Tyson Foods Inc. has announced plans to discontinue operations at three facilities. The closings will enable the company to use more of the available production capacity at some of its other prepared foods plants, the company said in a statement.
Tyson Foods’ Cherokee, Iowa, plant will close effective September 27, while the company’s Buffalo, N.Y., and Santa Teresa, N.M., plants are expected to cease operations during the first half of calendar 2015. The decision will affect approximately 950 people, including 450 at Cherokee, 300 at Buffalo and 200 at Santa Teresa.