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BUSINESS NOTES

Tyson addresses plant closure,
acquisitions
Tyson Foods Inc. announced it will

on the foodservice channel, and Don

close its Ford Ave. processing plant

Julio offers inroads into retail distri-

in Springdale, Ark. Gary Mickelson,

bution with a respected brand.

Tyson spokesman, said “changing de-

Looking ahead to 2014, he said Ty-

mand for certain specialty products”

son Foods expects to grow its total

prompted the closure.

sales by 3 to 4 percent annually and

“There are 68 hourly production

value-added sales by approximately 6

workers at the plant and they’re be-

to 8 percent. During fiscal 2012, end-

ing offered permanent positions at

ed Sept. 29, 2012, Tyson Foods had

other Tyson Foods locations in the

revenues of $33,278 million.

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Jim Lochner, chief

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“Looking specifically in the last couple of weeks, we

of the products made at the plant have

have had margin compression, even

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though we have had very positive news

consolidated to better meet the needs

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a plant in West Texas,” Lochner explained. “And Japan is opening up

lio Foods, a Utah-based tortilla and

beef, extending it to 30-month vs.

snacks manufacturer, which may be

20-month [and down] cattle.”
Lochner added that because of

tions for the company, said Dennis

the challenges the company is deal-

Leatherby, chief financial officer, while

ing with in beef, he anticipates the

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softer than he believed a month ago.
“But we feel very good about the
rest of the fiscal year and as a whole

of Don Julio, a tortilla and salty snack

into 2014,” he said. “As Dennis said,

manufacturer,” Leatherby said. “It is

we are not a commodity-protein com-

an example of small regional acquisi-

pany. Tyson is a multi-protein, multi-

tions we have talked about in the past

channel, multinational food company

that will be a good fit for us. Tyson

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