Tyson's Takeover of IBP to Accelerate Meat Industry Merger Trend
By just-food.com editorial team | 9 January 2001
The New Year's Day announcement that US poultry giant Tyson Foods would gobble up red meat behemoth IBP was both shrewd for its political acumen and sweeping in its portent for global meat and poultry production and marketing. James C. Webster reports:
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The New Year's Day announcement that US poultry giant Tyson Foods would gobble up red meat behemoth IBP was both shrewd for its political acumen and sweeping in its portent for global meat and poultry production and marketing. James C. Webster reports:
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