Tyson Foods is closing two additional facilities.
Tyson Foods Inc. announced it will be closing two more locations following a recent round of plant closures. The value-added factories owned by Tyson Foods in Jacksonville, Florida, and Columbia, South Carolina, will close.
Tyson Foods stated, “We are making the difficult decision to close two of our case ready value-added plants.” “We recognize how this choice may affect the members of our team. We’ll do everything in our power to give them chances to continue working for the company in other capacities, and we’ll collaborate with local and state representatives to offer more resources. We are reallocating resources to run as effectively as possible while keeping enough capacity to service our clients, with an emphasis on optimizing our operating footprint.
The last day of operations at the Jacksonville plant will be January 8, 2024, according to a letter written by Tyson Foods vice president Brandon Smith to Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan and the State Trade & Rapid Response Program. The facility closure will have an impact on more than 200 employees.The news comes after six factory closures in the past.
Tyson said in March that it would close its plants for processing poultry in Glen Allen, Virginia, and Van Buren, Arkansas. After a span of five months, the corporation declared the closure of four more plants, located in North Little Rock, Arkansas; Corydon, Indiana; Dexter, Missouri; and Noel, Missouri.
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Tyson verified a rumor of a major layoff occurring at their poultry processing facility in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, last month. Of the 3,000 team members at the time, 250 have been let go, even though the factory is still operational. The layoffs were ascribed by the corporation to operational reductions made in response to current client demand.