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| 13.11.2024 | The Shifting Landscape of School Lunches and Meat Markets | In a world where lunchboxes once brimmed with colorful Lunchables, a significant shift is underway. Kraft Heinz has pulled its iconic Lunchables from the U.S. free and low-cost school lunch program. This decision echoes through the aisles o... |
| 12.11.2024 | Kraft-Heinz pulls key Lunchables meals from U.S. free- and low-cost school lunch program | Retail & ConsumerKraft-Heinz pulls key Lunchables meals from U.S. free- and low-cost school lunch program
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| 12.11.2024 | Tyson Foods profit tops estimates on strong beef, pork demand; shares jump | Retail & ConsumerTyson Foods profit tops estimates on strong beef, pork demand; shares jump
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| 31.10.2024 | IPPE announces Young Leaders Under 30 nominees | TUCKER, GA. — The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) announced the 2025 Young Leaders Under 30 honorees. The Young Leaders Under 30 Award recognizes emerging leaders in the industry and offers recipients a chance to gain ... |
| 24.10.2024 | OLOID's Bold Leap: $6 Million to Transform Workplace Security in India | OLOID is on the move. The Sunnyvale-based company has just secured $6 million in Series A1 funding. This cash infusion is a lifeline, a rocket booster for its ambitious plans. Led by Yaletown Partners, with support from Exposition Ventures,... |
| 24.10.2024 | Oloid Raises $6M in Series A1 Funding | Oloid, a Sunnyvale, CA-based provider of workplace technology for access and identity management, raised $6m in Series A1 funding.
The round was led by Yaletown Partners, Exposition Ventures, George Kaiser Family Foundation, Carya Ventures,... |
| 14.10.2024 | Chicken or Egg? Does Tyson Have More Upside Than Cal-Maine Stock? Which came first: the chicken or the egg? This age-old question can be posed to investors when choosing between the two premiere stock... |
Which came first: the chicken or the egg? This age-old question can be posed to investors when choosing between the two premiere stocks for each product, chicken and eggs. One would think the stocks of leading chicken and egg producers wou... |
| 01.10.2024 | PETA Warns US Meat Companies to Learn from Mistakes of Tobacco Farmers and “Get Out Now!” | PETA is urging five major US meat companies—Hormel Foods, Cargill, Smithfield Foods, Tyson Foods, and Oscar Mayer—to shift their focus from animal-based products to vegan alternatives, following the example set by one of Italy’s oldest meat... |
| 01.10.2024 | Global Real Estate Brokerage The Agency Launches Office in Bentonville, Arkansas | The Agency
Global Real Estate Brokerage Opens First Office in One of America's Fastest-Growing Markets
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global real estate brokerage The Agency proudly announces the launch of its new office in... |
| 20.09.2024 | Tyson sued over ‘climate smart’ beef and other ‘greenwashing’ claims | Listen to the article 3 min
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An environmental watchdog group has sued Tyson Foods, accusing the meat and poultry giant of making “false or misleading” claims ... |
| 06.09.2024 | The Rise of Plant-Based Innovations: A New Era in Food Technology | The food landscape is shifting. Traditional staples are evolving into plant-based alternatives. This transformation is not just a trend; it’s a revolution. Companies are racing to innovate, and the stakes are high. The latest developments i... |
| 05.09.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: GALY lands $33m for lab-grown cotton, EarthOptics & Pattern Ag merge, new CFO at Tyson | Meat and diamonds aren’t the only items getting the “lab grown” label these days. Add cotton to that list, with US plant cell culture startup GALY announcing a Series B raise this week.
Meanwhile, what do soil data and predictive agronomy h... |
| 02.09.2024 | US Plant-Based Meat Focused Insights Report 2024-2029 Featuring Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, Quorn, Tofurky, and Tyson Foods | DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “U.S. Plant-based Meat Market – Focused Insights 2024-2029” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
The US Plant-based Meat Market was valued at USD 2.25 billion in 2023, and is expected to rea... |
| 30.08.2024 | Tyson Foods appoints new CFO, replacing company heir | Listen to the article 2 min
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Tyson Foods named a new chief financial officer on Thursday, replacing heir John R. Tyson, who was suspended earlier this summer after he was... |
| 23.08.2024 | The Quantum Leap: UK Startups on the Brink of a Funding Crisis | The UK is at a crossroads. Quantum computing, a field once buoyed by government support, now faces uncertainty. A leading startup, Phasecraft, has sounded the alarm. The recent decision by the Labour government to shelve £1.3 billion in tec... |
| 23.08.2024 | Grocery stores boost political donations even as Democrats take aim | United StatesGrocery stores boost political donations even as Democrats take aim
By Bo EricksonAugust 23, 202410:25 AM UTCUpdated ago
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| 22.08.2024 | European cultivated meat startups in "valley of death", amid funding challenges | European foodtech startups trying to revolutionise the food sector through lab-grown meat are stuck in a “valley of death”, according to a non-profit that promotes cell-based alternatives to traditional animal products.
The hype around lab-... |
| 22.08.2024 | A Deep Dive Into Blended and Hybrid Meats: What, Why, and Who Exactly Are These For? | As Lidl Netherlands today announces the launch of a blended mince product containing 60% beef and 40% pea protein — which it claims generates 37.5% less CO2 than regular mince and is 33% cheaper — we take a deep dive into blended and hybrid... |
| 08.08.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: VSParticle raises funds for green hydrogen, Veganz secures raise for 2D-printed alt milk | Between August holidays and a challenging fundraising environment, new rounds were few and far between this week. A notable raise came from Netherlands-based VSParticle, which aims to accelerate green hydrogen production.
Elsewhere, restaur... |
| 06.08.2024 | Yum China Board Announces CFO Transition and Welcomes New Board Member | SHANGHAI, Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987) (the "Company" or "Yum China") today announced that Andy Yeung, who has served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since Oc... |
| 05.08.2024 | Yum China Board Announces CFO Transition and Welcomes New Board Member | SHANGHAI, Aug. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987) (the "Company" or "Yum China") today announced that Andy Yeung, who has served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since Oc... |
| 29.07.2024 | Cultivated meat is down but not out, says meat industry veteran and new CEO at Meatable | Cultivated meat may be down, but it’s not out, insists the new US-based CEO of Dutch startup Meatable. The reason is simple, claims Jeff “Trip” Tripician, a meat industry veteran who took the helm of the company last month. “Our supply chai... |
| 12.07.2024 | Tyson agrees to sell Georgia poultry complex | Listen to the article 2 min
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Tyson Foods, Inc. has agreed to sell a poultry processing complex to House of Raeford Farms in order to “optimize its plant network,” the Ark... |
| 04.07.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Rohlik raises $170m, eAgronom bags new capital for carbon | This week, Rohlik, which runs automated robotic fulfillment centers and 15-minute delivery, scored a new round of funding and agtech startup eAgronom raised capital for its carbon program. Plus: Tyson’s backpedaling on its beef pledge and a... |
| 01.07.2024 | Cal-Maine buys egg producer for $110M to grow presence in the Northeast | Listen to the article 2 min
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Cal-Maine Foods, the largest egg producer by volume in the U.S., last week acquired ISE America, one of the top 25 egg producers,... |
| 27.06.2024 | Why Perdue Farms isn’t giving up on ‘no antibiotics ever’ chicken | Listen to the article 5 min
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After Tyson Foods said it would reintroduce some antibiotics in its chicken supply last summer, Perdue Farms is now the only of the four larg... |
| 26.06.2024 | Quorn’s Mycoprotein is Going to Be Blended with Animal Pork. Here’s Why This is a Good Thing. | First of all, to be clear, hybrid products are no new thing and have existed for years, both successfully and unsuccessfully. As a publication specialised solely in the vegan business niche, we have widely avoided the topic of products cons... |
| 14.06.2024 | Tyson Foods CFO suspended after arrest for intoxicated driving | Tyson Foods has suspended John R. Tyson, chief financial officer and great grandson of the company’s founder, after he was arrested early Thursday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated.
John R. Tyson, CFO of Tyson Foods, was arres... |
| 14.06.2024 | Leftovers: GoodPop refreshes ice pops with electrolytes | ‘TikTok’s First Family’ debuts new popcorn flavors | Listen to the article 6 min
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Leftovers is our look at a few of the product ideas popping up everywhere. Some are intriguing, some sound amazing and some are the kinds of ... |
| 13.06.2024 | Tyson Foods suspends company heir, CFO John R. Tyson after arrest for intoxication | Tyson Foods has suspended the company's chief financial officer, John R. Tyson, after he was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated.
University of Arkansas police in Fayetteville, Arkansas, arrested Tyson, 34, early Thursday for d... |
| 30.05.2024 | Tyson Foods denies accusations of hiring migrants over US citizens | - |
| 30.05.2024 | Gov. Sanders requests federal help as local relief continues | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Walmart has debuted a disaster relief operation early in light of the storms that have left some with lost or damaged homes or without electricity.
State of play: Residents can shower, drop off laundr... |
| 23.05.2024 | Colorado is first in nation to pass legislation tackling threat of AI bias in pivotal decisions | The first attempts to regulate artificial intelligence programs that play a hidden role in hiring, housing and medical decisions for millions of Americans are facing pressure from all sides and floundering in statehouses nationwide.
Only on... |
| 23.05.2024 | Walmart shareholders to vote on welfare plans for animals, humans | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Three themes run through shareholder proposals for Walmart this year: animal, human and financial welfare.
Why it matters: Walmart can potentially influence global social change because it employs mor... |
| 22.05.2024 | Meatable appoints beef industry veteran as CEO | Listen to the article 3 min
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Meatable, a foodtech company looking to deliver cultivated meat at scale, appointed Jeff “Trip” Tripician as CEO, effective June ... |
| 22.05.2024 | Meat Industry Veteran Jeff Tripician of Perdue Appointed New CEO of Meatable, Former Tyson Foods CEO Joins Board | Meatable, the Dutch producer of cultivated pork meat, announces that, in preparation for US market expansion, CEO and co-founder Krijn de Nood has stepped down from the role and has been succeeded by Jeff (“Trip”) Tripician effective June 1... |
| 16.05.2024 | Cattle rebuilding unlikely as high interest rates and costs stick around | The grass may be greener, but America’s cattle shortage continues as ranchers hesitate to rebuild herds amid high interest rates and input costs.
Drought conditions and high feed costs drove farmers to sell off cattle over the past few year... |
| 13.05.2024 | Legal battle over health costs could change workplace benefits | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
An emerging legal battle over workplace health insurance could empower employees to fight back against high costs and put new pressure on their employers.
Why it matters: Workers fed up with rising he... |
| 10.05.2024 | Foreign material, labor shortages key topics at 2024 Pet Food Alliance meeting | KANSAS CITY, MO. — Roughly 80 experts spanning the pet food and rendering industries and related academia convened in Kansas City for the 2024 Pet Food Alliance Technical Meeting, held May 1 and 2 at the Kansas City Convention Center. As in... |
| 07.05.2024 | Tyson Foods posts mixed earnings as chicken shows momentum | Dive Brief:
As sales stagnated over last year, Tyson Foods improved operating income to $312 million in the second quarter, driven by recovery efforts in its chicken operations as consumers pulled back on food spending.
Sales totaled $13 bi... |
| 01.05.2024 | General Mills acquires European premium pet food brand | MINNEAPOLIS — General Mills announced April 30 it had successfully acquired Edgard & Cooper, a Kortrijk, Belgium-based premium pet food brand, as part of its Accelerate strategy. According to General Mills, Edgard & Cooper posted 20... |
| 26.04.2024 | The Grocery Store Battle: Corporate Greed vs. Consumer Struggle | In the world of grocery shopping, the battle between corporate giants and everyday consumers rages on. Sulma Arias, executive director of People's Action, sheds light on the rising costs of groceries and the role big corporations play in th... |
| 26.04.2024 | 93% of Global Food Companies Receive Low Ratings for Animal Welfare Improvements | A new version of the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) has found that the vast majority of global food companies are making poor progress towards improving animal welfare.
While 95% of the benchmarked companies recognize far... |
| 22.04.2024 | Climate crisis cooks up costly meals: Why your 'thaali' could be on fire | - |
| 21.04.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Sulma Arias: Why do my groceries cost so much more? | By Sulma Arias
In 2004, I was a single mom raising three daughters on my own. I worked three jobs, including an overnight shift as a translator at our local hospital, to make ends meet. Every time I stood in line at the supermarket, I worri... |
| 20.04.2024 | A newcomer's guide to Northwest Arkansas' cities | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Northwest Arkansas is growing fast.
The big picture: It's a special place, with the state's flagship university in Fayetteville, one of the world's largest employers in Bentonville, and tons of outdoo... |
| 18.04.2024 | 2023 GFI Reports: Cultivated Meat and Fermentation Industries Growing Despite Drop in Investments | The Good Food Institute has released the 2023 State of the Industry Reports for the alt protein industry.
These annual reports provide a global analysis of each sector’s commercial landscape, investments, scientific progress, and government... |
| 18.04.2024 | India opens market to US farming industry in 12 categories: Katherine Tai | - |
| 18.04.2024 | Exclusive: Omeat’s tumultuous year: staff cuts and leadership shake-up at startup with ‘elegant’ new approach to scaling cultivated meat | Less than a year after emerging from stealth with an “elegant solution” to scaling cultivated meat by harvesting nutrients from “healthy cows” for its cell culture media, California-based Omeat is operating with a skeleton crew following a ... |
| 17.04.2024 | Global Food & Beverage Industry Leader Sunil Pande Joins Convergent Finance LLP as an Operating Partner | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Convergent Finance LLP announces the appointment of Sunil Pande as an Operating Partner. Sunil is a global business leader with over 20 years of experience in Food & Beverage and Retail industries across the U... |
| 13.04.2024 | Michael Pollan's deliciously simple meal plan to avoid ultra-processed foods — and where it falls short | Redeem now
Michael Pollan is probably best known for the seven simple words of diet advice he first used to open a New York Times essay in 2007, which later became the backbone of a bestselling book:
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly pla... |
| 12.04.2024 | Which large corporations are leading the charge in warehouse automation? | Companies like Amazon, Walmart, Alibaba, and UPS have been making investments for years
As we're previously written about, automation is becoming a bigger and bigger factor in the manufacturing industry, with technologies like automated gui... |
| 12.04.2024 | ‘Music to Our Ears’: Meat Lobby Celebrates ‘Positive Outcomes’ for Industry at COP28 | 6 Mins Read As meat and dairy representatives turned out to COP28 in record numbers, the climate summit’s promised food systems transformation policies fell short – and the livestock lobby is delighted.
COP28 began with a lot of promises, b... |
| 11.04.2024 | Food, Inc. 2 Sheds Light on Big Food, UPFs, Modern Slavery & Cultivated Meat – But Lacks Focus | 9 Mins Read The sequel to the Oscar-nominated documentary from 2008, Food, Inc. 2 shows just how much power Big Ag wields on the food system, tackles solutions like cultivated meat and seaweed, and highlights the problem with workers’ right... |
| 10.04.2024 | Conagra Brands to close Wisconsin Birds Eye plant and lay off 252 people | Listen to the article 2 min
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Conagra Brands is closing a facility in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin that produces its Birds Eye frozen brand.
The Illinois-based CPG giant said 252... |
| 10.04.2024 | Exclusive: Australia’s Harvest B Unveils Blended Meat Range Ahead of US Expansion & Series A | 8 Mins Read Australian alternative protein startup Harvest B is entering the blended meat space with 50/50 slow-cooked beef and lamb SKUs, as it prepares for a US expansion and its Series A funding round.
Known for its range of plant protei... |
| 08.04.2024 | JBS Lawsuit: What New York’s Case Against the World’s Biggest Meat Company Means for the Livestock Industry | 6 Mins Read Brazilian meat giant JBS has faced plenty of lawsuits in its time – but the latest one could be the most damaging one of them all, given that it comes from a state attorney general. If the government intervention prevails, there... |
| 08.04.2024 | The Shocking Truth of How Subsidies Impact the Cost of Plant-Based vs. Animal Meat | There’s a prevailing narrative that plant-based meat alternatives are more expensive than meat, making them less accessible to many consumers. However, a critical, often overlooked element in this discussion is the profound impact of govern... |
| 05.04.2024 | Consumers Prefer Climate-Friendly Products, But Are Misled by ‘Low-Carbon’ Meat Labels Like Tyson’s Brazen Beef | 5 Mins Read The majority of consumers would pay more for products labelled as ‘climate-friendly’ or ‘low-carbon’, but the use of these labels on beef packaging breeds misunderstanding of its true climate impact, finds a new study.
In July l... |
| 03.04.2024 | Cal-Maine ceases operations at Texas facility after bird flu detected | A Cal-Maine Foods facility in Parmer County, Texas, has temporarily ceased operations after highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected on the premises, the company said Tuesday.
After some of its chickens tested positive for the virus, ... |
| 02.04.2024 | As Kentucky Mulls Over Ag-Gag Bill, Footage Shows Animal Cruelty at KFC Supplier Pilgrim’s Poultry Farm | 8 Mins Read Lawmakers in Kentucky are hoping to amend a law that would effectively criminalise whistleblowing and protect industrial livestock farming companies – but a new investigation into Pilgrim’s Pride chicken farms shows exactly why ... |
| 30.03.2024 | Oklahomans push to weaken penalties for cockfighting | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oklahoma was one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002. Roosters stand on top of their teepees at Troy Farms in Wilson, Okla.
WILSON, Okla. >> Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in t... |
| 25.03.2024 | Chick-fil-A will allow some antibiotics in its chicken, ditching its "No Antibiotics Ever" standard | Chick-fil-A is no longer promising "no antibiotics ever" in its chicken. The fast food chain said starting this spring, it would allow the use of chicken that may have had antibiotics.
In 2014, Chick-fil-A said it would shift to a... |
| 24.03.2024 | Chick-Fil-A backtracks from its ‘no antibotics ever’ pledge | ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2021
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ATLANTA >> The fast-food chain Chick-Fil-A backtracked from its decade-old “no antibiotics ever” pledge intended to help prevent human antibiotic resistance link... |
| 22.03.2024 | Chick-fil-A rolls back commitment to antibiotic-free chicken | Society & EquitySocial Impact
Chick-fil-A rolls back commitment to antibiotic-free chicken
By Waylon CunninghamMarch 22, 20247:28 PM UTCUpdated ago
A franchise sign is seen above a Chick-fil-A freestanding restaurant after its grand ope... |
| 21.03.2024 | Cash Cows: Banks Have Financed Over Half a Trillion Dollars to Increase Meat & Dairy Production Since the 2015 Paris Agreement | 6 Mins Read Since world leaders signed the landmark Paris Agreement in 2015, banks and financial institutions have credited livestock producers with $615B to increase meat and dairy production, according to a new study.
It’s not just public... |
| 20.03.2024 | WARC Media 100 Names Mindshare #1 Media Agency | NEW YORK and LONDON and SINGAPORE and SHANGHAI, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindshare, the media services company that is part of GroupM and WPP, has been named the #1 Media Agency in the 2024 WARC Media 100 rankings.
The WARC Media 100 ... |
| 19.03.2024 | Conservative investor drops Tyson Foods over immigration flap | A conservative investment fund divested its holdings in Tyson Foods saying the company's plans to hire refugees and asylum seekers will alienate customers amid the crisis at the southern border.
Driving the news: Misinformation about Tyson'... |
| 18.03.2024 | As sales decline, Hain Celestial names new president for its North American operations | Listen to the article 3 min
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Hain Celestial named Chad Marquardt as president of its North American operations as the organic and natural food products compan... |
| 14.03.2024 | Processed Meat Market Size, Share And Growth Analysis For 2024-2033 | Processed Meat Market Size, Share And Growth Analysis For 2024-2033
The Business Research Company's Processed Meat Global Market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033
The processed meat market size is expected to ... |
| 13.03.2024 | Rendered Poultry Products Global Market Report 2024 | - |
| 12.03.2024 | Tyson to shutter Iowa pork plant, impacting more than 1,200 jobs | Listen to the article 2 min
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Tyson Foods announced Monday it will close a pork plant in Perry, Iowa, which will result in the loss of 1,276 manufacturing jobs.
“While thi... |
| 11.03.2024 | Poultry Market Forecast Shows Robust Growth to $494.55 billion by 2028 Driven by Advanced Technologies and Strategic Partnerships | - |
| 11.03.2024 | Iowa town loses its largest employer as Tyson pork plant closes | ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2020
A sign sits in front of the Tyson Foods pork plant in Perry, Iowa. Tyson Foods will continue streamlining its operations by closing the pork plant in Iowa that employs 1,200 people and eliminating the largest employe... |
| 07.03.2024 | Biden administration looks to lower food prices by tackling concentration in the meat industry | Tyson, Cargill and other meat giants will face new regulations cracking down on discriminatory and deceptive contracts with the farmers who grow their chicken and beef, part of the Biden administration's effort to lower consumer food prices... |
| 05.03.2024 | Prominent 7 Markets in Food and Beverages Industry: Insights from The Business Research Company | - |
| 14.02.2024 | Tyson rejects shareholder call for audit into child labor allegations | Shareholders and labor groups are accusing Tyson Foods of not taking seriously enough reports of children being employed at some of its meatpacking plants. The meat and poultry processing giant, along with competitor Perdue Farms, are under... |
| 08.02.2024 | Plant-based shrimp maker New Wave Foods ceases operations: ‘We couldn’t outrun industry headwinds’ | Plant-based seafood maker New Wave Foods has ceased operations and entered into an assignment for the benefit of the creditors (ABC), an alternative to formal bankruptcy proceedings that transfers a distressed company’s assets from the debt... |
| 30.11.2023 | Tyson debuts $300M highly automated chicken plant | Dive Brief:
Tyson Foods opened one of its most advanced manufacturing plants in the U.S., allowing the meat packer to expand capacity for chicken nuggets and other value-added products through the help of automation.
The $300 million facili... |
| 14.11.2023 | Tyson leaving ‘no stone unturned’ in plans to cut costs, improve the business | Dive Brief:
After several processing plant closures this year, Tyson Foods on Monday indicated more cost cuts could be on the horizon as it navigates through a tough market backdrop in beef and pork.
The meat giant is reviewing opportunitie... |
| 18.10.2023 | Tyson Foods teams up with Dutch insect ingredients firm Protix for sustainable protein production | Read this article in:
Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, a major global food company, announced on Tuesday, October 17, that it has partnered with Dutch-based Protix, a leading insect ingredients company, in a significant investment agreement. The... |
| 18.10.2023 | Tyson Foods partners with insect protein startup to develop ingredient facility | Dive Brief:
Tyson Foods announced a strategic investment with insect protein startup Protix to boost the presence of insect ingredients utilized in the food system, the company said in a statement. Tyson said it will acquire a minority stak... |
| 27.09.2023 | The World’s Largest Meat Company is Building a Cultivated Protein R&D Facility | 6 Mins Read Brazilian meat giant JBS has broken ground on a $62M cultivated meat research and development facility in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. Billed as the largest food biotech centre in Brazil, it’s scheduled to open at the end of 2... |
| 21.08.2023 | Cultivated beef co Omeat begins generating revenues… but not from meat | Cultivated meat startup Omeat—which uses nutrients harvested from the plasma of “healthy, living cows” in its cell culture media—has started generating revenues by selling these nutrients to other companies in a serum called ‘Plenty.’
Bille... |
| 13.07.2023 | Tyson Foods drops "no antibiotics ever" strategy | Tyson Foods will again use certain antibiotics when raising chickens, the Wall Street Journal first reported.
The company will drop its "no antibiotics ever" label for "no antibiotics important to human medicine" by the ... |
| 22.06.2023 | Omeat emerges from stealth armed with $40m to scale novel approach to cultivated meat production | Armed with $40 million in funding, Los Angeles-based startup Omeat has emerged from stealth with a “simple and elegant solution” to scaling cultivated meat production involving the humane extraction of growth factors and other components fr... |
| 08.06.2023 | Amid Weakening Meat Sales, Tyson Quietly Launches New Plant-Based Nuggets | Tyson Foods, the world’s second-largest meat processor, has released a new line of plant-based nuggets under its famed logo for the first time. The new Tyson Nuggets have appeared in US Target stores, along with a new variety of plant-based... |
| 16.05.2023 | Are Workplace Benefits a Viable Solution to the Child Care Crisis? | Situated at the base of the Great Smoky Mountains, surrounded by old country stores and taffy shops, is a theme park that, for the staff who work there, operates like a self-contained community.
Dollywood Parks and Resorts is a destination ... |
| 09.05.2023 | Tyson Foods posts first quarterly loss in 14 years and lowers 2023 sales outlook | Dive Brief:
Tyson Foods missed Wall Street expectations in its latest quarter and reported its first loss since 2009 amid broad challenges in the meat and poultry space. CEO Donnie King said the period was uniquely difficult for the company... |
| 08.05.2023 | Sliding beef sales send Tyson stock down 16% as the meat producer slashes its outlook | Tyson Foods shares sank to their lowest price in more than three years on Monday.
The sell-off was sparked after the meatpacker unexpectedly swung to a second-quarter loss.
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| 27.04.2023 | Tyson Foods says it will chop 10% of corporate workforce | Tyson Foods announced Wednesday the company will cut 15% of its senior leadership — mostly senior vice president and vice president roles — and 10% of its corporate jobs.
State of play: CEO Donnie King shared the news with employees from Sp... |
| 30.01.2023 | Food companies say they can reduce their emissions this year. Experts are skeptical. | Editor’s note: This story is part of a series on the trends that will shape the food and beverage industry in 2023.
Ahead of the United Nations’ COP27 climate conference last fall, beverage giant Coca-Cola was announced as a sponsor. Immedi... |
| 18.01.2023 | Top 10 alternative protein startups brought in $1.3bn in 2022 vs $2.3bn in 2021 | It’s been a tough few months for alternative protein startups, particularly those developing plant-based meat, dairy, and seafood alternatives (as opposed to those in the cellular agriculture space).
Sure, it’s been tough for startups acros... |
| 07.01.2023 | Meet 12 'nepo babies' of big business whose family connections helped them get to the top | Big business "nepo babies" include, clockwise from top left, Delphine Arnault, David Lauren, Lachlan Murdoch, Shari Redstone, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. GETTY IMAGES
A "nepo baby," or nepotism baby, is someone whos... |
| 17.11.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Muncher grabs $27m for ghost kitchens, Freight Farms lands $17.5m | Besides a major milestone for cultivated meat, this week’s news also includes new fundraising for Colombian ghost kitchen startup Muncher and a Series B round for vertical farming startup Freight Farms. Meanwhile, it’s more bad news for foo... |
| 22.09.2022 | JBS hires its first sustainability officer | Dive Brief:
JBS named Jason Weller as the company’s first Global Chief Sustainability Officer. He will oversee environmental, social and governance matters and sustainability strategies for the entire company.
Weller previously served as vi... |
| 21.09.2022 | Behind 5 food and beverage sustainability programs receiving USDA funding | Several food and beverage companies landed USDA investments in sustainability projects this month through its $2.8 billion Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative. As major companies like Tyson aim to hit their time-based emis... |
| 19.08.2022 | Tyson invests $200M in Texas beef plant expansion | Tyson Foods is spending $200 million to upgrade its beef facility in Amarillo, Texas, the company announced.
The expansion includes a 143,000-square-foot addition that increases the size of the facility’s existing operations floor and adds ... |
| 05.08.2022 | Tyson invests $180M to expand Illinois prepared foods plant | Tyson Foods broke ground on a $180 million expansion of its Caseyville, Illinois, prepared foods facility, aimed at boosting production of its Hillshire Farm and Jimmy Dean grab-and-go snacking and breakfast items.
The 170,000-square-foot e... |
| 13.07.2022 | Tyson invests $90M to expand Mississippi plant | Tyson Foods completed a $90 million expansion of its Forest, Mississippi, plant that will increase its chicken processing capacity amid heightened demand for protein. The company said the project will add more than 320 jobs to its workforce... |
