Tyson Foods announced that it will be closing its doors on the Emporia, Kansas plant after other facility closures since 2023.

Tyson Foods said its ground beef and value-added marinated protein plant would be shuttered in February 2025 to help the company operate more efficiently.

Tyson Foods Inc. will shut a meat plant in Kansas next year, eliminating 809 jobs, as the company seeks to slash costs amid a downturn in the beef industry.

Tyson Foods Inc.'s facility in Emporia, Kan., is slated to close early next year after the company made a filing with the Kansas Department of Commerce on Monday.

More than 800 employees at Tyson Foods’ meat processing plant in Emporia, Kan., learned Monday (Dec. 2) they will lose their jobs when the plant there is shuttered in

EMPORIA, Kansas — A notice by Kansas Works announced the closure of a Tyson Foods plant that will impact 809 workers. The plant, located at 2101 West 6th Street in Emporia, Kansas, will officially close on Feb. 14, 2025, according to a Tyson spokesperson.

A spokesperson wrote that Tyson is working with governments in Kansas to get resources to the people it laid off.

Tyson Foods will close its beef and pork non-harvest processing facility in Emporia, Kansas, to increase the efficiency of operations, according to a Tyson Foods spokesperson. The plant employs about 800 workers, and it will be shuttered in February.

In July, the company sold a poultry processing complex to local poultry producer House of Raeford Farms. "Tyson Foods closes three US plants" was originally created and published by Just Food, a GlobalData owned brand.

Tyson Foods has announced it will close its Emporia, Kansas processing facility in early 2025. In a letter to employees obtained by Brownfield, Vice President of Beef and Pork Operations Ernesto Sanchez said the closure will impact 809 employees.

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