US meat giant Tyson Foods is to invest around US$1m in its Berryville and Green Forest plants, resulting in the creation of up to 300 jobs.

The firm said today (28 January) that the investment, part of “continuing efforts to operate more efficiently”, will involve a new chicken deboning process at the two plants. This move will involve the installation of some new processing equipment.

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Around 200 to 250 production jobs are expected to be created at the Berryville plant and around 50 at Green Forest.

“We’ve already started hiring and have filled 100 positions so far,” a spokesperson for Tyson said. “We hope to have the remaining jobs filled within the next couple of months as we ramp up the additional deboning work.”

The change in operations means employment at Berryville will rise from 1,260 to around 1,500.

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