# Tyson Foods to acquire Keystone Foods for $2.16 billion

Tyson Foods announced it would buy Keystone Foods from Marfrig Global Foods for $2.16 billion. The deal includes six processing plants and an innovation center in the U.S., and eight plants and three innovation centers internationally.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-08-20
- Where: United States
- Value: $2.16B
- Jobs: 11,000
- Status: announced
- Products: meat protein products, chicken nuggets, beef patties, chicken wings, fish filets
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Tyson Foods, Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/21595.md) (acquirer)
- [Keystone Foods](https://endata.com/companies/33836.md) (target)
- [Marfrig Global Foods](https://endata.com/companies/33837.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2018/08/20/tyson-foods-keystone-foods/), 2018-08-20: "Tyson Foods announced Monday that it would buy Keystone Foods in a $2.16 billion deal."

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