The American meat giant, Tyson Foods, announced the closure of an industrial facility in the state of Georgia, United States, as part of a restructuring and cost reduction movement, announced amid the financial results of the first quarter of 2026, released in February. The plant to be closed is located in the American city of Rome and had been acquired by Tyson in 2014. The facility produced granola bars for General Mills under contract. According to Tyson, recent changes have made the operation economically unfeasible. Operations will cease by May 31, according to an official statement filed on March 26 in the Georgia WARN Act database, according to the specialized American website FoodBev Media. With the decision, the company will lay off 168 workers. Earlier this year, Tyson had already closed its largest beef plant in the state of Nebraska, citing the need to adjust its capacity in the face of cattle scarcity in the US—a situation that raised processing costs, in addition to ...