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Cheaper cuts of beef: It's what's for dinner, Tyson Foods reports

by Justin Ho
Nov 14, 2022
As inflation pushes food costs higher, consumers are shifting their protein preferences.
Consumers have shifted to buying less costly cuts of beef as prices rise. Supplies of both beef and pork have been growing.
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Meat prices have been rising with inflation. But who's benefiting?

by Andy Uhler
Feb 10, 2022
Not the farmers.
Tyson Foods recorded double-digit increases in profits and sales last quarter. Aren't meatpackers feeling inflation, too?
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Tyson Foods appoints new CEO while meat industry struggles with continued COVID-19 challenges

by Erika Beras
Aug 4, 2020
The industry has had to change how it prepares products, pivoting from places like restaurants and arenas to grocery stores.
Food companies like Tyson have not been able to make up all of the ground they lost during the pandemic through grocery store sales.
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Tyson Foods is getting into the not-meat business

by Jack Stewart
Jun 14, 2019
The meat processor is launching a new range of meatless burgers and nuggets.
Tyson Foods is launching a meat and vegetable blend burger.
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Move over, meat. Tyson Foods' CEO is excited about plant proteins.

by Kai Ryssdal , Bridget Bodnar and Emily Henderson
Nov 1, 2017
Tom Hayes says the company is looking at affordable, sustainable options that consumers want.
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How LAUSD raised the bar for chicken lunches

by Kai Ryssdal
May 3, 2017
The school district looked for quality in the food and the supply chain, and 'no one could meet their standards,' L.A. Times reporter says.
School children pick up their lunches from the cafeteria at the Normandie Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles.
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Tyson reports earnings as ag industry watches broilers, Trump threats

by Annie Baxter
Feb 6, 2017
The nation’s top broiler chicken producer, Tyson Foods, reports earnings today. Analysts will be eyeing whether Tyson executives express worries about export markets. President Donald Trump has, in recent weeks, taken a combative stance toward some key trading partners, like Mexico. He continues to threaten to build a wall and has had sharp words about […]
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