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Rantoul Foods operates a pork processing plant in Rantoul, Illinois, and is one of the largest meat processing plants in central Illinois. [96] The plant's first case of COVID-19 was reported on April 25, 2020. Two days later, health inspectors visited the plant and found that it was not following appropriate infection control measures. [96]
Chicken prices are down. That’s good news for chicken eaters, but bad news for Tyson Foods.
Many meat processing plants have been temporarily shut down around the U.S., which means beef, chicken and pork could soon be as scarce as toilet paper. Groceries could see meat shortages by end ...
Tyson Foods CEO is doubling down on efficiency as the company faces an ongoing challenging macro environment.The meat-processing giant announced on Monday plans to close four more facilities ...
The plant reopened after a 9-day closure. [30] By April 15, 102 workers had tested positive for the coronavirus, and four had died. [31] Outbreaks of COVID-19 have also been found in six other JBS beef processing plants, in Souderton, Pennsylvania; Plainwell, Michigan; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Cactus, Texas; Grand Island, Nebraska; and Hyrum, Utah.
In July 2021, the company closed its original slaughter plant in Smithfield, Virginia. [8] [9] In February 2023, Smithfield Foods closed its meatpacking plant in Vernon, California. [10] [11] [12] In May 2023, the company closed 37 sow farms in Missouri. [8] [13] [14] In October 2023 the company shut down a pork plant in Charlotte, North ...
Other Tyson workers, like Ryan Coulter, 27, declined to move. After working at the North Little Rock, Arkansas, plant that closed in early October, in roles that included assessing meat ...
Hanging room, Armour's packing house, Chicago, 1896 Postcard of the Armour Packing Plant in Fort Worth, undated. Armour and Company had its roots in Milwaukee, where in 1863 Philip D. Armour joined with John Plankinton (the founder of the Layton and Plankinton Packing Company in 1852) to establish Plankinton, Armour and Company.