Egg firm exec opens up about the price of eggs this winter
Egg firm exec opens up about the price of eggs this winter
2024-10-29
Did you know that almost half of the liquid eggs in Taiwan are supplied by a Chiayi-based firm? Its eggs are used for many products and restaurant meals up and down the country. The firm was recently passed onto a new generation of executive, Ku Hsin-ping, who hopes for a calmer egg market this winter.
This Taiwanese liquid egg supplier has over 5,000 clients all over the country, from breakfast diners to restaurants and premium hotels. Every day, its team of 2 million hens lays eggs that end up on our plates.
Ku Hsin-ping
Egg supplier
We can see that in the second half of the year, even if there’s some fluctuations in the price, it will only be a few dollars. It’s not going to be like last year, when people were scrambling to get hold of eggs, or you could only get one if you were millionaire.
We’re approaching the end of the year, which is when demand for eggs always peaks. Right now, supply outstrips demand, so businesses are able to save on costs. But here’s an interesting fact: for more than a decade, the industry has referred to waste eggshells as “white gold.” Three to four tons are produced every day.
Ku Hsin-ping
Egg supplier
The egg yolk gives them enough nutrition. The egg white gives them muscles. The eggshell gives them calcium, because they break out of the shell, right? What can we use the eggshells for? They can use infrared light for insulation.
Ku hsin-ping has inherited the business from her parents, the founders. She knows the business like the back of her hand. As a child, she would head down to the factory floor to help out in summer and winter vacations. She studied medicine and became a dermatologist, but eventually quit medicine in order to relieve some of her father’s workload.
Ku Hsin-ping
Egg supplier
When I got back for summer and winter vacations, I’d go and knock on the door of my dad’s office. He’d be reading reports with his spectacles on. And suddenly I felt how much he’d aged. In that moment, I thought, “I want to come home and spend more time with him.”
This was the first interview given by the executive in her new role. She shed tears describing her feelings at taking over the 40-year-old company from her aging parents. Her hope is not just to make profits, she said, but to steer the company towards a century of good business.
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液蛋龍頭千金首度上節目分享 談父親淚灑攝影棚
2024-10-29
年底雞蛋需求旺季碰上價格崩盤，消費市場稍微鬆口氣，不過雞蛋價格波動大，雞蛋產業長久經營不容易！70年代創立於嘉義的液蛋龍頭公司市佔逼近五成，許多早餐店、餐廳、星級飯店都是客戶，二代千金本身是皮膚科醫師，卻因為不捨父親辛勞，捨棄白袍、回家幫忙，首度接受節目專訪，感性淚灑攝影棚。
國內液蛋龍頭客戶遍及全台，包含早餐、餐廳、星級飯店超過5千家，每天得出動200萬母雞部隊幫忙下蛋、才足以供應。
[[蛋品公司經理 古昕平]]
“我們看下半年，雞蛋就算有漲幅、跌價，大概也是幾塊之間，不會像去年一樣，大家看到蛋就要搶，或是有蛋就是大富翁”
年底雞蛋旺季來臨，產地供過於求，替業者省下不少成本。有趣的是，每天產出3到4噸廢棄蛋殼，早在十年前就被拿來變"白金"。
[[蛋品公司經理 古昕平]]
“蛋黃給予牠足夠的營養，蛋白給了牠肌肉，蛋殼給了牠鈣，因為牠是破殼而出的嘛。我蛋殼可以做什麼運用，蛋殼有紅外線保溫的效果”
二代經營者古昕平對雞蛋瞭若指掌，因為她從小看著父母辛苦創業，寒暑假都會到工廠幫忙，醫學系畢業、當上皮膚科醫師，卻因為不捨父親辛勞，捨棄白袍。
[[蛋品公司經理 古昕平]]
“寒暑假回來就去敲我爸辦公室的門，他戴著老花眼鏡看報表，那一瞬間我覺得他老很多，就是那一瞬間我覺得說，我想回來陪他”
液蛋龍頭千金首度上節目分享，就感性淚灑攝影棚，接棒逾40年企業，不只追求高獲利，更期許能成為百年企業。
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