What Tyson Foods’ Terrible Year Means for the Future of Big Chicken
sentientmedia.org
Layoffs and a declining stock price may signal trouble for the U.S.'s largest poultry producer.
  • Aviandelight @mander.xyz
    50·
    10 months ago

    Who has money to pay for name brand anything these days. It also doesn’t help that their product sucks. Seriously I had to buy a bag of their chicken wings the other week and the product was mostly breadcrumbs and tiny little chicken drumsticks. These companies practice the worst sort of shrinkflation and then act surprised when people stop buying their product.

    • Alteon@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 months ago

      Every 5th piece also has woody breast meat in it as well. I used to never see that shit, now it feels like it’s in every damn bag. Woody Meat Roulette. The worst game.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
    39·
    10 months ago

    I don’t know why we don’t make chicken nuggets out of plant protein regularly now. They don’t taste like chicken, they don’t have the texture of chicken, and I honestly don’t think kids care as long as it’s shaped like a dinosaur.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
      13·
      10 months ago

      There actually are some good plant-based chicken nuggets out there too. For instance impossible nuggets are pretty good

      • krellor@kbin.social
        5·
        10 months ago

        I think my favorite fake nuggets are “Simulate” brand, and the box always gives me a kick. I don’t like the beyond meat nuggets, but I like their burger patties. Gardein stuff is also good. However, I’ve been a vegetarian so long I’m a bad judge of what tastes like meat.

        • Badabinski@kbin.social
          1·
          10 months ago

          I seriously stop and chuckle at the box art every time. I’m not really a “nugget” person whether they’re chicken, chick’n, or otherwise, but I adore that box art.

          I’m not a vegetarian (yet, I’m working on some food aversion stuff), but my girlfriend is. I’ve actually had the chance to try the Beyond nuggets, and I agree that they’re not that great. The texture just wasn’t right when I had them.

    • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
      6·
      10 months ago

      I always give my niece and nephew plant based nuggets. When they ask me what it is i just tell them “nuggets”. They love it.

    • library_napper@monyet.cc
      3·
      10 months ago

      We do. Just buy wheat flour and wash out the starch. It has wayy more protein than dead animals, its cheaper, its hethier, and it doesn’t cause climate change.

    • DaCookeyMonsta@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 months ago

      My nephew will only eat meat that is in Dino nugget form, I’m sure the reverse is true for most meat eating children.

  • qyron@sopuli.xyz
    30·
    10 months ago

    Oh well…

    A shame for those who lost their jobs but these mega factories need to go.

  • FoundTheVegan@kbin.social
    14·
    10 months ago

    The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
    We don’t need no water let the motherfucker burn,
    Burn motherfucker burn.

  • echo@lemmings.world
    12·
    10 months ago

    It’s a funny thing, but when you’re a huge employer who shits on your employees and price your products out the range of the common person then people quit buying your products.

  • anyone_yun@lemmy.ml
    9·
    10 months ago

    That’s great, more people eating less meat help the environment and it’s also a good ethical choice (imo)

  • Shirasho@lemmings.world
    6·
    10 months ago

    In my case Tyson always gives me heartburn. Oh, that is ignoring how abysmally they treat the livestock.

  • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    The best thing you can do for the planet is going vegan. The second best thing you can do is at least fucking try.

  • Poggervania@kbin.social
    2·
    10 months ago

    Why tf would I ever buy Tyson when I could get a whole rotisserie chicken for $5 or 5-6lbs of chicken boobs breasts for $15-$20? They both would taste waaaaaaay better than the shit Tyson churns out.