ʻO Club Chef ma Covington, Ky., he lālā o ka hui ʻo Castellini Group of Companies.
Nui kēlā o nā Cs.
Akā aia kekahi e pili ana i ka Club Chef: Consistency.
Me nā moʻolelo lawelawe meaʻai aupuni he nui e manaʻo nei i nā huahana ʻoki hou a lākou e lawelawe ai ma Midwest e like ka maikaʻi a ʻoki ʻia e like me ka mea i lawelawe ʻia ma kāna mau wahi ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina, e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i kahi huahana kūlike, i kēlā me kēia manawa.
"ʻO kā mākou hana ke kūpaʻa," wahi a Filindo Colace, hope pelekikena o nā hana. "Pono mākou e hana i kahi mea hiki iā mākou ke hana hou, a hana hou i kēlā me kēia lā."
Hoʻokō i nā pono o nā mea kūʻai aku
Hoʻomaka ia me nā mea kūʻai aku e hele mai i Club Chef me kahi noi kikoʻī a pono paha, a i ʻole Club Chef e hoʻokokoke ana i nā mea kūʻai aku me kahi manaʻo.
"Ke hana nei mākou i ka hoʻomohala huahana no kā mākou moʻokāki aupuni," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Ted Rebholz, ka luna alakaʻi o Club Chef.
ʻElua mau mea nui nui a Club Chef, e like me ka hapa nui o nā mea hana hou i ʻoki ʻia, ʻoki ʻia a ʻoki ʻia ka letus. Hoʻopuka pū ka hui i ka nui o nā tōmato diced, kāpeti no ka cole slaw, nā aniani ʻokiʻoki, nā kāloti ʻoki ʻia a me nā pepa ʻokiʻoki.
Inā makemake ka mea kūʻai i kahi hui ʻana o ka letus, hana ke keʻena R&D o Club Chef i nā koho hui hou i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia e hana a hui pū me ka mea kūʻai aku e loaʻa i ke kumu hoʻohālike hope.
"Hiki i ka mea kūʻai aku ke hele mai iā ʻoe a ʻōlelo mai, 'Makemake wau i ka letus, ʻono maikaʻi, akā hiki anei iā ʻoe ke hana i kēia ʻano ma mua o kēlā ʻano a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kēia lōʻihi ma mua o kēlā lōʻihi?' wahi a Colace. "He hana maʻalahi paha ia, akā ke hana nei ʻoe i nā mīkini e ʻoki ana i mau tausani paona i ka hola, ʻaʻole maʻalahi.
"He nui ka ho'āʻo a me ka hewa i pili."
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Don Hedrick, ka luna o ke kūʻai aku a me ke kūʻai aku, i ka laʻana o ka hoʻopau ʻana i kahi kelepona kūkā me kahi mea kūʻai aku e ʻimi nei i kahi ʻoki kāpeti hou.
Hoʻopili pū nā mea kūʻai aku iā Club Chef me nā manaʻo maʻamau a manaʻolana e hiki i ka hui ke hana i kahi mea kikoʻī e kūpono i kā lākou pono.
"E hele pinepine mai kā mākou mea kūʻai aku iā mākou a ʻōlelo mai, 'Makemake mākou e hoʻomohala ʻoe i kahi mea ʻokoʻa no mākou,' a pēlā mākou e hana ai," wahi a Colace.
E pili ana paha ia i ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i nā mea hana hou.
"I kekahi manawa pono mākou e kiʻi i ka manaʻo mai kā mākou mea hoʻolako mīkini, a i kekahi manawa ke hele mai nei me kahi ʻāpana hana hou e hana pū ana me ka mea hana a i ʻole kā mākou mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Rebholz. "E pili ana i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka mea kūʻai aku - hāʻawi iā lākou i kā lākou makemake a pono."
Hoʻopunipuni Māmā
E like me ia, ʻo ka luʻi nui a Club Chef ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa i ke kanaka ka mana liʻiliʻi loa: ʻo Mother Nature.
"ʻO ka weather, ka ulu ʻana o ka honua, nā wahi e ulu nei - he hopena ia i ka huahana - a me ke ola ʻana," wahi a Rebholz.
Akā, hoʻomaka nā mea a pau me ka maikaʻi o ka mea maka.
"Aia kekahi mau manawa, inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kūlana ulu, hiki iā mākou ke ʻoki i ka ukana o nā tōmato a hoʻolōʻihi i ke ola," wahi a Colace. "A laila, aia kekahi mau manawa e ua nui ai ka ua ma ka wahi e ulu ana, a i ʻole e wela loa no ka manawa lōʻihi, a ulu ka huahana ma lalo o ke koʻikoʻi, i hiki ai i kēlā mau tōmato ke loaʻa i ka hopena haʻahaʻa o ka ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana.
Loaʻa iā Club Chef kāna mau limahana ponoʻī e nānā i nā māla, nā hana mahiʻai a me nā mea kanu ma mua a i ka wā o ka ʻohi ʻana. Koho pū kēia poʻe limahana i ka huahana i kū i nā kūlana o Club Chef ma mua o ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka hale hana ma Covington.
"ʻO ke kī ʻo ka hoʻomaka me ka huahana maka maikaʻi e hoʻopau me ka huahana maikaʻi i hoʻopau ʻia," wahi a Colace.
Ua kōkua pū ka holomua ʻana i ka ʻenehana paʻi ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke ola o ka papa.
"I nā manawa a mākou e ʻike ai i kekahi ʻano pilikia a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai aku e hele mai iā mākou me kahi noi, hui pū mākou me kā mākou mea hoʻolako kiʻiʻoniʻoni a hana pū lākou me mākou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana," wahi a Rebholz. "E hana lākou i nā mea, e lawe mai mākou i loko, e holo mākou, e hana mākou i nā loiloi, e hana mākou i nā haʻawina mālama ola, e hāʻawi mākou iā lākou i nā manaʻo a me nā mea e pono ai mākou. ”
Loaʻa nā huahana Club Chef mai nā wahi a pau o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. No Arizona a me Kaleponi mai ko lakou mau lau lau. I kekahi lā i hala aku nei, ua loaʻa ka letus mai Kaleponi mai, kāpeti mai nā Carolinas, Michigan a me Kentucky, romaine mai Michigan a me Kaleponi a me nā tōmato mai Kaleponi, Ohio a me Virginia i loko o ka hale.
"Ke ho'āʻo nei mākou e like me ka hiki," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Rebholz, "no laila inā pilikia kekahi wahi ulu, hiki iā mākou ke huki mai kahi ʻē aʻe."
Hoʻopuka pū ka hui i nā hua ʻoki hou.
"He kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa ia - ʻili a ʻoki ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā," wahi a Rebholz. “Ke hana nei mākou i nā kauoha hua i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻAʻohe preservatives a syrups a additives - ʻaʻohe mea. He 100 pakeneka hou.
Ke hele nei i loko o nā haneli haneli mau galani wai i ka lā, ke ʻimi mau nei ʻo Club Chef i nā ala e mālama ai i ka wai. Hoʻohana hou ka hui i nā mea āpau e hoʻohana ai, me ka pepa, ka pahu pahu, nā pallets a me nā mea ʻōpala.
"Hoʻohui pū ʻia ka ʻōpala mai nā laina ʻoki a laila puhi ʻia e ka ea i loko o kahi semi-trailer, i hāʻawi ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā i kahi mahi hānai no ka hānai holoholona," wahi a Rebholz.
Ka lalo laina
I ka hopena, ʻoiai, e pili ana i ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka huahana e pili ana i nā kikoʻī a ʻoi aku ma mua o ka manaʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku. ʻO ia ke kumu i ka wā i hoʻopuka ai kahi moʻokāki aupuni i kahi huahana hou e hoʻohana ana i kahi ʻoki o Club Chef lettuce, hele kekahi mau limahana i kahi wahi kokoke e kauoha i ka ipu.
"Ua hele mākou i laila i ka lā mua e ʻike i ke ʻano o ia mea, no ka mea, ʻo ka luna kānāwai maoli o kāu huahana, ʻaʻole ia ka mea i ka wā e haʻalele ai i ʻaneʻi - ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka wā e loaʻa ai ma ka pā o nā mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Colace. "A ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻokolokolo ʻia e kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, ka mea kūʻai aku."