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| K&N's | |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Poultry Frozen food |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Founders | Khalil Sattar Naushaba Khalil |
| Headquarters | K&N's Centre, 160 Shahrah-e-Faisal, Bangalore Town, Karachi, 75350, Pakistan, Karachi , Pakistan |
Number of locations | 166 |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Khalil Sattar (Chairman) Adil Sattar (CEO) |
| Products | Frozen chicken products, raw chicken, parent stock, day-old chicks, poultry feed |
| Website | kandns |
K&N's is a Pakistani multinational poultry and frozen food company based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded in 1964 by Khalil Sattar and Naushaba Khalil.[1]
History
K&N's was founded in January 1964 in Karachi by Khalil Sattar, then a college student, together with his wife, Naushaba Khalil, from whose first initials the company name was derived.[2][3] At a time when there was no commercial poultry production in Pakistan and chickens were predominantly raised as backyard poultry, Sattar started a small broiler farm with 1,000 chicks housed in a spare shed at his family's edible oil extraction factory in Karachi.[4][5]
In 1971, Sattar established the company's own feed mill at Karachi to supply customised feed to K&N's growing broiler operations.[4] By 1974, K&N's entered into an exclusive franchise agreement with Babcock Corporation of Ithaca, New York, to become the sole producer and distributor of Babcock pullet chicks in Pakistan.[4] In 1989, the company established the K&N's Poultry Diagnostic and Research Institute with assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).[6]
In 2001, K&N's returned to broiler growing on a larger scale by introducing controlled-environment facilities.[4] In 2003, the company began opening company-operated retail "Chicken Stores" to sell chicken and related products, growing the chain to 68 outlets by 2011.[6][7]
By 2011, K&N's was one of the largest broiler-chick producers and the market leader for processed chicken products in Pakistan.[1] In May 2012, K&N's discontinued supplies to the cash-and-carry chains Metro and Makro following a dispute over pricing and in-store advertising charges.[8]
In 2013, K&N's acquired the former Birds Eye frozen-foods plant on Phillips Street in Fulton, New York, for the establishment of its first overseas processing facility, investing more than US$5 million in renovation.[9][10] The U.S. subsidiary, K&N's Foods USA, LLC, was founded on 3 January 2014 and began commercial production at the Fulton plant on 4 August 2014 to serve in the United States, Canada, and Europe.[11]
Operations
It is engaged in integrated poultry operations including breeding, hatching, feed milling, broiler growing, poultry processing and production of Halal ready-to-cook and fully cooked chicken products.[12]
K&N's is categorized into two areas:[1]
- K&N's Poultry, which has a parent stock production unit, day-old chicks, feed and broilers
- K&N's Foods, to control processed chicken and ready-to-cook and fully cooked chicken products
References
- 1 2 3 Tucker, Trent. "Chapter 38: K&N's: A Vertically Integrated Business Approach". Cases and Tools in Biotechnology Management. The BIOT*6610 Class of Winter Term 2018.
- ↑ "Interview with the founder of K&N's poultry group: Why Pakistan's poultry exports aren't taking off? – Business Recorder".
- ↑ Masooma, Aisha Arshad, Syeda (March 22, 2017). "K&N's vs everyone else: the battle for the frozen food aisle". Profit by Pakistan Today.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 3 4 "K&N's Leads Industry Growth in Pakistan". The Poultry Site.
- ↑ "A pioneering effort pays rich dividends". Dawn. April 27, 2015.
- 1 2 Tucker, Trent. "K&N's: A Vertically Integrated Business Approach". Cases and Tools in Biotechnology Management.
- ↑ "K&N's: Health and Happiness for Pakistan". Harvard Business School.
- ↑ "Falling out: K&N's parts ways with Metro, Makro over price row". The Express Tribune. May 22, 2012.
- ↑ "K&N's Foods progressing with plans to open poultry plant in New York". WATT Poultry.
- ↑ "K&N's Opens First Facility In America – in Fulton". Oswego County Today. January 4, 2014.
- ↑ "K&N's Celebrates A Year Of Growth In Fulton". Oswego County Today. August 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Falling out: K&N's parts ways with Metro, Makro over price row - The Express Tribune". 22 May 2012.