PERRY, Iowa (KCCI) – A company is in negotiations with Tyson Foods to purchase the pork plant according to Perry City officials, KCCI reported. The negotiations were discussed during a meeting earlier this week by Mayor Kirk Cavanaugh. As of now, not much is known about the potential sale.

Perry City leaders have not said who the potential buyer is.

Before the pork plant shut down at the end of June, Tyson Foods was Perry’s largest employer. Over 1,000 people lost their jobs when the plant shut down.