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Allen Family Foods was a large American producer and exporter of
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, headquartered in
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. Founded in 1919 by Charles C. Allen and Nellie G. Allen as a small local
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. At one time Allen Family Foods was the world's 18th-largest producer of chicken products, 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 (
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,
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, and
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), with an annual payroll of $90 million.'Allen's Hatchery celebrating 90th...'; Parks, Lynn R.; ''Laurel Star''; May 21, 2009 under the slogan is "The Quality Chicken People". Allen's operated a hatchery alone until 1971, when it bought its first processing plant, near
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. The plant, formerly owned by
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, was then leased to Ralston-Purina under the agreement that Allen would process the chickens and sell them under Ralston's Checkerboard Square label. 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
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, where chicken byproducts are turned into feed and dog food. The company filed for bankruptcy in June 2011 and was subsequently sold off. The smaller company continues as Seaford-based Allen Harim Foods LLC.


Facilities

Allen Family Foods' facilities were sold between 2010 and 2011. The Hurlock and Delmar facilities belong to Amick Farms LLC and the remaining sold property was reorganized under Allen Harim Foods.


See also

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External links


Allen Family Foods, Inc.

Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc.

National Chicken Council


References

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