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The live poultry industry in the North East services the local marketplace with a high-level gourmet poultry product sought by those consumers and retailers who demand a better product than those typically found in supermarkets. Eastern Poultry supply live poultry and poultry products to the over half of the 100+ live wholesale poultry markets in the surrounding Tri-State area. Eastern Poultry are farmers and distributors of live poultry. Eastern Poultry maintain significant market share by offering a better poultry product, focused customer service especially on delivery times, and expedited settlement of complaints. Instead of getting our supplies from farmers who dictate our supply numbers, we established our own grow-out program that increased supply and allow us more flexibility to service our clients’ need. The owners, Robert Chan and Henry Eng, spend a good deal of their time on high level planning, strategy, and implementation. We have established a business that runs self-sufficiently on a day-to-day basis. Our new state of the art staging and distribution facility in Newark, NJ, has been organized around three separate fundamental business processes, which are: Receiving, Processing,...
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Robert Chan – President. Mr. Chan’ grandfather started a live poultry wholesale market in 1973 servicing the retail sector for restaurants, meat markets, and walk in consumer business. Mr. Chan’s father succeeded him in the 1980’s and Robert had taken over the family business by the 1990’s. Robert wanted to take the business upstream by opening a distributorship of live poultry and he solicited the help and advice of his uncle, Henry Eng who became a partner.Robert is in charge of the operations of the business, which includes product/supply management, sales, marketing, deliver, premises, accounts receivables, and high level planning and...
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Broiler chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) are a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl, bred and raised specifically for meat production. Chickens are one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of 19 billion in 2011, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. Typical broilers have white feathers and yellowish skin. Most commercial broilers bred for meat reach slaughter weight at between 5 to 7 weeks of age, although slower growing strains reach slaughter weight at approximately 14 weeks of age. Because of this young age, much of their behaviour and physiology is that of an immature bird. Broilers and egg laying hen are the same species and share many characteristics, however, due to the rapid growth and selection for enlarged breast muscles, broilers are susceptible to different welfare concerns, particularly skeletal malformation and dysfunction. Broilers are usually grown as mixed-sex flocks in large sheds under intensive conditions, but some strains can be grown as free-range...
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China bans imports from another three COVID-19-affected plants in BrazilSource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-30BEIC chairman Joret sets the 2020 agendaSource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-30Kenyan poultry farmers source free chicks as COVID-19 marches onSource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-29New treatment knocks out red mite infestations in backyard poultrySource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-28Norwegian supermarket chain wins international chicken welfare awardSource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-26CDC links Salmonella outbreak to backyard poultrySource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-26UK Immigration Bill must not undervalue Britain’s key meat plant workersSource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-26CP Foods promises to double cage-free egg productionSource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-25UK poultry meat industry taking crucial steps to protect workers from coronavirusSource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-24Poultry Tech Summit goes digitalSource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-24US experts warn that poultry workers are at risk of COVID-19 infections despite economic reopeningSource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-23US meat packing union asks poultry plant to reinstate hazard paySource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-23Poultry consumption falls as online grocery sales surge in the UKSource: Poultry Industry NewsPublished on 2020-06-23Study identifies new tool...
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