Former Tyson executive Adcock resigns from Beyond Meat

Former Tyson Foods executive Bernie Adcock resigned as chief supply chain officer of alternative protein company Beyond Meat, effective September 30.

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Bernie Adcock resigned from his position as chief supply chain officer of alternative protein company Beyond Meat.

According to a securities filing that can be seen on the Beyond Meat investor relations website, Adcock, who had previously held the same position with Tyson Foods, submitted his resignation on September 20, the same day the suspension of another executive who left Tyson to join Beyond Meat, Doug Ramsey, the company’s chief operations officer, was announced. Ramsey was suspended amid allegations of a road rage incident that included breaking another driver’s rear windshield, punching the driver, threatening to kill that person and biting that person’s nose. Ramsey was taken into custody following the alleged incident in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but has since bonded out.

Ramsey and Adcock both began working for Beyond Meat in December 2021, and their hirings were announced in the same press release.

The securities filing stated that Adcock was leaving Beyond Meat “to pursue another opportunity.” His last day of employment with Beyond Meat will be September 30.

Before Adcock joined the Beyond Meat management team at Beyond Meat, he had been employed by Tyson Foods for 31 years.

Beyond Meat eliminating position

The company also announced that the chief supply chain officer position will be eliminated, and that duties that were handled by Adcock will now be handled by Jonathan Nelson, the company’s current senior vice president, manufacturing operations. It was earlier announced that Nelson would also handle the duties previously performed by Ramsey on an interim basis, following Ramsey’s suspension.

Nelson also served as the chief operating officer on an interim basis prior to Ramsey’s hiring.

Formed in 2009, Beyond Meat became a publicly traded company ten years after its formation. Shares of the company trade on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker BYND.

Tyson Foods purchased a 5% stake in Beyond Meat in 2016 and expanded its investment in 2017, but sold those shares in 2019 as it planned the launch of its own plant-based protein products.

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