Tyson Foods said it plans to close two chicken plants later this year in Arkansas and Virginia, which will affect about 1,700 workers.

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Tyson Foods to Close Two Chicken Plants, Affecting 1,700 Employees

Another day. Another round of layoffs, Tyson Foods closing two chicken plants later this year, the stock is down 7/10 of a percent and the move is going to impact nearly 1700 employees plants in Van Buren, Arkansas and Glen Allen, Virginia will close May 12. Each facility is more than 700 employees and the decision was fueled by Tyson's Chicken business underperforming expectations in the latest quarter. Well beyond meat, impossible foods, Pepsico food suppliers to also recently cut jobs.