Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods and Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Launch Retail Rib Offering

September 20, 2021 Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants

Tyson Foods and Dickey’s Barbecue Pit are exploring new ways to meet the continued growing consumer demand for function and convenience without sacrificing quality and flavor.  Today, the two companies announce a new retail cook-in-bag rib product featuring the restaurant chain’s three most popular barbecue flavor profiles. The product line represents Dickey’s first fresh meats partnership and is expected to be available for retailers in early 2022.  …

Tyson Foods Unveils Hillshire Farm SNACKED! to Meet Growing Demand for Kids Snacking

September 9, 2021 Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods is taking on the $1 billion kids refrigerated, pre-packaged snack category with a new kids snack – Hillshire Farm® SNACKED! Building upon its powerhouse portfolio of protein brands and success in adult snacking, Hillshire Farm SNACKED! will give parents a versatile, on-the-go snack pack made with quality, trusted ingredients – made just for kids. …

Tyson Poultry Workers Who Get Vaccinated Offered Chance To Win $10,000

August 27, 2021 Kate Gibson, CBS News

Already the biggest U.S. food company to require its workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Tyson Foods is now offering employees a weekly chance to win $10,000 for getting even one jab.  …

Tyson Foods To Create More Than 375 New Jobs In Danville-Pittsylvania County, Va.

August 26, 2021 Virginia Economic Development Partnership

Governor Ralph Northam announced that Tyson Foods, Inc., one of the world’s largest food companies, will invest $300 million to establish a manufacturing facility in Cane Creek Centre, an industrial park jointly owned by the City of Danville and Pittsylvania County. The company will construct a 325,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility and is committing to purchase 60 million pounds of Virginia-grown chicken over the next three years. Virginia successfully competed with North Carolina for the project, which will create 376 new jobs. …

Tyson Scrambles to Regain Chicken Profit as New Competitor Looms

August 16, 2021 Michael Hirtzer, Yahoo

Tyson Foods Inc., the top poultry producer in the U.S., is racing to get its chicken unit back on track as a new, formidable competitor emerges. …