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...

    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...

        The California Gray is an American breed of domestic chicken bred in the U.S. The objective of the breed is to produce a dual-purpose chicken that is both suitable for meat and egg production. This breeds produces large white eggs. It is a cross between Barred Plymouth Rock rooster and a White Leghorn hen. The males of the species are around 5.5lb. and females are...

        Typical broilers have white feathers and yellowish skin. The gene for yellow skin was introduced into domestic birds through hybridization with the grey junglefowl (G. sonneratii). Modern crosses are best for meat production because they lack the typical hair which many breeds have that necessitates singeing after plucking. Both male and female broilers are reared for their meat. Most commercial broilers reach slaughter-weight at around five to seven weeks of age but slower growing breeds reach slaughter-weight approximately at 14 weeks of age. Females over a year old are known as hens and younger females as pullets although in the egg-laying industry, a pullet becomes a hen when she begins to lay eggs at 16 to 24 weeks of age. Broiler chickens are farmed for meat and usually live till 6 years of age but reach consumption age at 6...

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, and Distributions. Each process is under the supervision of a Team Leader who attends to the day-to-day operation under their watch. Both team leaders are thoroughly cross trained in each other’s job responsibilities. Partner Robert oversees the entire marketing and operations along with all farming activities and supply chain processes. Partner Henry is responsible for all the administrative aspects including legal, accounting, finance, banking, accounts payable/receivables, insurance and record...