Skylark Group
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| Company type | Private Limited Subsidiary of Skylark Group |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Jagbir Singh Dhull and Jasbir Deswal |
| Headquarters | Jind, Haryana, India |
Key people | Jagbir singh MD, Saurabh Deswal Business Head |
| Products | Broilers, processed meat, eggs |
| Total assets |  ₹ 4 billion (2011) |
Number of employees | 1000 (2010) |
| Website | skylarkfoods |
Skylark Foods Limited is a subsidiary of Skylark Group, an Indian company that specialises in chicken and meat processing, and poultry products for poultry usage. It holds the same position in North India as Venky's holds in South India.[1][2]
History
Founded in 1985 in village Anta, Distt. Jind, Haryana as Skylark Poultry Farms by the Dhull and Deswal family, it mainly produced day-old layer and broiler chicks for the poultry markets of North India. Skylark started its first operation with broiler breeding & hatchery with a capacity of 1000 broiler breeders.
Status
Today the diversified Skylark Group is a ₹4 billion conglomerate and a large Asian poultry company. The group has diversified into many fields including: poultry, processed food, meat processing and hatcheries. Skylark has commissioned technologically advanced commercial broiler farms in 2008.[3][4]
Milestones
Skylark Group achieved many milestones which describes the long journey it has taken to reach this level
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Started broiler commercial farming (with 700 chicks) |
| 1985 | Broiler Breeding & Hatchery (with 1000 PS) |
| 2000 | Start contract broiler farming (with 20000 birds) |
| 2000 | Poultry equipments |
| 2002 | Layer breeding & Hatchery |
| 2003 | Poultry feed plant |
| 2005 | Poultry processing plant |
Antibiotic-free chicken
Skylark became the only company in the world to produce chicken raised without using antibiotics, anticoccidial drugs and chemical free diet.[citation needed]
Products
Skylark is a very diversified group in terms of products. It mainly produce poultry products, some of them are
-Equipments
- Battery cages
- Hatchers and incubators
- Ventilation systems
- Turnkey housing solutions
- Food products
- Whole chicken
- Chicken boneless
- Chicken drumsticks
- Chicken wings
- Chicken lollipops
- Chicken curry cuts
- Chicken legs
- Chicken liver
- Chicken gizzard
- Day-old broiler and layer chicks - Poultry feed - Vitamins and mineral premixes
Hatcheries
Hatcheries are the biggest mainstay of Skylark. The company has separate hatcheries for Grand Parent, Parent Stock and commercials at 5 different locations in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Hygiene and sanitary conditions are maintained inside hatcheries. Skylark have awell established distribution network for the sale of DOC’s / hatching eggs in Haryana Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan states.[5]
Nutrich
Skylark markets fresh chilled and frozen chicken in institutions and retail segments in different pack sizes under brand name “ Nutrich" in North India. Their products range includes whole chicken, chicken boneless (breast & thigh), drumsticks, full legs, wings, lollipops etc. Their clients include Walmart, Reliance Retail Limited, Nirula's, five star hotels etc. and franchisees outlets of the company. The processing plant of Skylark is situated at Food Park, HSIIDC Industrial Estate, RAI, Haryana which is very close to Delhi.[6]
Broiler units
Skylark is the largest producer of broilers in North India. Skylark has come up with modernised, state of the art broiler units at Pilani, Rajasthan with an automatic drinking and feeding systems. Skylark has a present capacity of about 3 million broilers per month which is a huge number as compared to other broiler companies in India.[7][8]
Poultry feed
Skylark have a poultry feed mill in Jind district and has a production capacity of 800 tonnes per day. It was established in year 2003 due to the foreseen growth of the Skylark Group. This mill produce feed for G.P., Parent Stock, Layer Stock and commercial broiler farming having their respective starters and finishers range.[9]
Businesses
Skylark Foods is involved in mainly 10 types of business which are
- Grand Parent Operations
- Central Brooding
- Parent Stock Operations
- Hatcheries
- Poultry Feed Mill
- Broiler Farming
- Layer Operations
- Poultry Equipments
- Poultry Processing
Poultry disease diagnostic laboratory
Skylark has a major contribution for the development of the poultry industry by providing technical assistance to farmers and establishing a disease diagnostic laboratory at Jind, Haryana.[10]
References
- ^ "Official list of industrial Units in Jind" (PDF). Govt. of Haryana. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ "PGDM Project Report". Scribd. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ "Monthly Poultry Issue" (PDF) (Press release). Poultry Express. July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ "Seminar report" (Press release). Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ "Willkommen bei Expo-Guide - Ihrem Guide für Messen, Aussteller und Veranstalter". Expo-guide.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Esupplier Listing". Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ "Asian poultry magazine" (PDF) (Press release). APM. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ "Poultry release". Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ Official Feed Promo. Skylark Poultry.
- ^ "Skylark | Businesses". Skylarkfoods.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.