Allen Family Foods
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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".
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Manufacturing |
Founded | 1919 |
Headquarters | Seaford, Delaware, United States |
Key people | Bob Turley, (President and CEO), Charles C. Allen, III, (President 1971-2009) Charles Clarence, (founder) Nellie G Allen, (founder) |
Products | Chicken |
Revenue | ![]() |
Website | www |
Allen's operated a hatchery alone until 1971, when it bought its first processing plant, near Cordova, Maryland. The plant, formerly owned by Esskay, was then leased to Ralston-Purina under the agreement that Allen would process the chickens and sell them under Ralston's Checkerboard Square label.[1] Allen's was informed in 1974 that Ralston-Purina would not be renewing the agreement, and Allen's took over the plant entirely. It mostly did custom processing for Holly Farms until 1980, when it started selling chickens under its own label throughout the Northeast. Eventually, it acquired two additional processing plants and an egg production company. It also owned a rendering plant in Linkwood, Maryland, where chicken byproducts are turned into feed and dog food.
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]