date:Aug 04, 2014
fast food, with brands such as Ball Park hot dogs and State Fair corn dogs.
Tyson originally bid US$6.8bn to beat Pilgrim's Pride for Hillshire, but was eventually forced to pay US$8.55bn including assumed debt, as well as a US$160m break-up fee that Hillshire incurred for ending a planned merger with Pinnacle Foods.
As smart as the acquisition was from a strategic perspective, it was alarming to see a company that had worked tirelessly to go from Double B in 2008 to Triple B in 2012 by all a