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Anne and Dion Andary.
IN 1987, myself and my wife Anne commenced buying and distributing 50 boxes of eggs around Adelaide as Adelaide Egg Supply.
In order to personally identify the fledgling business, it was decided to use the name DAYS, originating from Dion, Anne, Yasmine and Sarah (Yasmine and Sarah being our two daughters) to cre- ate DAYS Adelaide Egg Supply.
The long-term vision was to modernise infra- structure with the em- phasis on high-tech egg production equipment and dedicated focus on max- imising hen welfare im- provements.
The company rapidly expanded into production, packing and distribu- tion of fresh eggs around South Australia.
It was in September 2006 that Days Eggs Pty Ltd was incorporated with the primary focus of pro- viding South Australian retailers and consumers with the highest quality of affordable and locally produced eggs.
Though Days Eggs Pty Ltd started its journey in the egg industry of South Australia as a very small family owned business, we now have a dedicated team of over 90 employ- ees and have egg industry best practice in the farm- ing, grading and distribu- tion of fresh eggs into lo- cal and interstate markets.
After substantial capital investment in new tech- nology and automation over the past 10 years in eight locations around SA, we have now grown to
become South Australia’s largest egg producer, pro- viding premium-quality cage eggs, free range eggs and barn-laid eggs to all our customers throughout the state and interstate.
Since 2006, Days Eggs has focused on integrating our entire operation, from the receiving of day-old chicks to providing first- quality table eggs.
With over 480,000 hens currently in production, Days Eggs continues to expand its production base and will have more than 500,000 hens in pro- duction by 2019.
Food safety and animal welfare
The vision was ‘not to be the biggest’ but ‘to be the best’ at what we do.
Highest-quality, clean fresh eggs and best hen welfare have always re- mained as the focal point and the main driving force for Days Eggs.
The variety of egg pro- duction systems, caged, barn and free range in general terms, provides for a range of animal wel- fare and food safety out- comes.
The production systems have different animal welfare and food safety profiles and Days Eggs
supports and promotes each one.
Diverse production sys- tems attract different cost profiles due to the dif- ferent capital costs and the different biosecurity controls.
And with the diversity in non-caged production methods, labour, food safety and predator risks associated primarily with hens having access to out- door areas can be prob- lematic.
These production costs are reflected in differ- ent farm gate, wholesale and retail prices between caged, barn and free range eggs.
Hart Rd Egg Packing & Distribution Centre
In January 2018, Days Eggs expanded its grading
and warehouse capacity at the Hart Rd, Lower Light factory, installing a new egg grading complex and installing and commis- sioning a new high-speed, large-volume computer- ised egg grading machine.
Currently the machine has the capacity to grade 126,000 eggs per hour and is the first of this model machine in Australia.
It also includes a UV sanitiser, an inline wash- ing and liquid sanitising plant and egg and oiling stamping plant.
The new expansion also combined an 800-pallet warehouse and distribu- tion load-out facility.
Days Eggs operations in South Australia also provides support for addi- tional businesses, supply- ing stock feed, transport packaging and general supplies to the continuing and expanding production capability.
We are proud to be a national leader in the new era of a rapidly modernis- ing egg industry in Aus- tralia.
Dion Andary
Days Eggs Managing Diretor
A free range farm at Port Germein, SA.
Long family history for Days Eggs
DAYS EGGS
ABOUT DAYS EGGS
Days Eggs Pty Ltd is the principal egg producer in South Australia.
The company is managed by Dion Andary as managing director and Anne Andary (sales & technical manager).
Dion is also president of Commercial Egg Farmers Association of South Australia and Tasmania and represents SA and Tasmanian egg farmers as one of five directors of Egg Farmers of Australia.
A look inside the warehouse.
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The new grading machine at Hart Rd, Lower Light, SA.