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Tyson Foods Inc.
2210 West Oaklawn Drive
Springdale, AR 72765
Phone: 479-290-4000
Fax: 479-290-4061
Web Site: http://www.tyson.com

DETAILS
Index Membership: S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector: Consumer Goods
Industry: Meat Products
Employees (last reported count): 104,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY
Tyson Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the production, distribution, and marketing of chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods, and related allied products worldwide. The company's Chicken segment involves in breeding and raising chickens, as well as processing live chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products. Its Beef segment processes live fed cattle and fabricates dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts and case-ready products. The company's Pork segment involves in the processing of live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. Its Prepared Foods segment manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products comprising 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. The company markets its products to national and regional grocery retailers, regional grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, clubs and warehouse stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, national and regional chain restaurants, international export companies and domestic distributors, and foodservice operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors. Tyson Foods, Inc. also offers its products to the manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and technical products, as well as to pork processors. It has a strategic alliance with ConocoPhillips to produce and market renewable diesel fuel, as well as a joint venture with Syntroleum Corporation to produce renewable synthetic fuels for renewable diesel, jet, and military fuel markets. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.
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    OFFICERS
      Pay Exercised
    Mr. John H. Tyson , 55
    Chairman, Adviser and Member of Exec. Committee
    $ 1.17M $ 0
    Mr. Richard L. Bond , 60
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres
    $ 2.94M $ 1.22M
    Mr. Wade Miquelon , 44
    Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 939.00K $ 0
    Mr. J. Alberto Gonzalez-Pita , 54
    Exec. VP and Gen. Counsel
    $ 740.00K $ 85.00K
    Mr. James V. Lochner , 56
    Sr. Group VP of Fresh Meats & Margin Optimization
    $ 857.00K $ 282.00K
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-07 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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