Ua ʻae ʻo Kevin Westlye he mea paʻa ʻo ia i ka hele ʻana me nā hua ʻoki hou no kāna hui mokulele ʻo Firewood Cafes a me Firewood Grills ma Kapalakiko.
Akā, i kona ʻike ʻana hiki iā ia ke loaʻa i ka romaine i ʻoki hou ʻia, nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā hua o ka maikaʻi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā huahana a kāna mau limahana e ʻoki nei i kēlā me kēia lā, ua hoʻololi ʻo ia.
I kēia lā, loaʻa i nā hale ʻaina High Flying Foods 'Firewood ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Kapalakiko a me ke kahua mokulele ʻo Oakland International i kēlā me kēia lā i nā huahana i ʻoki hou ʻia ma o Pacific Produce ma Kapalakiko Hema. Hāʻawi nā hale ʻaina i mau tausani ʻai i ka lā, a ua mākaukau ka hui e ulu.
Ke hana nei ka hui i ke komisina ma waho o ke kahua mokulele o Kapalakiko e lawelawe i kona mau hale ʻaina ma laila, e komo pū ana me ʻehā Firewood Grills and Cafes, me ʻewalu Peet's Coffee & Teas. Hāʻawi pū ke komisina i kahi Firewood Café ma Oakland Airport. Eia kekahi, hana lākou i ʻeono hale ʻaina ma ka ʻākau o Kaleponi a me Glendale.
Ke hana nei ka hui i ʻelua mau hale ʻaina manawaleʻa ma San Diego, kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai ʻewalu hale ʻaina ma ke kahua mokulele ma laila me nā hoa inoa kaulana a puni ka wahi o San Diego. Ke lawelawe nei kekahi komisina ʻaoʻao ʻekolu i nā wahi pōkole a e hoʻonui ʻia e lawelawe i nā hale ʻai hou.
"ʻO nā kahua mokulele, ke hana lākou i kā lākou noi no nā noi, kauoha i kahi kiʻi square square hiki ke ʻae ʻia no kāu lumi kuke, a ma ka hapa nui o nā mokulele he 15 pakeneka," wahi āna. “E ʻōlelo mākou he hale ʻaina 1,000-square-foot kāu, i manaʻo ʻia he nui ma kahi mokulele. Haʻalele ia iā ʻoe i kahi lumi 10-by-15 e hoʻomākaukau a mālama.
"No laila ke kūʻai nei mākou i ka mea hiki iā mākou ke ʻoki mua, ʻoiai ke ʻano like ka maikaʻi. He mea maopopo loa ia e pono ai na mea hoohana mokulele e hana.
ʻO ke ʻano o ke kūʻai ʻana i ka letus pēpē premixed, a i ʻole nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo kahakai, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka hui iā lākou. Ke kūʻai aku nei nā hale ʻaina i ka nui o nā salakeke Kaisara, a ke kūʻai nei i ka romaine pre-cut.
"Ma ke ʻano o ka lewa, ma mua o ka lawe ʻana mai i kahi hihia o ka romaine, a laila pono mākou i kahi e ʻoki ai a holoi, a laila hoʻokahe, hiki iā mākou ke lawe mai i loko a ua ʻoki ʻia, holoi a hoʻoheheʻe ʻia," wahi a Westlye. "He mea mālama nui ia no ka maikaʻi like."
Hana nā hale ʻaina i nā kīʻaha huaʻai a lākou e hōʻuluʻulu ai iā lākou iho mai nā melon i ʻoki hou ʻia, nā hua waina a me nā strawberries i ke kau, e hele ana ma kahi o ʻewalu 5-galani bākeke i ka lā.
"ʻOi aku ka nui o ka wehe ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo e hoʻāʻo a nānā i nā huahana i ka mākeke," wahi a Westlye. "Ma nā hua mua i ʻoki ʻia, ua ʻike mākou ua hiki mai ka ʻoihana i ka maikaʻi e like me ka mea hiki iā mākou ke ʻoki iā mākou iho."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sarah Garcia, ka pelekikena a me ka mea nona ʻo Jennifer Smith o Pacific Produce, ua hana pū ʻo ia a me kāna mau limahana me kekahi mau mea hana hou e hōʻea i kahi kumu hoʻohālike i hana no High Flying Foods. Ma ka ʻaoʻao hua, ua hoʻāʻo lākou i nā hui like ʻole a hiki i ko lākou hoʻoholo ʻana i ka mea a ka hui e hoʻohana ai i kēia lā.
Ua hele pū kāna hui i nā lā ʻehiku e hoʻokō i ka makemake o High Flying Foods e loaʻa i nā huahana hou i kēlā me kēia lā.
Hoʻopili ʻo High Flying Foods i nā kūʻai aku a hiki ke wānana pololei i nā mea e pono ai kāna mau hale ʻaina i kēlā me kēia lā. He mea maʻalahi ke kauoha i kēlā me kēia lā no ka lawe ʻana i ka lā aʻe.
"Ua ʻoki ʻia ka hua i ka pō, hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou i ka hola 4 o ke kakahiaka, aia ma kā mākou mau papa ma 4:30 a hoʻolei mākou i nā mea i waiho ʻia ma 10 pm ke pani mākou," wahi a Westlye. “Loaʻa iā mākou he 24-hola ola no ka mea makemake mākou he mea hou loa.
"A ʻo ia nō."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Garcia e koi ana i kāna mau kumu hoʻoili e maʻalahi a hilinaʻi. No ia kumu, ua lilo ʻo Legacy Foods ma Kapalakiko i mea hoʻolako mua i nā huahana ʻoki hou no High Flying Foods.
"Makemake lākou e ʻoki hou i kēlā me kēia lā," wahi āna. “Ua makemake lākou e ʻae iā mākou e hoʻohua i ka hua inā ʻaʻole mākou makemake i kā lākou mea e loaʻa ai. A ua mākaukau nō hoʻi lākou e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke ʻano ʻaʻole mākou e uhaʻi i ka sila.
Hiki mai ka hua i loko o ka plastic, i ho'opa'a 'ia e hā'awi pololei 'ia i ka mea kū'ai.
"A laila hoʻohana hou ʻia nā pahu plastik a hoʻohana hou ʻia," wahi a Garcia. “ʻO ka mea nui, mālama ia i ka ʻono. ʻAʻohe mea e komo i laila, ʻo nā hua hou wale nō a aia kekahi mea palekana.
Ua kūʻai ʻo Garcia lāua ʻo Smith i ka Pacific Produce i ʻehā makahiki i hala. ʻO kā lākou wale nō ka mea hoʻolaha wahine e hana ana ma nā wahi ʻelua o Kapalakiko. Ma waho aʻe o nā huahana, mālama lākou i ka waiū, nā nati, nā mea ʻala a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ke noi aku nā mea kūʻai aku. Kokoʻikoʻi nō hoʻi lākou i kahi e loaʻa ai kā lākou huahana a loaʻa kahi papahana mahiʻai.
Ke hana nei ka ʻoihana i kahi ʻoihana hou i ka wā i lawe ai ʻo ia a me Smith, akā he niche ia i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Garcia e ulu mau ana.
"Ma muli o kekahi mau mea," wahi āna. "ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo ka mea maʻalahi no ka mea kūʻai aku - he mea nui ia. A ʻo ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi, ma nā wahi i ʻoki hou ʻia, ua aʻo ʻia lākou, hiki iā lākou ke hana i kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka kikoʻī i hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo, 'Makemake wau i kēia mau aniani ʻulaʻula a makemake wau i ka hapahā iniha. he hapalua iniha,' a ia lakou na lako e hana ai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Westlye, ʻo ka hele ʻana i nā huahana i ʻoki hou ʻia ua hopena paha ia i kahi hōʻemi o ka hana. Akā ma kahi o ka mālama kālā ʻana, ua hiki i ka hui ke hoʻohana iā ia e hoʻonui i nā makana menu hou.
"ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻai ʻana o nā kānaka, a ua hoʻokipa mai nā mokulele iā mākou no ka mea, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻohana i nā meaʻai hau," wahi a Westlye. “Ke hana nei mākou i kahi ala mahiʻai-i-papa.
"ʻO ka hope loa, ke ʻimi nei nā mea kūʻai aku i ka maikaʻi ma nā mokulele i kēia lā, a ʻo kahi hapa nui o ka maikaʻi ʻo ka hou."