Tyson Foods Hikes Prices to Keep Up With ‘Unprecedented Inflation’

Tyson Foods Hikes Prices to Keep Up With ‘Unprecedented Inflation’
Tyson Foods beef meat loaf for sale at a grocery store in Encinitas, Calif., on May 29, 2014. Mike Blake/Reuters
Tom Ozimek
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Tyson Foods is struggling to raise prices fast enough to keep up with inflation in key production inputs, such as grain, labor, and freight costs, the company’s top executive said in an Aug. 9 earnings call.

“Costs are hitting us faster than we can get pricing at this point,” Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King said.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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