO Tom Hayes announced Tuesday (Feb. 14) several key management changes. The moves come less than two months after Hayes succeeded Donnie Smith as CEO of the Springdale-based…

Tyson Foods declares shareholder dividend

Tyson Foods shareholders are entitled to a cash quarterly dividend of $0.225 cents payable June 15. The dividend was declared by the company’s board of directors at meeting on Feb….

New Tyson Foods CEO tells shareholders to expect ‘more innovations’

Shareholders of Tyson Foods were greeted with food and loads of hospitality at the meat giant’s annual shareholder meeting in Springdale on Thursday (Feb. 9). The crowd was, as usual,…

Tyson Foods posts record first quarter income, raises full-year earnings guidance (Updated)

Editor’s note: Story update with changes and additions throughout. –––––––––––––––––– The folks based out of Springdale have been selling the meats. Tyson Foods on Monday announced record fiscal first quarter…

Tyson Foods to celebrate 82nd birthday at annual meeting with new CEO

Shareholders of Tyson Foods will convene on Feb. 9 at the Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in Springdale for the meat giant’s 82nd birthday. John Tyson, board chairman and…

Tyson Foods’ net income gains boost executive bonus pay in 2016

Tyson Foods grew net profits by 45% in 2016 to top $1.768 billion and resulting in more bonus pay for the company’s top five executives, according to the meat giant’s…

Tyson Foods exec says the company is ready for another acquisition, stock price jumps

Tom Hayes, president and soon-to-be CEO of Tyson Foods, said he’s tasked with growing the business and that will likely include acquisitions or investing in other companies. Hayes and Chief…

Tyson Foods launches $150 million venture fund, to be based in Chicago

Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. has selected Chicago as the home of its newly created $150 million capital venture fund focused on investments in food innovation and technologies. The fund’s first…

Georgia Dock officials requiring Tyson Foods, poultry industry to submit price affidavits

Officials with Georgia’s Department of Agriculture, which oversees Georgia Dock poultry prices, are requiring Tyson Foods and the rest of the poultry industry to submit weekly price affidavits that will…

Tyson Foods’ incoming CEO Tom Hayes rose quickly through the ranks

Tyson Foods is preparing for a management shift and it’s only the second time in the company’s long history where the incoming CEO is not a veteran employee of the…

New CEO named for Tyson Foods, company ends fiscal year with 45% income jump (Updated)

Tyson Foods ended its fiscal year with net income of $1.768 billion, 45% more than the previous fiscal year, thanks in part to lower grain costs, better margins in the…

Tyson Foods expected to report healthy quarterly income, but lawsuits persist

Tyson Foods has been a darling on Wall Street this year with share values rising 31.5% – and that’s after a recent setback from the onslaught of litigation filed against…

Price collusion claims not likely to soon fade for Tyson Foods, poultry industry

Tyson Foods and 14 competitors – including other Arkansas-based companies George’s Inc., O.K. Foods, and Simmons Foods – are party to multiple federal class action anti-trust lawsuits that may be…

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