K&N's Explained

K&N's
Type:	Private
Founders:	Khalil Sattar Naushaba Khalil
Area Served:	Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, USA
Industry:	Frozen Food
Products:	Chicken products
Location:	Karachi, Pakistan

K&N's is a Pakistani multinational poultry and frozen food company based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded in 1964 by Khalil Sattar with his wife, Naushaba Khalil, hence the company name K&N's.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

K&N's is categorized into two areas:

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.

History

K&N's was founded by a college student, Khalil Sattar and his wife Naushaba Khalil, in 1964.^[4]

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

In August 2016, the company won five medals at IFFA in Germany.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: K&N’s vs everyone else: the battle for the frozen food aisle. Aisha Arshad, Syeda. Masooma. March 22, 2017. Profit by Pakistan Today.
2. Book: Tucker, Trent. Cases and Tools in Biotechnology Management. The BIOT*6610 Class of Winter Term 2018. Chapter 38: K&N’s: A Vertically Integrated Business Approach.
3. Web site: 22 May 2012. Falling out: K&N's parts ways with Metro, Makro over price row - The Express Tribune.
4. Web site: Interview with the founder of K&N's poultry group: Why Pakistan's poultry exports aren't taking off? – Business Recorder.
5. Web site: Pakistani food products receive global honour in Germany. www.thenews.com.pk.