Tyson Foods plans to add approximately 370 new production jobs at the company’s poultry processing plant in Green Forest, company officials announced today. The project, which involves the addition of chicken deboning operations, will include a new wage structure and other initiatives designed to attract and retain workers.
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Tyson will spend approximately US$11m to install deboning production lines in the Green Forest plant this summer. Hiring for the deboning jobs will begin this month, training will start in late July or early August and regular deboning operations will begin this fall, the company said.
“This project is designed to improve the operational efficiency of our Green Forest plant,” said Tracy Tedder, complex manager of the Green Forest-Berryville Poultry Complex. “Instead of shipping fresh chicken to other plants for deboning, we’ll do the work on-site. This will reduce our shipping expenses and should result in improved product yield. The new jobs are expected to add about $15m a year to our local payroll.”
