Leaders of ĢƵ. along with local and state officials broke ground today at the future site of the company’s new chicken processing plant in Humboldt, the largest city in Gibson County in western Tennessee.
As part of ĢƵ’efforts to raise the world’s expectations for how much good food can do, the company announced today over $600,000 in grants to six community healthcare providers in four states.
Subsidiaries of ĢƵ. have agreed to buy the poultry rendering and blending assets of American Proteins, Inc. and AMPRO Products, Inc., the companies announced today.
Jennifer “JJ” Davis, a long-time communications executive in the technology industry, is joining ĢƵ. as vice president, Corporate Communications, company officials announced today.
ĢƵ. launching several new initiatives aimed at enhancing communications and transparency with the thousands of independent farmers who grow the company’s chickens.
As part of ĢƵ' efforts to raise the world’s expectations for how much good food can do, the company announced today nearly $1.2 million in grants to 18 Feeding America food banks in 15 states.
“Stop food waste and save money” are the goals of an initiative by Toronto-based Flashfood and Tyson Innovation Lab. The two groups are working together to offer boxes of high quality surplus food.
ĢƵ’ Upward Academy, an in-plant education program that provides classes at no cost, recently surpassed 100,000 hours of instruction to more than 1,000 of the company’s team members.
ĢƵ today announced a $242,069 donation to the Kansas Food Bank to fund improvements to the food bank’s warehouse, an updated online ordering system and the purchase of a tractor and trailer.
ĢƵ and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) are expanding their collaborative efforts to make workplace safety improvements at the company’s food processing plants.
ĢƵ. has committed to support improved environmental practices on two million acres of corn by the end of 2020. It is the largest-ever land stewardship commitment by a U.S. protein company.
ĢƵ today announced a $239,646 donation to Mississippi Food Network to help fund capital improvements designed to increase the food bank’s efficiency and reduce energy costs.
ĢƵ announced today it would help the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank establish a mobile pantry through a $168,414 grant, which will allow the food bank to purchase a 26-foot refrigerated truck.
In a recent study, Tyson Fresh Meats’ Chairman’s Reserve® Prime Pork brand tested 25 percent more tender than other leading brands of pork without added solution.
President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Hayes said today that ĢƵ is well-positioned to meet the growing demand for protein, speaking at the 2018 Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference.
ĢƵis tapping into entrepreneurs to speed up the pace of innovation, embrace emerging technologies and become more agile in its pursuit of sustainable growth.
