Aia ʻo B&P Packing Company ma waena o kahi pōhaku a me kahi paʻakikī. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao ʻo ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Soledad, ka mea i makemake i ka mea hana e neʻe mai kona wahi i ke kaona a hiki i kahi ʻāpana 7-ʻeka ma waho o ke kaona e hoʻōla hou ʻia. Ma kēlā ʻaoʻao e kū ana ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Soledad, nāna i hoʻopaʻa i ka moratorium hale ma waena o ka neʻe ʻana o ka B&P, no ka mea, ʻo ka ulu ʻana o nā hale noho i hoʻokau ʻole ʻia i ke koʻikoʻi nui i ka ʻōnaehana o ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻO Soledad, he "kaona liʻiliʻi a hiamoe" ma kahi o 27,000 (me ka heluna kanaka o kahi hale hoʻoponopono kūloko), ʻaʻohe ona hale kūʻai pahu nui. Akā ua ʻike ke kaiāulu ma kahi o 8 pakeneka ka ulu ʻana no nā makahiki ʻelima i hala, ʻo ka hapa nui i nā hale noho. Wahi a ka ʻike helu helu ʻAmelika, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka heluna o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kaleponi ma waena o 2000 a me 2005. ʻO kona kokoke i Salinas (25 mile), King City (20 mile) a me Monterey (40 mile) ke hoʻololi nei iā Soledad i kahi kaiāulu lumi moe - aka, ua haohao ia ulu ana i ka poe hoo- kaukau kulanakauhale.
ʻO ia ka ulu ʻana i alakaʻi i nā alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale e paipai i ka neʻe ʻana o ka B&P i kahi paka ʻoihana kokoke, akā i ka ulu ʻana o nā hale, ua hoʻāʻo nui ʻia ka wai o Soledad a me nā ʻōnaehana wai. No laila ua kau ʻia kahi moratorium ma luna o nā hale a pau - a me nā hale noho.
ʻO B&P, a me kāna mahele ʻo California Fresh Cuts, ua hoʻolei ma kahi o 30,000 mau galani wai i loko o nā ʻauwai o ke kūlanakauhale - 1 pakeneka o ka mana o ka ʻōnaehana. Hoʻohana ʻo B&P i ka wai, ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā hoʻohana hou a hoʻohana hou i ka nui o ia mea. ʻO ka mea kanu ʻo Bigiogni e manaʻo nei ma ka wahi hou e hoʻolei i ka nui like, akā ʻaʻole naʻe nā mea hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale e ʻae i ka ʻoihana e kūkulu - ʻoiai ma 95 mau limahana ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hana nui loa ma ke kūlanakauhale.
Ma kahi o ʻehiku mau mahina e komo ai i ka papahana o ke komisina kūlanakauhale, a ma hope o ʻehiku pule o ke kāhea ʻana i kēlā me kēia komisina ma mua o ka pane ʻana iā ia, wahi a Bigiogni.
No laila ma kahi kokoke i ʻelua makahiki, ua paʻa ʻo B&P i ka limbo, wahi a Bob Bigiogni, ka pelekikena o B&P, me ke kūlanakauhale e haʻi iā ia "ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele a ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke noho." Ua paʻa ka hui ma waena o kahi neʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke haʻi i nā moʻolelo koʻikoʻi kahi e hele ai ka ʻoihana i ka makahiki aʻe.
Moolelo ma Soledad
Ua hoʻomaka ka makuakāne o Bigiogni, ʻo Art, a me kāna hoa pāʻoihana ʻo Joe Panziera i ka B&P i ka makahiki 1964. He mau mea kanu kāloti nā kāne ʻelua e ʻimi nei i kahi ala e kūʻai aku ai a hoʻolaha i kā lākou huahana. I ka make ʻana o Panziera i ka waena o 1970, ua kūʻai aku kona ʻohana i kā lākou ʻāpana o ka ʻoihana iā Art cut i hoʻomau ʻia e ulu, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hoʻolako nui loa o B&P, wahi a Bigiogni.
Ua nānā ka hui i kāna laina kāloti holoʻokoʻa, a no nā makahiki he nui ʻo ia ka mea hoʻolako hoʻokahi no Fresh Express. Ua hoʻolako pū ʻo B&P iā Gerber, Del Monte, Heinz a me Campbell me nā kāloti no ka hiki ʻana a me ka maloʻo - nā kāloti nui momona maikaʻi loa no ka dicing, wahi a Bigiogni. Akā i ka makahiki 1995, ua hoʻololi ʻo Fresh Express i ka ʻoki ʻana i nā kāloti ma mua o ka holoʻokoʻa, no laila ua lālā ʻo B&P i ka ʻoki ʻana a me ka ʻili ʻana i nā kāloti holoʻokoʻa. I ka makahiki 1996, hoʻomaka ʻo Bigiogni iā California Fresh Cut e hana i nā kāloti pēpē, i ulu lōʻihi a ʻoki ʻia a ʻili ʻia e ka hui. Ua hoʻoponopono ʻia nā kāloti pēpē hou i ʻoki ʻia no ka mākeke kūʻai kūʻai, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o nā ʻeke 1, 2 a me 5 paona. Aia lākou ma kēlā mākeke a hiki i ka makahiki 2005, i ka wā i koi ai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Soledad i ka hui e neʻe, a laila hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka hapa.
Neʻe i mua
Ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki o ka hoʻi ʻana me nā komisina o ke kūlanakauhale a ʻike i ka ʻoihana i ka limbo, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Bigiogni e loiloi i nā mākaukau koʻikoʻi o ka kaʻina hana a e kālele ana i ka wahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoihana. Ke ulu mau nei ka ʻoihana saladi, no laila ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e neʻe aku mai nā kāloti pēpē a ʻoi aku i ka mākeke hou i ʻoki ʻia. ʻO ka mākeke kāloti pēpē he mea hoʻokūkū, no laila ua nānā ʻo B&P i nā kāloti nui aʻe, kahi niche i hoʻopiha ʻia e Bigiogni me 4 iniha a me 2 ʻīniha ʻoki a ʻili i nā kāloti.
"Manaʻo wau he pono maoli nā kāloti i ka ʻoihana saladi. Manaʻo wau hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopiha i kēlā niche, "wahi a Bigiogni.
Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo B&P e kūkulu i kahi hale hou, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o Bigiogni i makemake mua ai. Hoʻohana ʻia ka hale hana 11,000 square foot ma ke ʻano he wahi hana a me ka hoʻoluʻu no nā kāloti o ka hui. Ua pani ʻo Bigiogni i ka mahele ʻo California Fresh Cuts i ka makahiki 2005, ma muli o ka hana ʻole o ke kūlanakauhale me ia. Ma kahi o 40 mau limahana i hoʻokuʻu ʻia, ʻoiai ua hoʻohui ʻia kekahi mau kūlana mai ia manawa.
ʻO nā hale ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻeka pāka ʻoihana ʻo Bigiogni ua hele i nā mea hou o ka palekana meaʻai i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei a hiki i ka $250,000. Ua pani ʻia nā pā a me nā kaupaku me nā mea hiki ke holoi ʻia a ua hoʻololi ʻia nā paia o waho a ua maʻalahi nā mea hana a pau e hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
"ʻO nā mea āpau a i ʻole nā mea ʻili," wahi a Bigiogni.
ʻO nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia, ʻaʻole wale no ka pale ʻana i ka lepo a me nā ʻōpala mai ka asphalt māhā, akā no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka poʻe malihini i ka manaʻo e mālama kāna hui i kona helehelena.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bigiogni ua nānā ʻo ia i nā kaʻina hana ʻē aʻe e noho ana a ʻaʻole e hoʻonui i kā lākou mau hana palekana meaʻai, akā me ka laha hou ʻana ua manaʻo ʻo ia ʻo B&P ma mua o ka pihi no ka mea ke ʻimi nei nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea hana i hana i nā hoʻopukapuka i ka palekana meaʻai.
"ʻO kā mākou manaʻo i kēia manawa inā ʻaʻole lākou e ʻimi i kēlā mau mea i kēia lā, aia lākou i ka lā ʻapōpō," wahi āna.
Ulu Hou
I kēia manawa ua ʻike ʻo B&P Packing i kahi e makemake ai i ka mākeke - nā kāloti nui hou i ʻoki ʻia no nā mea hana saladi - ke ʻimi nei ʻo Bigiogni i nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻonui i ka hana. Hoʻoponopono ka mea kanu i nā kāloti i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā aia wale nō ma ka 100 pakeneka ka nui o ʻelua o ia mau mahina. ʻO ke koena o ka makahiki, ʻōlelo ʻo Bigiogni e hana ana ka hale ma kahi o 50 pakeneka ka nui, no laila aia kahi lumi e ulu ai. A ke nānā nei ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai ma ke ʻano he mākeke no ka lālā. Makemake nā mea kūʻai meaʻai i ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka palekana o nā kāloti ʻoki hou a me nā salakeke, ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
ʻO ka hakakā ʻana o B&P me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Soledad ʻaʻole i lanakila ʻo ia i mau hoaaloha ma ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale, akā ke nānā nei ʻo Bigiogni i ke kiʻi nui. Makemake paha ke kūlanakauhale i kēlā kahua noho, a me kēlā mau hale kūʻai pahu nui, akā ʻaʻole pono e loaʻa iā lākou ma ka lilo o nā hana a me nā ʻoihana i laila.
He hakakā ka wai ma nā kaiāulu he nui, a ʻo ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i loko o nā ʻauwai o ke kūlanakauhale he mea hopohopo hou i nā kaiāulu e ulu ana. I ka ulu ʻana o nā hale ma nā wahi i kūkulu ʻole ʻia ma mua, i loko a a puni ka ʻāina mahiʻai, nui nā kūlanakauhale i mākaukau ʻole no ka hopena. Ke nānā nei nā mea hana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, pono paha lākou e nānā pono i nā kaiāulu a lākou e noho ai a hoʻomākaukau no ka hakakā, e like me ka ʻike ʻana o B&P Packing.