Tyson Foods Inc

Tyson Foods Inc operates as a prominent global food producer encompassing a broad range of activities across four core divisions Beef Pork Chicken and Prepared Foods Within its Beef and Pork segments the company manages the entire process from live cattle and hogs to their transformation into various meat products This includes fabricating whole carcasses into primary and secondary cuts providing caseready options and producing fully cooked meats Its Chicken division is responsible for raising and processing poultry delivering a spectrum of fresh frozen and valueadded chicken items and also supplying breeding stock Additionally Tyson markets specialty byproducts such as animal hides The Prepared Foods unit focuses on manufacturing and distributing a diverse portfolio of frozen and refrigerated convenience foods This extensive lineup features items like readytoeat sandwiches flamegrilled burgers deli staples such as pepperoni bacon and lunchmeats hot dogs breakfast sausages turkey products tortilla items appetizers snacks complete meals ethnic dishes side dishes breadsticks and other processed meats These products are sold under popular brands including Jimmy Dean Hillshire Farm Ball Park Wright State Fair Aidells Gallo Salame as well as its proprietary Tyson and ibp labels Tyson distributes its extensive product range through various channels globally Its sales force directly serves grocery retailers wholesalers meat distributors warehouse club stores military commissaries industrial food processors chain restaurants and their distributors live markets and international export firms The company also leverages independent brokers and trading companies to reach domestic distributors who cater to a wide array of food service operations such as institutional cafeterias eg plant and school convenience stores hospitals and other vendors Founded in 1935 Tyson Foods maintains its corporate headquarters in Springdale Arkansas