K&N's

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K&N's
Company type Private
Industry Frozen Food
Founded1964;60 years ago (1964)
FoundersKhalil Sattar
Naushaba Khalil
Headquarters Karachi, Pakistan
Area served
Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, USA
ProductsChicken products
Website kandns.com

K&N's is a Pakistani multinational poultry and frozen food company based in Karachi. [1]

Contents

History

K&N's was founded by a college student, Khalil Sattar and his wife Naushaba Khalil, in 1964. [2] [3]

In 2011, K&N's became "one of the largest broiler-chick producers and he market leader for the processed chicken products in Pakistan". [1]

In August 2016, the company won five medals at IFFA in Germany. [4]

Products

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. [5]

K&N's is categorized into two areas: [1]

  1. K&N's Poultry, which had parent stock production unit, day-old chicks, feed and broilers, and
  2. K&N's Foods to control processed chicken and ready-to-cook and fully cooked chicken products.

K&N's produces a wide range of poultry products, including whole chickens, chicken parts, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat products, and value-added products such as burgers, nuggets, and sausages.

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References

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  5. "Falling out: K&N's parts ways with Metro, Makro over price row - The Express Tribune". 22 May 2012.