date:Jul 28, 2014
the facilities included changing product needs, the age of the Cherokee facility and the prohibitive cost of renovations on the plant, and the distance between Midwest raw material suppliers and the Buffalo and Santa Teresa plants. Tyson plans to shift production and equipment to other cost-efficient facilities at other locations.
The three plants have been part of Tyson Foods since 2001, when the company acquired IBP inc. The Cherokee plant, which Tyson Foods leases, currently makes deli meat