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Tyson Foods made $13.65 billion last quarter — that's not your win

published · May 5, 7:46 PM · $3.56 total · published 54d ago
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Tyson Foods just posted $13.65 billion in revenue for one quarter. Chicken volume up six straight quarters. CEO Donnie King says 'protein is a priority for consumers.' Meanwhile the guys buying that chicken are paying record grocery prices. Mike's angle: the food companies are doing fine. The shareholder checks are going out. The working family paying $8 for a rotisserie bird at the grocery store is not in the earnings call. Button: Revenue up. Net income down. Stock up 8%. None of that is your win.

Video format — short punchy argument Mike delivers with controlled frustration, no setup needed. Tyson is a named company with specific numbers. Connects corporate earnings to kitchen-table costs. Fresh lane — no food/grocery content in recent window.

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Tyson Foods. Fiscal second quarter. $13.65 billion in revenue. Chicken volume up six straight quarters. [pause] CEO Donnie King gets on the call and says — I'm quoting — 'Protein continues to be a priority for consumers.' [pause] Yeah. People gotta eat. That's not insight, that's Tuesday. [pause] Meanwhile you're in the grocery aisle paying eight bucks for a rotisserie bird. Doing the math on which cut you can actually afford. [pause] Here's the scorecard. Revenue up 4.4%. Net income down 3.5%. Stock up nearly 8% in one day. They returned $445 million to shareholders this year through dividends and buybacks. [pause] None of that is your win. Not one penny ends up in your cart. [pause] The food companies are fine. The shareholders are fine. The working family buying chicken for dinner is not in the earnings call. [chuckles] They're just in the grocery store. Paying for it.

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Tyson posted $13.65B in revenue. Stock up 8%. Your grocery bill didn't get the memo. #tysonfoods #groceryprices #americafirst #workingclass

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