ʻO nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei ua ʻike i ka ulu ʻokoʻa no ka C&C Produce. Ua piʻi aʻe nā kūʻai i kēlā me kēia makahiki i kā lākou ʻoihana, a ua hoʻolaha ka mea kūʻai aku ma waena o ka Great Plains a me Midwest e hoʻokō i nā pono o nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā hale lawelawe meaʻai. Akā ʻo ka ʻoihana kaikuahine, Cool Creations, ka mea i hōʻole i nā manaʻolana, e hoʻonui nui ana i kāna laina o nā huahana i hoʻohui ʻia i loko o hoʻokahi makahiki wale nō.
Hua'ai C&C
Hoʻomaka ka moʻolelo C&C Produce i ka makahiki 1992 i ka wā i wehe ʻia ai nā puka ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai nui ma Kansas City. Ua paʻa ka ulu i nā makahiki he 20 i hala.
"Ua hoʻomau ka ulu ʻana o kā mākou ʻoihana, a ua ulu mākou i ʻelua mau helu i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i ka lawelawe kūʻai kūʻai kūʻokoʻa a me ka maikaʻi," wahi a Nick Conforti, ka mea nona ka C&C Produce a me ka hope pelekikena.
Hāʻawi ka hui i nā mea kūʻai ma kahi radius 750-mile a puni ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kansas e holo ana ma waena o Missouri a me Kansas, hema i Oklahoma a me Texas a me ka ʻākau i Nebraska a me Minnesota. Ke hana nei ka hui ma waho o kahi hale 200,000 square-foot, e hoʻouna ana i nā huahana ma o kāna mau ʻauwaʻa ponoʻī o nā kaʻa pahu hau. Hoʻopuka ʻo C&C i nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole mai nā mea kanu kūʻokoʻa a me nā mea packer, e like me ka maiʻa, citrus, ʻāpala, ʻuala, ʻuala, aniani, kāloti a me nā hua lau.
Akā, he mea hou ka hapa nui o ka waiwai o C&C Produce, no laila ʻaʻole i ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ʻo Cool Creations i hoʻomaka ai ka neʻe ʻana i nā huahana i hoʻohui ʻia, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ala hou e lawelawe ai i kā lākou mau mea kūʻai kūʻai aku, a me nā mea kūʻai aku.
"Ua manaʻo mākou he pono ma Midwest, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma Kansas City, no nā koho hou-ʻoki ʻia, akā ʻaʻole mākou i manaʻo aia kekahi e mālama nei i ka hopena kūʻai," wahi a Conforti. "Makemake mākou e kiʻi i ka noʻonoʻo o ka mea kūʻai aku i nā hua ʻoki."
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka makahiki i hala, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kēlā me kēia ʻoihana i manaʻo ʻia.
"Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kā mākou i manaʻo ai - ua manaʻo mākou e ulu wikiwiki loa ia, akā ua pāpālua loa ia i kā mākou mau manaʻolana," wahi a Conforti.
Ua hele aku ʻo C&C Produce iā Bob Carl, nona nā makahiki he 36 i ka ʻoihana huahana, e hoʻokele i ka hui hou. Ua lawe pū mai ka hui iā Tess Brensing, he haumāna puka hou o Kansas State University ma ka ʻepekema meaʻai a me ka ʻoihana, no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka maikaʻi a me ka palekana o ka meaʻai. ʻOiai ʻo C&C Produce a me Cool Creations kaʻana like i ka waiwai like a me ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku like, hana lākou i waho o nā hale kūʻokoʻa mai kekahi i kekahi.
Hou-Oki
ʻO nā huaʻai a me nā huaʻai i hoʻohui ʻia i ka waiwai nā huahana koʻikoʻi i hana ʻia e Cool Creations, hāʻawi ʻia i nā koho i kālai ʻia a i ʻokiʻoki ʻia a loaʻa i ka nui o nā pahu. ʻO nā meaʻai he broccoli, kāloti, kāpīpī, celery, kukama, kāpeti, letus, aniani, pepa, ʻuala, radishes a me nā tōmato, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka palena o nā hua i ka cantaloupe, pineapple, watermelon a me nā strawberries. Loaʻa ka Pico de gallo, nā ʻuala, ka ʻōpala melemele, ka zucchini a me nā mea hoʻohui ʻia i nā mea liʻiliʻi.
Akā ua ʻike ʻo Cool Creations i nā ala hou e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho mai nā mea hoʻokūkū ma mua o nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu. Hāʻawi ka hui i nā pāʻina pāʻina like ʻole i hana ʻia no ka hoʻolauleʻa, e like me nā pāʻina huelo, e komo pū ana nā pā huaʻai a me nā pizzas, nā pā ʻāpala a me ka paʻakai a me nā pī piʻi, me nā pā mea kanu maʻamau. Loaʻa ka Yogurt parfaits i nā ʻano ʻono like ʻole, me ka strawberry a me ka granola i hui pū ʻia me nā blueberries, raspberries a i ʻole mango. Hāʻawi pū ʻo Cool Creations i nā pahu meaʻai a me nā pahu sopa, e like me ka pipi pipi, e hāʻawi ana i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka waiwai ma o ka maʻalahi.
"Ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana o kāu mea kūʻai maʻamau i kahi ʻeke ʻuala 10-paona, hiki iā lākou ma kahi pahu meaʻai me nā mea ʻai āpau i loko," wahi a Carl. "Hiki i kāu mea kūʻai kūʻai ke komo i loko, hopu (i ka pahu), hoʻolei i loko o ka ipuhao a kuke."
Ka palekana palekana
He manaʻo koʻikoʻi ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai a C&C Produce a Cool Creations. Hana pū lākou me nā mea loiloi ʻaoʻao ʻekolu e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā lula palekana meaʻai, a ua komo pū kēlā me kēia hui i kāna mau hana palekana meaʻai a me nā papahana pale ʻana i nā maʻi. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻomaʻemaʻe kēlā me kēia hui i kāna mau keʻena hana a me nā lako, me ka hoʻāʻo ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka pau ʻana o ke kaʻina hana. Hoʻouna ʻia nā hua maka a me nā huahana i hoʻopau ʻia no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka microbial hou, e ʻimi pono ana i ka listeria, salmonella, E. coli, hū a me ka poʻi.
Aia kekahi hoʻolālā hoʻomanaʻo palekana meaʻai i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no kahi kūlana ʻino loa.
"Loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻōnaehana kamepiula e nānā ana i kahi e komo ai nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea a mākou e hoʻouna ai, no laila inā pono e hoʻomanaʻo, hiki iā mākou ke hahai," wahi a Brensing.
Wā e hiki mai ana
Ke ʻike nei ka ʻoihana i ka ulu hou aʻe, manaʻolana lākou e neʻe i nā ala hou. ʻO ia ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku lawelawe meaʻai i kāna papa inoa o nā mea kūʻai aku e ulu nei a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka noho ʻana ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hāʻawi salad bar ma nā hale kūʻai mea kūʻai aku e hoʻonui i ka waiwai a me nā koho kūpono no nā mea kūʻai.
Akā, e hoʻomau ka manaʻo nui i kā lākou mea kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai, nāna i kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana i nā ala hou ma o ka makemake e hoʻāʻo i nā huahana hou, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manaʻo huahana hiki ke hoʻopiʻi i nā mea kūʻai.
"He pilina maikaʻi ko mākou me (ko mākou mau mea kūʻai aku), a hele mai lākou iā mākou me nā manaʻo hou a me nā manaʻo like ʻole a lākou e makemake ai e hoʻāʻo," wahi a Conforti. "ʻAʻole kūleʻa kekahi o nā mea, akā ʻo nā mea i kūleʻa, hoʻomau mākou me lākou."
ʻOiai ke hoʻomau nei ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana, makaʻala nā limahana e mālama i ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana. Pono ka ʻoihana e hoʻomau i ka lawelawe ʻana i kā lākou mea kūʻai aku e like me ka hiki ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku hou, wahi a Carl.
"ʻO koʻu manaʻo pilikino ponoʻoe e hoʻomalu i ka uluʻana - ponoʻoe e mālama i ka maikaʻi a me ka lawelawe ma kahi kiʻekiʻe," wahi a Carl.
E pili ana i ka nānā ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku, kūpono ia no ka ʻoihana - ʻo nā mea kūʻai aku i ko lākou lanakila nui loa.
"He hoʻomau ia o ka hopena kūʻai o ka ʻoihana. Aia mākou i loko o ka hale kūʻai me nā huaʻai i ʻoki ʻia, no laila aia i laila," wahi a Carl.