"DRB" > wrote in message
m...
>
> "Miss Jean" > wrote in message
> .net...
> Not sure when Tyson bought IBP, so my concern may be
> > unjustified. I may have been buying Tyson beef anyway. This was 2 years
> ago.
> >
> > Miss Jean, who is rambling tonight.
> >
> >
>
> I can probably get the answer for you. My mom is the accountant for one
of
> they Tyson plants, and she should know... You may have very well had
Tyson
> beef. I'm sure I was told about the buyout, but I can't remember the
exact
> timing. I was in my senior year of undergrand and applying to grad
schools
> this time two years ago, so everything besides gre scores, applications,
and
> biochemistry never got stored in my head...
>

It started about two years ago. The take over happened last March and IBP
became fully Tyson in October of last year. That's when they did the one to
one stock exchange. Our paychecks were changed from IBP to Tyson in
December of last year.

The interesting part is IBP actually sued Tyson to force them to buy them
out.

Kathy