Tyson Foods Acquires Organic-Chicken Producer

Poultry company buying Nebraska-based Smart Chicken brand in bid to boost organic business

Tyson Foods Inc. is making a push into organic chicken, striking a deal to acquire the Smart Chicken brand, the company said Monday.

Buying the Nebraska-based maker of organic fresh chicken and chicken sausages broadens Tyson’s organic offerings, as rival meat companies pursue their own deals and shift more of their poultry toward a market where sales are growing faster than conventional chicken.

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