Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods, the USA-based food giant, has announced plans to shut down its prepared foods plant in Rome (GA). The facility, which is operated under Tyson’s subsidiary Hillshire Brands, is scheduled to cease operations on the 31st May. According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice, the closure will result in the layoff of 168 employees. The plant currently manufactures Nature Valley granola bars for General Mills on …

Tyson Foods, the leading US meat firm, has announced a $23.5 million investment to expand and modernise its poultry facility in Robards, in Kentucky’s Henderson County . The project is expected to support the retention of over 1,100 jobs and will include new equipment and infrastructure upgrades aimed at boosting production capacity and product diversity. Construction is planned to begin later this year, with completion anticipated by spring 2026. …

Tyson Foods, the leading US meat firm, has announced the closure of a beef and pork facility in Emporia (KS) with the loss of over 800 jobs. The decision to shut the facility comes as the size of the US cattle herd has fallen to its smallest size in decades, raising the cost of buying livestock, Reuters reports. Since 2023, Tyson has closed a number of plants as part of …

Tyson Foods, the leading US meat firm, has announced the closure of a pork processing plant in Perry, IA. According to sources, the decision to permanently shutter the facility follows a number of other optimisations to its manufacturing network, including the closure of six chicken plants, in 2023. Reuters reports that the firm had recently been facing slowing demand for a number of its products. “While this decision was not …

Tyson Foods, the leading US meat firm, has announced the opening of a $355 million facility in Bowling Green, KY to support the expansion of its bacon production capabilities. The 400,000 sq ft factory is expected to manufacture 2 million pounds of Jimmy Dean and Wright Brand bacon products for retail and food service every week. Commenting on the move, Tyson Foods president and CEO Donnie King said: “Our innovative new …

US multinational food firm Tyson Foods has announced that the expansion of its Forest, Mississippi plant is now complete. According to sources, the facility’s expansion covers the chicken-related production capacity due to the increase in demand for protein. The expansion provides new automation technology and capacity designed for higher efficiency processing of chickens for both food service and retail. The expansion was implemented amidst Tyson Foods’s supply issues in order …

US multinational food firm Tyson Foods is investing $208 million in a new facility in Hanceville, Alabama, closed to the company’s last rendering facility, which was destroyed in a fire last year. According to sources, the new 121,000 sq. ft rendering facility will be serving many of the state’s poultry processors and others in neighbouring states. The rendering process is said to reduce waste by cooking and breaking down the …

Tyson Foods, one of the world’s largest meat firms, has announced an investment of $61 million in its poultry facility in Vicksburg,  MS, according to a FoodBev report. The expansion, which is expected to be completed by next summer, will allow Tyson to increase poultry production capacity and create nearly 50 new jobs. The facility in Vicksburg makes fully cooked chicken products for both foodservice and retail customers. David Bray, …