Allen Family Foods
founder) | |
Products | Chicken |
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Revenue | Unknown |
Website | www |
Allen Family Foods was a large American producer and exporter of chicken, headquartered in Seaford, Delaware. Founded in 1919 by Charles C. Allen and Nellie G. Allen as a small local hatchery. At one time Allen Family Foods was the world's 18th-largest producer of chicken products[citation needed], producing 10.5 million pounds (4.8 million kg) of finished products per week. Their network of 500 independent growers houses 25 million chickens at any given time. It employed 3,400 people in three states (Delaware, Maryland, and North Carolina), with an annual payroll of $90 million.[1] under the slogan is "The Quality Chicken People".
Allen's operated a hatchery alone until 1971, when it bought its first processing plant, near
The company filed for bankruptcy in June 2011[2] and was subsequently sold off. The smaller company continues as Seaford-based Allen Harim Foods LLC.[3]
Facilities
Function | Location |
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Headquarters | Seaford, DE |
Processing Plants | Cordova, MD - Harbeson, DE |
Hatcheries | Dagsboro, DE - Hurlock, MD,Seaford,DE |
Breeder Egg Production | Liberty, NC |
Feed Mills | Delmar, DE - Seaford, DE |
Rendering Plant | Linkwood, MD |
Allen Family Foods' facilities were sold between 2010 and 2011. The Hurlock and Delmar facilities belong to Amick Farms LLC[4] and the remaining sold property was reorganized under Allen Harim Foods.[3]
See also
- Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the meat industry in the United States
External links
References
- ^ a b 'Allen's Hatchery celebrating 90th...'; Parks, Lynn R.; Laurel Star; May 21, 2009
- ^ "The Bankruptcy Files: Dodgers to Tap JPMorgan Hedge Fund Loan".
- ^ a b "Our Company". Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "Facilities". Archived from the original on June 3, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.