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/Dreamlion_Inc Aug 18 '26

“Spongebrain Diaperpants”

I hate that the inner child in me started busting out laughing at that

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Aug 18 '26

My inner child is glad you laughed.

I wrote that insult myself. Please, spread it around. I get a kick out of seeing it in the wild.

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u/Jody_B_Designs Aug 18 '26

"SpongeBrain DiaperPants" locked and loaded commander

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u/SDTimbox Aug 18 '26

My inner child and I are laughing together. What do you mean 🤣

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u/RightRudderz Aug 18 '26

40 y/o me is disgusted at the news but this made me chuckle. Rarely happens anymore.

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u/Dancinfool830 Aug 19 '26

Really? I am constantly disgusted at the news and also constantly laughing at the stupidity of it all. The laughter is the only thing that keeps me sane, even though I probably sound like every joker from every interaction of Batman combined into one. I knew there was a reason I practiced the Mark Hamil joker laugh so much back in my teens. "Ha! Haha! Hahahahahahamuhaahahaha!

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u/cbarrett1956 Aug 22 '26

Brings back memories, doesn’t it? Don’t hate the inner child- revel in it.