Tag: Tyson Foods

by The City Wire staff - March 16, 2012 3:38 pm

Moody’s Affirms Tyson Credit Rating

Moody’s Investors Services affirmed Tyson Foods’ corporate credit rating at one notch below investment grade – Ba1 – but revised the meat giant’s rating outlook from stable to to positive…

by The City Wire staff - March 13, 2012 6:40 pm

Tyson Foods unveils Founder’s Room

A father and son stand side-by-side in the trenches pioneering through the early poultry days in Springdale. That’s the image welcoming visitors to the new Founders Room developed at the…

by The City Wire staff - March 7, 2012 8:36 am

Tyson recalls pizza toppings

Tyson Prepared Foods in South Hutchison, Kansas  is recalling about 12,060 pounds of pizza topping products because of mislabeling. The Food Safety Inspection Service notice of recall indicates the packages…

by The City Wire staff - March 1, 2012 4:08 pm

Meat consumption declines

American’s are eating less meat these days, a trend that has Tyson Foods executives talking. Jim Lochner, chief operating officer of Tyson Foods Inc., said the amount of protein available…

by The City Wire staff - February 23, 2012 5:42 pm

Tyson agrees to settle suit with EEOC

Springdale-based Tyson Foods will pay Mark White of Sedalia, Mo. $35,000 to settle a disability discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in May 2010. White has…

by The City Wire staff - February 20, 2012 11:54 am

Beef, pork exports set record

Exports of U.S. pork  and beef set new records in 2011, reaching all-time highs in both volume and value. According to year-end statistics released by U.S. Department of Agriculture and…

by The City Wire staff - February 17, 2012 3:45 pm

Poultry industry makes food donation

Arkansas poultry companies will deliver 48,000 pounds of chicken, turkey, eggs and peanut butter as a donation to the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance to help combat child hunger across the state….

by The City Wire staff - February 3, 2012 1:42 pm

Tyson CEO: ‘Time to turn it on’

Tyson Foods executives say the future is bright for nation’s largest meat company, who remains laser focused on returning shareholder profits in 2012. That was the central message shared with…

by The City Wire staff - February 1, 2012 11:34 am

Tyson shareholders to meet Friday

It’s been a full year since Tyson Foods’ patriarch Don Tyson lost his battle with cancer, but the meat company he built continues to persevere through a tough operating climate….