Profile: Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N)
28.46USD
1 Aug 2013
$0.84 (+3.04%)
$27.62
$27.89
$28.56
$27.88
1,232,060
950,811
$28.56
$14.07
Tyson Foods, Inc., incorporated on January 31, 1986, and its subsidiaries is a meat protein companies and food production company. The Company produces, distributes and markets chicken, beefs, pork, prepared foods and related allied products. The Company's operates in four segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork and Prepared Foods. The Company operates a integrated poultry production process. The Company's integrated operations consist of breeding stock, contract growers, feed production, processing, further-processing, marketing and transportation of chicken and related allied products, including animal and pet food ingredients. Through the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress, Inc. (Cobb), the Company is a poultry breeding stock suppliers. The Company also processes live fed cattle and hogs and fabricate dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, case ready beef and pork and fully-cooked meats. In June 2013, Tyson Foods, Inc. announced that it has acquired assets of Circle Foods, LLC.
Chicken
Chicken operations include breeding and raising chickens, as well as processing live chickens into fresh, frozen and value-added chicken products and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international markets. It also includes sales from allied products and the Company's chicken breeding stock subsidiary.
Beef
Beef operations include processing live fed cattle and fabricating dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts and case-ready products. This segment also includes sales from allied products such as hides and variety meats, as well as logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international markets.
Pork
Pork operations include processing live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. This segment also includes the Company's live swine group, related allied product processing activities and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international markets.
Prepared Foods
Prepared Foods operations include manufacturing and marketing frozen and refrigerated food products and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Products include pepperoni, bacon, beef and pork pizza toppings, pizza crusts, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, prepared meals, ethnic foods, soups, sauces, side dishes, meat dishes and processed meats. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international markets.
Company Address
Tyson Foods Inc
2200 Don Tyson Parkway
Springdale AR 72762-6999
P: +1479.2904000
F: +1302.6555049
Company Web Links
| Name | Compensation |
|---|---|
John Tyson |
4,217,430 |
Donald Smith |
7,844,680 |
Dennis Leatherby |
2,578,520 |
James Lochner |
7,801,420 |
Kenneth Kimbro |
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