I ka makahiki 2006, 335 miliona kanaka i kipa aku ma mua o 600 mau paka lealea ma United States. ʻO ia ka nui o nā loaʻa kālā he $11.5 biliona, he $4 biliona hoʻonui ma mua o 1996.
ʻEkolu miliona o kēlā poʻe ʻimi leʻaleʻa i kipa aku iā Cedar Point Amusement Park ma Sandusky, Ohio. ʻO ka paka, wehe ʻia mai Mei a ʻOkakopa, kahi huakaʻi no nā ʻohana i loko o nā hola o Ohio. ʻO Mei kēia ka makahiki 137 i hana ʻia ai ka paka a ua komo pū me ka wehe nui ʻana o kahi roller coaster hou. E like me ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka paka, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka manawa e noho ai nā malihini ma laila a me ka nui o ke kālā a lākou e hāʻule ai - hana maʻamau ka poʻe malihini kipa i ʻelua lā huakaʻi a ʻoi aku ma mua o $40 no kēlā me kēia kanaka i loko o ka paka.
ʻO ka meaʻai ka hapa nui o ka hoʻolilo ʻana o kēlā me kēia kanaka, a pono e hiki i ka paka ke hānai maikaʻi i nā malihini ma mua o hoʻokahi ʻai i ko lākou kipa ʻana. A me ka nui o nā malihini e holo ana i kēlā me kēia kanaka, pono ka paka e hāʻawi i nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole.
"ʻAʻole like me ka hapa nui o nā paka leʻaleʻa, ʻoi aku ka ʻokoʻa o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Mike Mason, hope pelekikena o ka lawelawe meaʻai no Cedar Point. "Ke hele maoli nei mākou i nā palena āpau ke kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka meaʻai ma Cedar Point."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka ʻokoʻa o nā koho meaʻai i loko o nā ʻīpuka ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia me The Walt Disney Company.
No ka hānai ʻana i ka poʻe malihini, hana ʻo Cedar Point i 36 mau hale ʻaina wikiwiki, ʻeiwa hale ʻaina piha piha i loko, hoʻokahi hana franchise Johnny Rockets (e lawelawe ana i 3,000 a 4,000 mau meaʻai i ka lā i ka wā e hana ai ka paka) a me hoʻokahi hale kūʻai donut a me ka hale kūʻai kope. Eia kekahi, aia ma kahi o 75 mau kaʻa i hoʻopuehu ʻia i loko o ka paka e lawelawe ana i "nā mea ʻē aʻe a pau i ka ʻāpana impulse," wahi a Mason. Loaʻa nā koho olakino i nā kaʻa me nā huaʻai hou a me nā ʻeke meaʻai hoʻokahi, aʻo nā kaʻa ʻē aʻe ka papa leʻaleʻa o nā keke funnel, ice cream a me nā sodas.
A aia i loko o ka paka.
ʻO Cedar Fair Amusement, nona ka Cedar Point, nona 13 mau paka leʻaleʻa a me ʻelima mau paka wai ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada. I ka makahiki 2006, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hui me ka hoʻohui ʻana o ʻelua mau paka ma Ohio, ʻo Geauga Lake ma Aurora a me King's Island. ʻO King's Island kekahi o nā paka leʻaleʻa paʻa loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma muli o ka helu o nā kaʻa a me ka hiki o ka holo kaʻa. Ua ʻike ʻia ka paka ʻo ia ka Best Kids' Area in the World no ʻeono mau makahiki pololei.
Hoʻohana pū ʻo Cedar Fair i kahi paka wai, ʻelua mau hōkele, kahi marina a me ʻekolu mau hale ʻai kaulahao - ʻelua TGI Friday's a me kahi mea kaulana ʻo Dave's Legendary Barbeque. Aia pū kekahi ʻelua mau hale ʻaina ma waho o ka pūnaewele e hānai i ka 5,000 a 6,000 mau limahana manawa e pono ai e hoʻohana piha i ka paka.
Loaʻa kēlā ʻokoʻa i nā koho meaʻai mai ka ʻokoʻa demographic ma ka paka. Makemake nā ʻōpio a me nā poʻe ʻōpio i ka meaʻai wikiwiki, ʻoiai ʻo nā malihini kahiko e kū mau i ka lawelawe piha ʻo Midway Market, wahi a Mason.
"ʻIke mau ʻoe i kahi mākeke makua ma laila," wahi āna.
Ke hana nei ʻo Cedar Fair e hoʻokomo i nā koho olakino no nā makahiki ʻelima a ʻehiku mau makahiki, wahi a Mason.
Ua holomua nā hui salakeke hou a me nā meaʻai iʻa a me ka iʻa. Ma waena o 50,000 a me 60,000 paona lettuces a me nā lau lau i hoʻohana ʻia i ka paka i ka makahiki i hala. ʻO ia ka piʻi ʻana ma mua o 2005, me 46,000 paona letus a me nā lau lau i hoʻohana ʻia. Hoʻohui nā hale lawelawe meaʻai ma waho o ka paka i 50,000 a 60,000 paona, akā me nā hale ʻai liʻiliʻi - e hōʻike ana i ka paʻakikī o ka lawelawe ʻana i ka meaʻai olakino ma kahi pā leʻaleʻa.
Nā meaʻai maikaʻi?
Ua ʻike ʻo Cedar Point i ka wā e hoʻomaha ai ka poʻe malihini e hele mai i ka paka, e hoʻomaha pū ana lākou mai ka ʻai ʻana i ke olakino.
"ʻO ka hapa nui e hoʻolei i ka meaʻai i waho o ka puka makani no ka lā," wahi a Mason. "Makemake lākou e loaʻa i kā mākou mau ʻokiʻoki hou, nā pepeiao ʻelepani a me nā keke funnel."
ʻAʻole i kūleʻa ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā huaʻai ma ke kūʻai ʻana. Ua hoʻolauna mua ka paka i nā kaʻa huaʻai i ʻelua makahiki aku nei me ʻeono a ʻewalu mau kaʻa, akā i kēia manawa he ʻehā wale nō - hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 14 mau kaʻa e kūʻai aku ana i ka ice cream Dippin' Dots.
ʻAʻole paʻa ʻo Mason iā ia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua huakaʻi ʻo ia ma kahi kokoke i kēlā me kēia paka leʻaleʻa o ka ʻāina, a ʻaʻole maʻamau ʻo ia e koho i nā koho huahana o kahi paka, no laila maopopo iā ia ke kūʻai ʻole nā malihini i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu.
"Me ka ʻike ʻole, ʻoi aku kaʻu ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai maikaʻi aʻe ma ka home ma mua o koʻu hele ʻana i kahi pā leʻaleʻa," wahi a Mason.
Akā ʻaʻole nalo nā mea a pau. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ka hapa nui o nā meaʻai "olakino," ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hana ana ka paka i ka hana ʻana i nā mea kaulana loa i ka momona a me ka cholesterol. ʻO ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa, ʻo ia nā kīʻaha ʻoki hou o ka paka - i hana ʻia mai ka ʻuala Idaho hou - a ʻaʻohe momona trans a ʻaʻohe cholesterol. He ʻono kūʻokoʻa nā fries, a ua lōʻihi ka manawa e ʻimi ai i ka ʻaila palai ʻaʻole i hoʻololi nui i ka ʻono mai ka makemake o nā mea kūʻai aku.
Ke piʻi nei nā mea ʻē aʻe, wahi a Mason. ʻOiai ua piʻi aʻe ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka letus i loko o ka paka, ua piʻi nui ia ma waho o ka paka, no laila ʻaʻole makemake nā mea kūʻai aku e ʻai i ke olakino ma ka paka, aia ma waho e hoʻi lākou i ka papa kuhikuhi meaʻai.
Nā Luʻi Paʻi Hana
Mālama ʻo Mason i nā hale lawelawe meaʻai me 30 mau limahana manawa piha. Akā i loko o nā mahina ʻeono e wehe ʻia ai ka paka, 1,900 mau limahana kau e hana nei ma ke kahua lawelawe meaʻai.
Hoʻokumu ia i kekahi mau pilikia, no ka mea, he kiʻekiʻe maoli ka huli ʻana. Hele nā limahana hou i kahi Polokalamu Palekana Meaʻai a me nā Kūlana, e komo pū ana me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, me kahi papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa 30 lā ma ka hana. Ua hōʻoia ʻia nā luna e ka papahana ServeSafe a ka National Restaurant Association, a ʻo ka helu o ka poʻe i hoʻokomo i ka papahana i kūkulu i kahi pilina ma waena o ka paka a me ka NRA.
"ʻAʻohe wahi hoʻokahi e hōʻoia i ka poʻe ʻoi aku ma mua o mākou," wahi a Mason.
I ka wā o waho, ua hoʻohana ʻo NRA iā Cedar Point e kiʻi i nā wikiō aʻo no kāna mau lālā a pau. I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, pono ʻo NRA e kipa i nā wahi he nui e kiʻi i nā kiʻi o nā hale lawelawe meaʻai like ʻole, akā ma ka paka aia hoʻokahi hale ʻaina e hiki ke lawelawe i kēlā me kēia ʻano.
"Aia nā mea a pau ma lalo o hoʻokahi hale," wahi a Mason.
lawelawe meaʻai kau
ʻO kekahi o nā luʻi nui loa e kū nei ʻo Cedar Point i kāna hana lawelawe meaʻai, ʻo ia ka manawa o ka paka. ʻO kēlā me kēia kaʻa wikiwiki, lawelawe piha a me ka lawelawe ʻana i ka hoʻoilo a pani ʻia ke pani ʻia ka paka i ʻOkakopa, a laila pono e mākaukau no ka hana hou i Mei.
"ʻAʻole i loaʻa ka 'downtime'," wahi a Mason.
He 65 mau ʻāpana pākahi ma ka paka e wehe ʻia i ka lā hoʻokahi, me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā limahana a me nā luina. Akā ʻo kēlā me kēia kau, kokoke me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana, ke holo nei nā mea a pau me ka papa hana paʻakikī.
Me nā miliona o nā mea kūʻai e kūʻai aku ana ma mua o kekahi mau meaʻai i kēlā me kēia kipa ʻana, ʻaʻole paʻakikī ke kiʻi ʻana i ke ʻano o ka loaʻa kālā e ʻike ʻia ma ka wehe ʻana i ka makahiki āpau. Inā e hoʻonui ʻia ka loaʻa kālā, ʻōlelo ʻo Mason e lawe mai paha nā hale ʻaina i nā haneli miliona miliona. Akā, ʻo ia wale nō ka manaʻo manaʻo - aia ka paka ma kahakai o Lake Erie, kahi ea ʻaʻole hoʻokipa i nā paka leʻaleʻa waho a puni ka makahiki.
Hoʻopaʻa palekana
Me ka nui o nā malihini e hele ana ma ka paka i kēlā me kēia kau, mālama nui ʻo Mason i ka palekana meaʻai. Hoʻokahi hala ka manaʻo he mau haneli a mau tausani paha o nā malihini maʻi a hōʻino i ka inoa o ka hui ma ke ʻano he wahi leʻaleʻa a palekana.
"Aia mākou i kahi ʻoihana paʻakikī," wahi āna.
Pono kēlā me kēia wahi lawelawe meaʻai e mālama i nā moʻolelo wela i kēlā me kēia hola ma ka meaʻai a me nā mea hana. ʻOiai i nā lā lohi a i ʻole nā lā ua, inā ʻaʻole mālama ʻia nā lāʻau a i ʻole ke ʻae ʻia ka mahana o ka meaʻai ma waho o ko lākou pae i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, ʻaʻole e lawelawe ʻia ka meaʻai.
"Ke hana nei mākou i nā hana āpau e hōʻoia i ka palekana o kā mākou huahana," wahi a Mason.
A me nā mea hoʻolako. Ke hana nei ʻo Cedar Fair ma ke kumu kūʻai kūʻai e hoʻoholo ai e pili ana i ka lawelawe, ka huahana a me ke kumukūʻai - i kēlā ʻano. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi - lawelawe - e pili ana i nā protocol palekana meaʻai, e like me ka HACCP certification.
"Ua koʻikoʻi mākou i kēlā mea," wahi a Mason.
Hana pū ʻo ia me nā mea hoʻolako i loaʻa kahi moʻolelo i hōʻoia ʻia a hiki ke hāʻawi i ka nui a me ka maikaʻi e pono ai no ka paka. No ia kumu, ʻo nā mea hoʻolako o ka paka nā mea lawelawe meaʻai nui āpau me kā lākou mau mana palekana meaʻai kūloko.
Hana ka paka i kekahi mau hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka wā holoʻokoʻa, akā ʻaʻole kikoʻī no ka haumia. Hana ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hoʻokolohua no ke kaumaha a me ka kūlike no nā huahana kikoʻī, e like me ka waiū i hoʻohana ʻia i ka lulu ʻana ma ka hale ʻaina franchise Johnny Rockets, wahi a Mason.
Inā hoʻokahi kink i loko o ka pale kaua palekana meaʻai, ʻōlelo ʻo Mason ʻo ia ka huahana o ka paka. ʻOiai he mana nā mea hoʻolako a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka paka i kāna mau limahana, ʻaʻole lawa nā hana manawaleʻa.
"ʻO kahi wahi a mākou e hana ai i ka mea maikaʻi loa e hiki ai iā mākou ma ka wahi huahana," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mason e ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi i ka huahana āna e kūʻai ai inā hoʻonohonoho ʻo FDA i nā lula e pili ana i ka ʻohi a me ka hana ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu.