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Article: Channel structure reported for new Tyson.(Tyson Foods Inc. merger with IBP Inc. leads to reorganization)(Brief Article)
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- Feedstuffs
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- August 27, 2001
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John Tyson, chair and chief executive officer at Tyson Foods Inc., announced Aug. 15 that Tyson Foods will be organized around two channels following its merger with IBP inc. later this year -- a fresh meats and retail group headed by co-chief operating officer and group president Dick Bond and a foodservice and international group headed by co-COO and group president Greg Lee.
The structure effectively positions retail chicken marketing under IBP's Bond and puts foodservice beef and pork marketing under Tyson Foods' Lee, Tyson Foods spokesperson Ed Nicholson confirmed for Feedstuffs.
However, he noted that John Lea, who has handled retail chicken ...