I loko o kāna mau makahiki he 25, ua ulu ʻo F&S Produce Co., Rosenhayn, NJ, mai kahi mea hoʻoulu / mea hana i ka mea hoʻolaha huahana hou, ka mea hoʻoheheʻe hau a me ka mea hana ʻoki ʻoki hou e neʻe ana ma mua o 50 miliona paona hua a me nā mea kanu i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Sam Pipitone Jr. i ka hui me kahi hoa ʻoihana ma 1981 - ʻo ia ka "S" ma F&S Produce. ʻO ia ke kolu o ka hanauna o kona ʻohana i mahiʻai ma ke kūkulu hema o New Jersey, akā ua loaʻa iā ia ka manawa e hana ai i nā pepa ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻulaʻula no ka huahana Mexicorn a Green Giant. Mai laila mai, ua neʻe ʻo F&S Produce i mea ʻoki hou a hoʻohui waiwai.
Ua lilo ʻo Pipitone i mea nona hoʻokahi a me Luna Nui i ka makahiki 1986, a i kēlā manawa ua hoʻoholo e kālele i ka manaʻo o ka hui i nā ʻoki hou. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i nā hana mahiʻai a loaʻa nā huahana mai nā wahi a puni o ka ʻāina. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kahi hui kaʻa kaʻa, ʻo Pipco Transportation, e hoʻohana ana i 22 tractors a ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 mau kaʻa kaʻa hau. Lawe ka hui kaʻa kaʻa i nā huahana F&S Produce a hiki i ka ʻaoʻao hema e like me Carolinas, komohana i Ohio a ʻākau i New England.
Ua kūkulu ʻo Pipitone i 20,000 kapuaʻi square hou i ʻoki ʻia i ka makahiki 1988, a ʻo ka holomua o ka hui i alakaʻi i kahi hoʻohui 10,000 square foot ma 1995. ʻEhā makahiki ma hope, ua hoʻohui hou ʻia kēlā mea kanu, e hoʻokomo i kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe. hale keʻena a me nā keʻena hou.
I ka makahiki 2001, ua ʻimi hou ʻo F&S Produce e hoʻonui i kāna mau hana ʻoki hou. Ua kūʻai mai ʻo Pipitone i kahi hale 55,000 kapuaʻi kūhāhā kokoke e hoʻopaʻa i kāna laina kāloti i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka mahu, nā laina ʻeke a me nā hana pepa brined. ʻO ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka makahiki 2002 i hoʻohui i nā laina hou-ʻoki hou e hiki ai i ka hui ke hoʻonui i nā hale kūʻai a me nā lawelawe meaʻai hou a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka makahiki 2005 he ʻōnaehana wikiwiki wikiwiki (IQF) i hiki i ka hui ke hāʻawi i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. I ka makahiki 2006, ua kūkulu ʻia kahi hoʻohui 15,000 square feet e hoʻonui ai i ka hiki o ka hale kūʻai. Ua hoʻohui pū ʻia kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻokele kaʻa i kēlā manawa e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i nā mea nui no ka hana IQF.
I kēia manawa me ka ʻoi aku o ka 100,000 square feet o ka hiki ke hana, hiki i ka hui ke hoʻokō i nā pono o nā mea kūʻai aku ma nā ʻano like ʻole. Ma waho aʻe o ka hana ʻoki ʻoki hou, hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke kauoha i nā huahana maka hou, nā huahana i hoʻoponopono ʻia a i ʻole nā huahana brined. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pipitone e hoʻomohala ana ʻo ia i kahi puree i loko o kahi ʻeke aseptic e hele i nā mea kūʻai kālepa ʻoihana e hoʻohana i ka puree i nā sopa a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe.
"Ua hāmama mākou i ka lawelawe ʻana i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku," wahi āna. "Nānā mākou i nā mea e hana nei ma ka mākeke a pane aku me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā huahana hou a me nā mea hou e hoʻokō i nā pono o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku."
Hāʻawi ʻo F&S Produce i kahi laina piha o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu no ka ʻoihana, lawelawe meaʻai a me nā mea kūʻai aku. ʻO nā mea kūʻai nui ma ka mākeke ʻoihana he kāloti, aniani, pepa a me ka celery. Hoʻopili ʻia nā mea āpau e like me nā kikoʻī o ka mea kūʻai aku a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi ākea o nā pahu mai nā pahu kūʻai kūʻai hopu-a-hele no Wal-Mart, BJ's Wholesale Club a me Albertsons, a me MAP film-sealed trays no Chick-fil-A a 1,500 paona pahu pahu no General Mills.
ʻO ka hoʻokō ʻana o F&S Produce i ka palekana meaʻai e loaʻa ana kahi papahana HACCP i kākau ʻia a me ka loiloi mau ʻaoʻao ʻekolu o kāna mau mea kanu e ka Food Processors Association's Supplier Audits for Food Excellence (FPA-SAFE), Cook and Thurber and the American Baking Institute (AIB). Pono ʻo F&S Produce i kāna mau mea hoʻolako e hoʻopau i nā loiloi ʻaoʻao ʻekolu a e hahai i nā alakaʻi USDA no nā hana mahiʻai maikaʻi i kā lākou hana ulu a hōʻiliʻili. A ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he palapala palekana meaʻai, ua hōʻoia ʻia ka hui e ka Kosher Orthodox Union ma ke ʻano he lawelawe i kāna mau mea kūʻai aku e hana ana i nā huahana kosher. ʻO kēia mau ʻano palapala hōʻoia i hiki ai iā F&S Produce ke komo i kekahi mau papahana, me ka USDA School Lunch Program e hoʻolako i nā kula me nā hui saladi a me nā ʻāpana ʻāpala mākaukau e ʻai.
Nā mea hana
Ma kāna mau hoʻoikaika ʻana e pane aku i nā pono o kā lākou mea kūʻai aku, ua hoʻokumu ʻo F&S i kahi laina huahana hou i ʻOkakopa - nā huaʻai a me nā lau ʻai ma ke ʻano maka, ʻoki hou a i ʻole ka hau.
"Pono kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i nā mea kūlohelohe," wahi a Pipitone.
ʻO ka noi no nā huahana organik i hele mua mai ka lawelawe meaʻai a F&S Produce a me nā mea kūʻai aku kālepa ʻoihana. He mākeke ulu ia a Pipitone i makemake ai e hoʻokomo kālā, a ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i kēlā koi.
"Ke nānā nei mākou i ka mākeke a me ke ʻano o nā huahana organik," wahi āna. "Ua manaʻo mākou he mea hoʻohui maikaʻi ia i kā mākou laina huahana."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pipitone ua nānā ʻo ia i nā papahana hōʻoia organik USDA like ʻole a koho i ka mea āna i manaʻo ai ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi loa - ka palapala hōʻoia NOFA-NJ. Ma waena o ʻehā a ʻeono mahina i lilo i mea olaola i hōʻoia ʻia. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Doug Nicoll, ka luna o nā lawelawe ʻenehana, i ke kaʻina hana hōʻoia organik. Mālama pū ʻo ia i ka hōʻoia maikaʻi, R&D a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
Aia kekahi mau ʻanuʻu a me nā alakaʻi e pono ai nā limahana a me nā limahana hōʻoia maikaʻi e hahai ai no ka mālama ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i nā huahana organik. Pono e mālama kaʻawale ʻia nā huahana organik a koi ʻia nā hana lawelawe kūikawā i ka hana ʻana. Pono ka hoʻohui hou ʻana no ka mea ʻaʻohe laina i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka ʻoihana no ka hana organik.
"E ʻōlelo wau ʻaʻole paʻakikī e like me kā mākou i manaʻo ai," wahi a Pipitone. "Pono ka nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī."
Loaʻa i nā mea kanu kahi ala kūʻokoʻa i ka hana ʻana i nā organika. Hana ʻo F&S Produce i nā huahana organik i ka hoʻololi mua o ka lā. Ma hope o nā mea kūlohelohe, ua hoʻoponopono ʻia nā huahana maʻamau i hana i ka nui o nā kūʻai aku o ka ʻoihana.
I ka pō, hoʻomaʻemaʻe ka hui hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā mea hana no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa organik i ke kakahiaka. Pono nā koi o ka papahana hōʻoia organik i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā sanitizer kūikawā i ka hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lako like e hiki ai iā F&S Produce ke kūʻai aku i nā huahana kūlohelohe like a lākou e hāʻawi ai ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa kahi kumu kūlohelohe. ʻAʻole paha ia he pilikia no ka mea ua loaʻa i ka ʻoihana ka mea hoʻolako i nā huahana kūlohelohe a puni ka makahiki, wahi a Pipitone.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pipitone e hoʻomau ka ulu ʻana o ka mākeke organik, ʻo ia ke kumu maikaʻi no kāna hui e komo ai i nā mea kūlohelohe. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi i nā huahana kūlohelohe, pono e hāʻawi i nā huahana i pane i nā ʻano o kēia manawa i ka mākeke. Manaʻo ʻo F&S Produce i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ke kaulahao lako meaʻai e hāʻawi i ka ulu nui o kēia laina huahana i nā mahina a me nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.