I happen to have a source inside an investors conference at a ritzy hotel in Florida today where consumer product companies pitch their story to major investors, hedge fund managers and such.

The picture gives an indication of who was filling the center of the plate at tonight’s dinner. Tyson meats had the honor.

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Tyson was also much discussed at the dinner tables, our source reports. But not for the chicken breasts. Table talk everywhere was about the recently reported theft of a briefcase containing $140,000-plus in cash from Tyson boss John Tyson’s home.

Speculation ran the gamut.

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Nobody seemed to be my buying my idea that it’s just Tyson’s version of a loose change jar.

UPDATE: Wednesday morning, another report from the investors’ conference, this from talk at the breakfast buffet line. It’s on the jump

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