Allen Family Foods is a large U.S. producer and exporter of chicken, headquartered in Seaford, Delaware. Founded in 1919 by Charles C. Allen and Nellie G Allen as a small local hatchery, today, Allen Family Foods is the world's 18th-largest producer of chicken products, producing 10.5 million pounds (4.8 million kg) of finished products per week. Their network of 500 independent growers houses 25 million chickens at any given time. They employ 3,400 people in three states (Delaware, Maryland, and North Carolina), with an annual payroll of $90 million. Their slogan is "The Quality Chicken People".