Tyson Foods Latest Large Business to Flee Chicago Amid Crime Wave

Tyson Foods is the latest major corporation to flee Chicago, like Boeing and Caterpillar, due to out of control crime rates under its Democrat mayor, Lori Lightfoot.

Chicago has faced a number of corporate departures in recent months, almost three years into the city’s unprecedented crime wave.

Shootings, robberies, and other forms of violence have skyrocketed to levels not seen in decades, after Lightfoot became mayor in 2019.

Crime has risen in every category throughout Chicago, a fact which many local businesses are taking into consideration when looking to the future.

Tyson, the parent company of Jimmy Dean and Ball Park products, employs about 137,000 workers worldwide.

The meatpacking company announced that it will relocate around 1,000 corporate staffers from three locations in the Chicago area and South Dakota to its headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas, early next year.

Two of the offices are located in downtown Chicago and in Downers Grove, a nearby suburb.

Tyson CEO Donny King released, on Oct. 5, a press statement detailing the decision.

“Bringing our talented corporate team members and businesses together under one roof unlocks greater opportunities to share perspectives and ideas, while also enabling us to act quickly to solve problems and provide the innovative products and solutions that our customers deserve and value,” said King.

King did not cite any further reasons for the sudden move, which is another blow to the Windy City’s crime-afflicted image.

He said that consolidating the three offices will allow for closer employee collaboration and that no layoffs will accompany the shift.

Tyson said it will expand and remodel its headquarters in Arkansas to accommodate its staffers.

The announcement follows some recent changes in management, such as the appointment of John Tyson, the great-grandson of the company’s founder, as its chief financial officer.

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