Tyson Foods 2002 Annual Report Download - page 15

Download and view the complete annual report

Please find page 15 of the 2002 Tyson Foods annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.

Page out of 63

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63

p 13
Tyson Foods is flexible enough to respond to customers’ changing product and distribution needs.
Tyson has highly efficient processing plants and the leading fresh, refrigerated and frozen distribution
infrastructure. With 130 processing locations, 10 forward warehouses and distribution centers, 11 cold
storage warehouses and more than 1,300 tractors and 2,100 trailers, Tyson Foods is the only company
with the internal capabilities to produce and ship fresh, refrigerated and frozen multi-protein products
throughout the United States.
Tyson Foods’ international strategy is to market domestically produced commodity and value-added
products internationally and to produce products in international locations to suit local tastes. Tyson
has capabilities to follow customers as they expand around the world. Sales offices in China, Japan,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates and the United
Kingdom support customer relationships. Tyson de Mexico is the largest producer of value-added chicken
in Mexico, serving retail and foodservice customers. Tyson has increased internationally based operations
to better serve local markets. Joint ventures in China, Ireland, Panama and Russia are helping to satisfy
growing demand for value-added protein-based foods. Additional opportunities to expand lie in these
countries and other areas including Brazil and Europe.
supplier of
chicken
products
to retail
supermarket delis
supplier of
value-added
chicken to
club stores
supplier of
value-added
and individually
frozen chicken
to military
commissaries
supplier of
value-added
chicken in
Mexico
supplier of
chicken
to the Russian
Federation
supplier of
U.S. beef
to Japan
supplier of
fully-cooked
meat toppings
to the U.S.
pizza industry
supplier of
beef and pork
to club stores
supplier of
ground beef
to foodservice
supplier of
ground beef
to retail
supplier of
fully-cooked,
refrigerated beef
and pork products
supplier of
frozen pizza
crusts to the
foodservice
industry
supplier of
flour tortillas
to the
foodservice
industry
supplier of
blue chromed
cattle hides
for the leather
industry
# 1# 1# 1# 1# 1# 1# 1
# 1# 1# 1# 1# 1# 1# 1