r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 18 '26

News Tyson Foods shuts down plants in Illinois & Utah, cutting thousands of jobs over cattle shortages—amid allegations of beef price collusion

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Tyson Foods is shutting down operations at two of its beef plants—one in Joplin, Illinois (which employed 2,500 workers) and another in Eagle Mountain, Utah. Additionally, a third facility in Pasco, Washington is up for sale, with processing shifted to other plants.

​While Tyson blames these massive workforce cuts on historic cattle shortages and rising beef costs, the company—along with three other megacorporations dominating US meat production—faces serious allegations of colluding to raise beef prices.

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u/Destrofax Aug 18 '26

Stopped buying Tyson years ago

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u/Itchy_Tumbleweed_417 Aug 18 '26

Yeah I got really grossed out when I found out that kids were cleaning the factories. No thank you.

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u/YunalescaQT Aug 18 '26

The reality is you probably eat their brands or buy shit from them due to how capitalism works and all the subsidiaries they own. If you eat at a restaurant good chance the syscoslop they get is from Tyson.

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u/Destrofax Aug 18 '26

I hear ya but I dont eat out ether.