Skylark Group

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Skylark Group Limited
Company typePrivate Limited
Subsidiary of Skylark Group
Founded1985; 39 years ago (1985)
FounderJagbir Singh Dhull & Jasbir Deswal
HeadquartersKherakhemawati, Safidon, Jind, Haryana, India
Key people
Jagbir singh MD,
Saurabh Deswal
Business Head,
ProductsBroilers,layer, processed meat, eggs, poultry feed
Total assetsIncrease 50 billion (2018)
Number of employees
3000 (2018)

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[edit]

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.[citation needed]

Status[edit]

The Skylark Group is a 25 billion conglomerate and a large Asian poultry company. The group has diversified into fields including: poultry, processed food, meat processing and hatcheries. Skylark commissioned commercial broiler farms in 2008.[3][4][non-primary source needed]


Milestones[edit]

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 equipment
2002 Layer breeding & Hatchery
2003 Poultry feed plant
2006 Poultry processing plant
2008 Broiler farming (Automatic)
2010 Grand Parent Operation
2012 Feed production plant at Pilani, Rajasthan
2013 Agri operation in West Africa with PAGL
2014 Started Feed production plant in Purnia (Bihar) & Nepal
2015 Layer Ops in South India
2018 50% share Garinno Global Skylark Sunline Myanmar
2019 Soy Solvex Plant Ujjain
2020 Fish Feed, Cattle Feed, Nugget Raja, ANTA

start godown at hyderabad

Products[edit]

Skylark mainly produce poultry products, including both food products and poultry farming equipment and feed

Poultry sales[edit]

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 retail stores, commercial kitchens, and franchisees outlets. The processing plant of Skylark is at Food Park, HSIIDC Industrial Estate, RAI, Haryana which is near Delhi.[5]

Hatching and breeding[edit]

The company has separate hatcheries for Grand Parent, Parent Stock and commercials at 5 different locations in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Skylark have as well established a distribution network for the sale of DOC's / hatching eggs in Haryana Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan states.[6]

Skylark is the largest producer of broilers in North India. Skylark has a capacity of about 3 million broilers per month which is a huge number as compared to other broiler companies in India.[7][8]

Skylark have a poultry feed mill in Jind district and has a production capacity of 800 tonnes per day. It was established in 2003. This mill produce feed for G.P., Parent Stock, Layer Stock and commercial broiler farming having their respective starters and finishers range.[9]

Skylark provides technical assistance to farmers via a disease diagnostic laboratory at Jind, Haryana.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Official list of industrial Units in Jind" (PDF). Govt. of Haryana. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. ^ "PGDM Project Report". Scribd. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Monthly Poultry Issue" (PDF) (Press release). Poultry Express. July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Seminar report" (Press release). Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Esupplier Listing". Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Willkommen bei Expo-Guide – Ihrem Guide für Messen, Aussteller und Veranstalter". Expo-guide.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Asian poultry magazine" (PDF) (Press release). APM. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Poultry release". Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  9. ^ Official Feed Promo. Skylark Poultry.
  10. ^ "Skylark | Businesses". Skylarkfoods.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.