Do we like them?

Do we like Tyson Foods?

One of the world's largest meat processors (chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods), based in Springdale, Arkansas, US.

Our score: 3 out of 10. We wouldn't back them. They have a record of price-fixing settlements and safety and pollution cases, and the search found little good to offset it.

Tyson is a huge meat company from Arkansas, selling chicken, beef, pork and prepared foods. It's still controlled by the Tyson family through its share structure, though it's listed on the stock exchange. Ownership detail comes from our own background knowledge, not the pages found.

There's a leadership change. On 28 May 2026 Tyson announced that Jeff Schomburger, a former Procter & Gamble executive and board member since 2016, would take over from Donnie King as CEO on 4 October 2026. King stays on the board.

The legal history is long. Tyson agreed to pay $221.5 million to settle the broiler chicken antitrust case, saying it admitted no liability. In 2025 it joined a $64 million settlement over alleged pork price-fixing, again denying wrongdoing.

There are safety and bribery cases too. An EPA consent decree over ammonia releases at 23 facilities came with a fine of about $3.95 million. Tyson also paid $5.2 million to resolve a bribery probe involving Mexican veterinarians.

We score it low. The pricing and safety record is poor, and the search turned up no big good deeds to balance it. The beef business is also struggling, which isn't a moral point either way.