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08/30/2010 - Dorada Poultry Announces Plans to Open in Ponca City, OK
Dorada Poultry, a joint venture between Tyson Foods and the principals of Lopez Foods, plans to occupy the vacant Tyson plant in Ponca City, Oklahoma.
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08/24/2010 - Buffalo Deli Meats Plant Initiates Recall
Zemco Industries is voluntarily recalling approximately 380,000 pounds of supermarket deli roast beef and ham.
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08/11/2010 - Neil Young and John Tyson to Help Gulf Coast Residents
Music legend Neil Young and John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods, Inc., are teaming up to help fight hunger in Gulf Coast communities affected by the recent oil spill.
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08/09/2010 - TYSON REPORTS THIRD QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS RESULTS
Springdale, Arkansas – August 9, 2010 – Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN), today reported the following results...
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08/04/2010 - Tyson Foods Reports Sustainability Progress and Goals
Water conservation, renewable fuels production and workplace safety improvements are among the areas highlighted in the newest Tyson Sustainability Report.
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07/26/2010 - Donnie Smith Featured in Supermarket News
Tyson President and CEO Donnie Smith is included in Supermarket News’ 2010 Power 50 rankings.
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07/15/2010 - Dynamic Fuels Plant Mechanically Complete
The new Dynamic Fuels plant that will produce high quality renewable fuels from animal fats and greases is mechanically complete.
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07/14/2010 - Renowned Author, Professor to Speak on Autism and Animal Behavior
Dr. Temple Grandin will be the guest speaker at a special forum sponsored by Tyson Foods. The subject of her presentation will be “Autism and Animal Behavior.”
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06/23/2010 - Tyson Chaplaincy Program Featured by The Wall Street Journal
Tyson Foods' Chaplaincy Program is featured in a story by The Wall Street Journal.
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06/03/2010 - Tyson Foods and U.S. Government Agree on Wage and Hour Plan
Tyson Foods and the U.S. Department of Labor have reached an agreement that could serve as a model for the way some workers in the poultry industry are paid.
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05/28/2010 - Don Tyson, Tyson Foods Give $75,000 to National Cemetery Group
On the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, Don Tyson and Tyson Foods awarded a $75,000 “challenge” grant to an organization seeking to provide more burial space for military veterans at the Fayetteville National cemetery.
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05/10/2010 - Tyson Reports Second Quarter and Six Months Results
Second quarter 2010 Net EPS was $0.42, as compared to $(0.32) last year. All operating segments were profitable, with Beef and Pork above their historical normalized ranges.
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04/22/2010 - Tyson Foods Recognizes Suppliers of the Year
Six companies have been named winners in the fifth annual Tyson Foods Supplier of the Year awards program.
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03/04/2010 - Tyson Foods Donates $250,000 to Haiti Disaster Relief
Tyson Foods and its employees have donated $250,000 to disaster relief efforts in Haiti.
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03/03/2010 - Tyson Management Optimistic about Remainder of 2010 and Outlook for 2011
Speaking at an investor conference, Tyson executives told investors improvements in the company's chicken business, along with other changes and favorable market conditions, should bring good returns in the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years.
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03/01/2010 - Operational Improvements and Favorable Market Conditions Bode Well for Tyson
Tyson's Chief Financial Officer reports the company has made significant progress in its day-to-day operations and is committed to improving its competitive position.
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02/16/2010 - Equal Opportunity Magazine Ranks Tyson as a Top Employer
Tyson Foods has been selected as one of the nation’s “Top 50 Employers” by the readers of Equal Opportunity magazine
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02/11/2010 - Tyson Foods Donates 8.6 Million Pounds of Protein in 2009
Tyson Foods continued its hunger relief efforts during 2009 by donating more than 8.6 million pounds of protein to food banks across the nation.
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02/08/2010 - Tyson Executives Address News Media
An audio replay is available of a news briefing held Friday, February 5, by senior executives of Tyson Foods.
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02/05/2010 - Tyson Shareholders Elect Nine Board Members
Shareholders of Tyson Foods have elected nine people to the company’s Board of Directors, including six independent directors
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02/05/2010 - Tyson Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
1st Quarter 2010 Net EPS was $0.42, a record for a first quarter. as compared to $(0.27) last year. All operating segments were profitable, with three above their normalized ranges.
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02/05/2010 - Tyson Subsidiary Launches Line of Pet Treats
In an effort to meet consumer demand for American-made, natural pet treats, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods is launching a line of dog chews.
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01/22/2010 - Tyson Adjusts Growing Case-Ready Meats Business
The continued growth of case-ready beef and pork sales in the Southern U.S. has prompted Tyson Foods to make some adjustments in operations
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01/15/2010 - Tyson Supports Disaster Relief Efforts in Haiti
Tyson Foods, Inc. is matching employee donations up to $100,000 for Haiti disaster relief efforts.
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12/09/2009 - Ronald McDonald Care Mobile(R) Brings Dental Care to Area Schools
Tyson Foods has partnered with Ronald McDonald House Charities to support a mobile clinic to provide dental care for Northwest Arkansas children who would not normally receive it.
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12/04/2009 - Tyson Names New Leaders for Key Operating Units
Two meat and poultry industry veterans have been selected to oversee the key operating units of Tyson Foods.
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12/03/2009 - Tyson Foods' Beef, Pork and Prepared Foods Segments Generating Returns At or Above Expected Levels
Tyson Foods' vice president and treasurer discussed the company's fiscal 2009 financial returns and 2010 outlook at a New York credit conference.
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11/30/2009 - Tyson Discovery Center Featured on Public Television Series
The Tyson Discovery Center, the company's food research and development complex, is being featured by a public television series called “America’s Heartland.”
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11/30/2009 - Video Highlights Ergonomics at Tyson’s Dakota City, Storm Lake Plants
The Tyson Fresh Meats plants in Dakota City, Nebraska, and Storm Lake, Iowa, are highlighted in a new, on-line video about the success of a workplace ergonomics program that has just completed its twentieth year.
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11/24/2009 - Tyson and UFCW Mark Two Decades of Workplace Safety Progress
The nation’s leading meat processor and the country’s largest union representing meatpacking and food processing workers have just completed the twentieth year of a workplace ergonomics program that is making meat processing jobs safer.
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11/19/2009 - Tyson Foods Names new CEO
Springdale, Arkansas – November 19, 2009 – Chairman of the Board John Tyson, of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN), announced the company's new CEO and COO.
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10/29/2009 - Tyson Foods Wins Supermarket News Category Award
Tyson Foods captured the 2009 Category Excellence award in the poultry division from Supermarket News magazine.
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10/19/2009 - Tyson Foods Sponsors Honor Flight for World War II Veterans
90 military veterans visited the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. this past weekend as part of a trip Tyson Foods, Inc. helped fund and organize.
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10/15/2009 - Tyson to Reopen and Revitalize Independence Plant
As part of a strategic effort to become one of the premier producers of pet treats, Tyson Foods is reopening and renovating the company’s idle production plant in Independence, Iowa.
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09/30/2009 - First Arkansas Honor Flight Scheduled
Thanks to donations from Tyson Foods and others, more than 90 military veterans will visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. as part of the very first Arkansas Honor Flight.
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09/28/2009 - Consumers Can Cook Again With Holly Farms® Chicken
After being absent from retail grocery stores in the southeast for more than 10 years, one of the most well-respected national brands of fresh chicken is making a comeback.
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08/20/2009 - Government, Company Resolve Issues Over Nebraska Wastewater Plant
Government and company officials have reached an agreement resolving issues involving the former IBP wastewater treatment plant at Dakota City, Nebraska.
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06/16/2009 - Tyson Foods Benefiting from Solid Capital Structure
Tyson Foods reports that the capital restructuring it underwent in recent months secured more than $1.7 billion in liquidity as of March 28 and has ensured financial flexibility while addressing more than $1.8 billion in near-term debt maturities.
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06/03/2009 - Tyson Foods Endorses Pork Industry’s ‘We Care’ Initiative
A program that formalizes and verifies pork industry efforts to operate responsibly has been publicly endorsed by Tyson Foods.
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06/01/2009 - Tyson Foods’ Archie Schaffer Named Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Archie Schaffer has been named executive vice president, corporate affairs, a new position that is intended to enhance and expand the company’s role in the business community.
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06/01/2009 - Veteran Agriculture Lobbyist Chuck Penry To Head Tyson Foods, Inc. Washington, D.C. Office
Chuck Penry will become Tyson’s new vice president, federal governmental relations in the company’s Washington, D.C.
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05/26/2009 - Tyson Foods Honors Suppliers of the Year
Five companies have been named winners in the 4th annual Tyson Foods’ Supplier of the Year awards program.
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05/13/2009 - Appeals Court Ruling Confirms Lack of Evidence in Oklahoma Poultry Case
The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has affirmed a district court ruling denying a motion by the Oklahoma Attorney General for a preliminary injunction to prohibit the use of poultry litter as a fertilizer in the Illinois River Watershed.
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05/13/2009 - 'Back to Basics' Approach Proving Profitable for Tyson Foods
A “back to basics” approach has helped the chicken segment of Tyson Foods return to profitability, Interim President and CEO Leland Tollett told investors and analysts at the BMO Capital Markets 2009 Agriculture, Protein & Fertilizer Conference.
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05/04/2009 - Tyson Reports Second Quarter and Six Months Results
2nd quarter 2009 Net EPS was $(0.28) as compared to $(0.02) last year
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04/29/2009 - 32 Tyson Foods Operations Earn Environmental Awards
The American Meat Institute Foundation (AMIF) recognized 32 Tyson Foods operations with environmental awards at its annual Conference on Worker Safety, Health, Human Resources and the Environment.
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04/27/2009 - Tyson Statement on 2009 H1N1 Flu
Tyson Foods has issued a statement on the outbreak of 2009 H1N1 Flu (formerly called North American Flu/Swine Flu).
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04/13/2009 - Tyson Foods and Kemin open new manufacturing operation
Tyson Foods and Kemin Industries have announced the opening of a new manufacturing operation that is producing pet food flavor enhancers known as palatants.
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03/27/2009 - Tyson Foods to Close Ponca City Plant
As part of ongoing efforts to improve operational efficiency, Tyson Foods is closing its Ponca City, Oklahoma, processed meats plant and is shifting production to other company facilities.
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03/17/2009 - Tyson and Freshpet Partner to Revolutionize Pet Food Category
Tyson Foods and Freshpet have announced a strategic alliance focused on bringing new and innovative, refrigerated fresh pet food products to consumers, a move expected to revolutionize the pet food category.
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03/17/2009 - Tyson Foods – Freshpet Frequently Asked Questions
Answer to questions about Tyson Foods' alliance with Freshpet.
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03/13/2009 - Tyson Foods Closes Sale of Lakeside to XL Foods
Tyson Foods has completed the sale of its Lakeside operations in Canada, to XL Foods Inc. The transfer of ownership takes effect Saturday, March 14.
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03/09/2009 - Tyson Secures New Credit Line and Completes Senior Notes Offering
Tyson Foods has it entered into a $1 billion senior secured credit facility and closed its previously announced offering of $810 million aggregate principal amount of 10.50% senior notes due 2014.
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03/05/2009 - Share Our Strength Forges Innovative Partnership with Four Companies to Help End Childhood Hunger
For every pledge made via an online form at http://tr.im/tysonrelease, 35 pounds of food product will be donated to hungry children in Austin, Texas up to a total donation of 35,000 pounds.
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03/04/2009 - Tyson’s Waterloo Team Members Join the Fight against Hunger
Team Members from the Tyson Foods Waterloo, Iowa plant raised more than $50,000, donated toward childhood hunger relief in their hometown.
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02/27/2009 - Tyson and XL Foods to Complete Lakeside Sale by mid-March
The sale of Lakeside Farm Industries by Tyson Foods, Inc. to XL Foods Ltd. is expected to be completed by mid-March.
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02/26/2009 - Tyson Foods Announces Pricing of Senior Notes Offering
Tyson Foods has announced it has priced its previously announced offering of unsecured senior notes due 2014. The offering was increased to $810 million from a previously announced offering size of $500 million.
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02/19/2009 - Tyson Foods Announces $500 Million Notes Offering and Begins Arrangement of a New Credit Facility
Tyson Foods is initiating an offering, subject to market and other conditions, of $500 million of unsecured senior notes due 2014. The company also announced it will be arranging a new senior secured credit facility of up to $1 billion.
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02/18/2009 - Tyson Adds Seventh Independent Board Member
A former executive for one of the world’s leading foodservice companies has been named to the board of directors of Tyson Foods.
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02/06/2009 - Annual Meeting: Tyson Maintains ‘Sense of Urgency’ on Poultry Profitability
Even though poultry market conditions are showing signs of improvement, the leadership of Tyson Foods vows to maintain a “sense of urgency” in returning the company’s chicken business to profitability.
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01/26/2009 - Tyson Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results
1st quarter 2009 Net EPS was $(0.30) as compared to $0.10 last year
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01/12/2009 - Initial Construction Underway on Dynamic Fuels Plant
Initial construction is underway in Geismar, Louisiana, for the new plant being built by Dynamic Fuels, a joint venture of Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corporation.
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01/09/2009 - Interim Tyson CEO Addresses Tyson Team Members
The interim chief executive officer of Tyson Foods says returning the company’s poultry business to profitability is at the top of his list of objectives. Leland Tollett’s comments were part of an internal video presentation.
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01/05/2009 - Dick Bond Leaving Tyson Foods
Dick Bond, president and chief executive officer of Tyson Foods is leaving the company, effective immediately.
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12/16/2008 - Tyson Foods Helps Fight Hunger in Africa
Tyson Foods is working on a unique pilot project in Rwanda with Millennium Promise, a non-profit organization aimed at ending extreme global poverty.
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12/02/2008 - Bold Flavors Highlight Chicken Cooking Contest
Consumer interest in bolder-tasting foods highlighted a regional judging event for the 48th National Chicken Cooking Contest, held at Tyson World Headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas.
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11/12/2008 - Tyson Responds to Misleading Story on Chicken Production
A recent article published on-line by Natural News gives a misleading impression of Tyson chicken production.
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11/10/2008 - Tyson Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Results
Tyson Foods reported 4th quarter 2008 net earnings per share of $0.13 compared to $0.09 last year. 4th quarter sales increased $627 million, or 9.5%, versus same quarter last year.
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10/29/2008 - Tyson Foods’ Hunger Relief Blog Offers a Lift to Bay Area Food Banks, Online Community Generates 100 Tons of Food
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 29, 2008 –Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN), Bay Area Food Banks and some local bloggers have teamed up this month to initiate an online campaign to fight hunger in the Bay Area
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10/28/2008 - Tyson Foods' Monett Plant Completes Environmental Improvements
Monett, Missouri – October 28, 2008 – Tyson Foods today marked the completion of a new wastewater pre-treatment system at its Monett poultry processing plant with a special ribbon-cutting event attended by community leaders.
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10/21/2008 - Bonds Sold to Help Fund First Dynamic Fuels Plant
Special tax exempt bonds were issued and sold Tuesday to help fund a unique renewable fuels plant in Geismar, Louisiana, being constructed by Dynamic Fuels, a joint venture of Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corporation.
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10/20/2008 - Tyson Foods Names New Director of Chaplain Services
A Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital chaplain with more than 20 years of experience is the new Director of Chaplain Services for Tyson Foods.
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10/06/2008 - Groundbreaking Initiated for Unique Renewable Fuels Plant in Louisiana
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, as well as Tyson and Syntroleum officials, took part in a special groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant in Geismar, Louisiana, that will produce high quality diesel and jet fuels from animal fats and greases
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09/29/2008 - Tyson Adds Independent Board Member
A senior executive with the 3M Company has been named to the board of directors of Tyson Foods.
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09/29/2008 - New Book Chronicles the Leadership of Don Tyson
The leadership principles that transformed a small northwest Arkansas feed and hatchery business into the world’s largest poultry company is the subject of a new book.
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09/25/2008 - Disaster Relief Convoy Hits Highway to Help Texas, Gulf States
Twenty-six truckloads of Tyson chicken and pork are headed south to restock food banks in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi affected by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
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09/24/2008 - Tyson Executive Earns Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers™ Honor
One of the nation’s leading Hispanic organizations has recognized an executive of Tyson Foods for her corporate leadership and commitment to the Hispanic community.
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11/12/2008 - Tyson Foods Fights Hunger to Norfolk
Today, Tyson Foods, Inc. donated 1,000 pounds of much needed chicken, beef and pork to the Norfolk Resuce Mission in Norfolk, Nebraska.
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09/18/2008 - Tyson Foods Enters Brazilian Poultry Industry
Tyson Foods is continuing the strategic expansion of its international business by investing in the Brazilian poultry industry, the company announced today
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09/10/2008 - Tyson Enters Third Poultry Joint Venture in China
As part of its continuing international expansion, Tyson Foods has finalized a joint venture agreement involving vertically integrated poultry operations in eastern China.
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09/10/2008 - Tyson Foods Prices Common Stock and Convertible Senior Notes Offerings
Tyson Foods today announced that it has priced its registered underwritten public offerings of Class A common stock and convertible senior notes due 2013.
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09/05/2008 - Tyson Foods Marks 50th Year of Poultry Production
Tyson Foods today marked its 50th year in the poultry processing industry, as well as a state workplace safety achievement, with a special event at the company’s first production plant.
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09/04/2008 - Tyson Foods Announces Offerings of Common Stock and Convertible Senior Notes
Tyson Foods intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 20 million shares of its Class A common stock in a registered underwritten public offering.
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08/08/2008 - Labor Day Reinstated as Paid Holiday at Shelbyville, TN, Plant
Tyson Foods has reached a new agreement with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union reinstating Labor Day as one of the designated paid holidays under the contract for covered employees in the Shelbyville, Tennessee, plant.
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08/07/2008 - Tyson Foods Recalls Foodservice Chicken Due to Undeclared Allergen
Tyson Foods, Inc., in cooperation with USDA, has voluntarily recalled 51,360 pounds of uncooked, foodservice chicken due to an undeclared soy-based allergen.
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08/04/2008 - Labor Day Still Recognized at Tyson Foods
Springdale, Arkansas – August 4, 2008 – Contrary to recent reports, Labor Day is still a holiday at Tyson Foods. This issue concerns only the plant at Shelbyville, TN.
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08/01/2008 - Tyson Foods Outlines U.S. Olympic Involvement
Tyson CEO Richard L. Bond provided details of the company’s Olympic involvement at a news conference Friday, which also featured Mary Lou Retton, 1984 Olympic gymnastics champion who is serving as a spokesperson for Tyson’s U.S. Olympic Team sponsorship
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07/28/2008 - Tyson Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months Results
Tyson Foods, Inc. reported diluted earnings per share of $0.03 for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2008, compared to $0.31 diluted earnings per share in the same quarter last year.
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07/28/2008 - CMT One Country and Tyson Foods Team Up
With America's Second Harvest In Honor Of
A New Season of "Country Fried Home Videos"

CMT One Country and Tyson have teamed up to donate a heapin’ helping of fried chicken to America’s Second Harvest to celebrate an all-new season of the popular CMT series, COUNTRY FRIED HOME VIDEOS.
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07/15/2008 - Tyson and Syntroleum Approve Dynamic Fuels Plant Construction
Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corporation have given final approval for plans to build and fund Dynamic Fuels’ first renewable synthetic fuels facility in Geismar, Louisiana.
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07/16/2008 - Charlotte Stengel Receives Tyson Foods Hunger All-Star of the Month Award
Since 1947 thousands of hungry residents in the Cairo, New York, area have received nutritious meals because of Charlotte Stengel’s tireless advocacy in the fight against hunger.
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07/08/2008 - Tyson Foods, Team Members Donate to China Earthquake Relief
Tyson Foods has donated $50,000 to the Red Cross Society of China to help the victims of the May earthquake in China.
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06/30/2008 - Tyson Foods Enters Joint Venture in India
Mumbai, India – June 30, 2008 – The leadership of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) is taking another step in the effort to expand the company’s international presence.
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06/26/2008 - Tyson to Sell Canadian Beef Operation to XL Foods
June 25, 2008 -- Brooks, Alberta, Canada – A preliminary agreement has been reached to sell one of Canada’s largest beef processing operations.
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07/07/2008 - Tyson Foods Honors Bob and Bill Boyer as Hunger All-Stars
Bob and Bill Boyer dedicate themselves each week to helping the hungry in Lima. Today Tyson Foods recognized the difference that Bob and Bill’s volunteer work has made in the lives of families in Ohio.
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07/07/2008 - Tyson Foods Continues Commitment to Atlantic County’s Hungry
For the eighth consecutive year, Tyson Foods is donating a truckload of products to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey in conjunction with Professional Chef's Week.
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07/07/2008 - Tyson Foods Honors Ann Bumgardner as a Hunger All-Star
Each week, more than 3,000 hungry residents in Raleigh receive a meal that includes fresh and nutritious foods because of the passion and tenacity that Ann Bumgardner brings to the fight against hunger.
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06/27/2008 - Tyson Foods, LULAC Partnership Offers Help to the Hungry Through Donation to Houston Food Bank
Tyson Foods has donated a truckload of products to the Houston Food Bank through the Tyson/ LULAC/ A2H partnership.
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06/09/2008 - Tyson Foods Promotes Leatherby to Chief Financial Officer
Dennis Leatherby has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer of Tyson Foods, Inc.
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06/04/2008 - Strategic Plan Benefits Tyson’s Beef, Pork and By-Product Efforts
Tyson executives addressed the company's strategic progress at the Stephens Inc. Spring Investment Conference in New York City.
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