Ua hana ʻo J. Kings Foodservice Professionals Inc. i ka ʻoihana mai ka makahiki 1974 i ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai e John King, a ua hana ʻo ia i nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu no nā makahiki ʻeiwa i hala. I kēlā manawa, ua ulu nui ka noi no nā huahana i hoʻohui ʻia e hāʻawi i ka maʻalahi a me ka palekana a ua hoʻonui hou ka ʻoihana i kahi hale hou e hāʻawi ana i ʻehā mau manawa hou aku.
Ua loaʻa i ka hui he $ 160 miliona ma ke kūʻai aku i ka makahiki i hala, me ka helu o nā huahana no 35 pakeneka o nā kūʻai, wahi a Panagakos. ʻO ka ʻoki ʻoki hou a ka hui, ʻo Kitchen Cuts, ua noho ʻia no nā makahiki ʻeiwa i hala a ʻo ka hoʻonui hou ʻana ke kau nei i ka ulu mau. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo J. Kings i ke kaʻina hana i loko o kona hale hou ma Holtsville, ma Long Island ma New York, i ka makahiki 2000 a ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hale hou i ka hāʻule hope ma kahi kahua ma kahi o ʻeono a ʻehiku mau mile mai ke keʻena nui o ka hui. Mālama ka mea kanu hou i ka laina Kitchen Cuts a me nā hana hoʻomākaukau meaʻai ʻē aʻe. Hoʻohana ka hui i 330 a loaʻa iā ia kahi papahana HACCP, ua ʻae ʻia e ka American Institute for Baking a ua hōʻoia ʻia e USDA i ka mea kanu meaʻai. He lālā ka hui o PRO-ACT, ka mea hoʻolaha lawelawe meaʻai holoʻokoʻa, no laila e mālama mau ʻia nā loiloi ʻaoʻao ʻekolu.
"He mea kōkua ia iā mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao palekana meaʻai o nā mea ma ke ʻano nui," wahi a Joel Panagakos, hope pelekikena no Westbrook Produce ma J. Kings Foodservice.
I kēlā me kēia lā, ʻaʻole wale ʻo J. Kings e hoʻomākaukau i nā hua ʻoki hou a me nā huahana ʻiʻo a hoʻopaʻa i nā huahana holoʻokoʻa; aia kekahi lumi kuke ma ka pūnaewele e hoʻomākaukau ana i nā meaʻai no nā limahana ʻoi aku ma mua o 300. ʻAʻole i hoʻomaka ka ʻoihana i ka hānai ʻana i nā limahana, akā hāʻawi nā kuki e hana ana i nā mea papa inoa hou i nā meaʻai i ka poʻe holo pō, a ma hope ua lilo kekahi wahi o ka hale i wahi ʻai. Ua hoʻonui ʻia kēlā manaʻo i ka poʻe hana o ka lā me kahi cafe noho i lalo e hāʻawi i ka ʻaina awakea i nā limahana āpau. Ma kahi lā hana i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa i nā limahana o J. Kings ka manawa e hoʻāʻo ai i kahi meaʻai filet mignon i hoʻomohala ʻia e nā chef no kahi mea kūʻai kiʻekiʻe, wahi a Panagakos.
ʻOki Kukina
ʻO ka wahi hou i ʻoki ʻia ma kahi o 11,000 square feet a i kēia manawa ke hana nei ʻo 70,000 a 80,000 paona i ka pule, wahi a Panagakos. Hana ʻia ka papahana ʻoki hou ma kahi o 350 mau mea no ka lehulehu o nā mea kūʻai aku, mai ka hoʻokipa a me nā mea kūʻai mai i nā hale ʻaina keʻokeʻo.
Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka lumi kākoʻo hou e pale aku i nā mea ʻē aʻe mai ke komo ʻana i ka wahi hana. Lawe ʻia nā huahana a pau mai nā pahu a i ʻole nā pahu ma luna o kahi ʻōnaehana conveyor, kahi e lawe ai i ka huahana maka i loko o kahi ʻoki. Lawe ʻia ka ʻōpala i loko o kahi ʻōnaehana flume, a laila hoʻopaʻa ʻia a kūʻai ʻia i nā mahiʻai kokoke.
Hana ʻia ka ʻoki ʻana e nā mīkini. Ma kahi o 75 pakeneka o nā mea i ʻoki hou ʻia e hele i nā mīkini Urschel, a ʻo ke koena e ʻoki ʻia e ka lima no nā noi kūikawā mai nā mea kūʻai aku. ʻO nā noi ʻoki lima maʻamau e hele mai mai nā hale ʻaina kiʻekiʻe - nā chef e ʻimi nei i kahi kikoʻī kikoʻī - wahi a Panagakos, akā ua hāʻule iki me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai.
Akā ʻo kahi wahi e ulu nei ʻo ia ka lawelawe meaʻai i ka ʻoihana mālama olakino. Ma muli o ka nui o nā koi o nā meaʻai o nā maʻi i loko o nā halemai a i ʻole nā hale mālama lōʻihi, hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka meaʻai ke ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hiki o nā limahana o ka haukapila, no laila ua hoʻopiha nā hui e like me J. Kings i kēlā niche. No ka laʻana, loaʻa nā soups mai ʻekolu a ʻehā mau meaʻai a hiki i ka ʻewalu, e pili ana i nā kapu ʻai o ka mea maʻi.
"Ma ka mālama ola kino, ʻo ka ʻaoʻao palekana meaʻai kekahi hapa nui o ia mea, akā ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻano hana," wahi a Panagakos.
Ua ʻae ke kikowaena hou a me nā laina mea hana hou i ka māhele Kitchen Cuts o J. Kings e hoʻomohala i nā huahana hou, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kāna papa inoa lōʻihi o nā mea ʻoki hou. Ke hana nei ka hui i nā hui coleslaw hou a me kahi laina o nā fries hou.
Ke kuai ana i ka Hui
ʻO kahi ala e kōkua ai ʻo J. Kings i kāna mea kūʻai lawelawe meaʻai ma o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi chef hoʻokō, ʻo Chris Neary, ma luna o nā limahana. Kōkua ʻo ia i nā hale ʻaina e hoʻomohala i nā mea papa inoa hou a he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ke kaʻina kūʻai aku ma o ka hana pū ʻana me ke alakaʻi alakaʻi o kahi hale ʻaina e hoʻoholo pololei i ke ʻano o ka ʻoki a i ʻole ka ʻono ʻono e pono ai no kahi mea papa inoa.
“Ua ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi. E hāʻawi mau wau i nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa, akā hiki i ke kuke ke hele a kamaʻilio me ke poʻo chef a ʻōlelo lākou i ka ʻōlelo hoʻokahi," wahi a Panagakos.
ʻO kekahi mau hale ʻaina hoʻokele a me nā mea kūʻai lawelawe meaʻai ʻē aʻe e ʻimi nei ʻo ka hoʻomau, i wehewehe pinepine ʻia he kūloko.
"No nā huahana kūikawā, aia kahi manaʻo nui no ka 'hele kūloko'," wahi a Panagakos.
ʻO nā mea kanu kūloko - mai Long Island a me ka ʻāina - loaʻa nā huahana hou i ʻohi ʻia e kahi kaʻa Kings i ka ʻauinalā a hoʻouna ʻia i nā mea kūʻai aku i ke kakahiaka aʻe. ʻO ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻāina kahi ala e "hele ʻōmaʻomaʻo" ai ka hui - aia kekahi papa inoa ʻo Go Green e hōʻike ana i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka ʻoihana e kālele ana i ka hoʻomau. Aia nā mea ma ka papa inoa:
• Ka hana hou 'ana i ka pepa pahu, pepa, pahu waiu a me ke aniani a me ka omole alumini.
• Hoʻonui i ka ikehu ma ka hoʻopio ʻana i nā kukui a me nā kamepiula i ka pō.
• E hoemi ana i ke kinoea a me na hookui ana o na moku ma ka hoonohonoho pono ana, na kaa i lako GPS a me ka hoohuli ana i na moku kaa i ka Dodge Sprinter, e loaa ana he 22 mile no ke galani.
• E hoemi ana i ke kinoea a me na hookui ana o na limahana ma o ka lawelawe ana i na mea ai ma ka lumi awakea a me ka hoolako ana i ka ATM ma ka paena, e hoolako ana i na kaa kuai me ka GPS a me ka hoonohonoho ana i na halawai ma na wahi kikowaena e hoemi ai i ka hele ana a mai ke keena kikowaena.
• E hōʻemi ana i ka ʻōpala pepa ma o ka lawelawe ʻana i nā ʻoihana ma ka pūnaewele e like me ka hiki - mai ka waihona kālā a hiki i nā noi hana.
Eia kekahi, ke nānā nei ka ʻoihana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i kāna mau kaʻa kūʻai aku i nā kaʻa hybrid, e hoʻokomo ana i nā lako ikehu lā a me ka makani i kona mau keʻena, e hōʻemi hou i ka pepa ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana uila a hāʻawi i kāna poʻe limahana me nā ʻeke a me nā hue wai e hōʻemi i ka pahu. ʻōpala.
Ua hoʻolimalima pū ʻo J. Kings i nā mea aʻoaʻo e kōkua i nā mea kūʻai hale ʻaina e hana i ka hapa nui o kā lākou menus. Ua kōkua nā mea aʻoaʻo i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻāpana kūpono a me nā ʻano o nā makana, a me ke ʻano o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻana o nā mea ma ka pā e hoʻopuka i ka ʻono o ka meaʻai nui, wahi a Panagakos.
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻokumu ʻo J. Kings i kahi hoʻolaha hou e pōmaikaʻi ai i kāna mea kūʻai hale ʻaina i kūleʻa loa, wahi a Panagakos. Ua hoʻokumu ka hui i kahi pūnaewele hou, www.greatrestaurantsNY.com, e hāʻawi ana i ka poʻe kipa pūnaewele i kahi ʻikepili hulina o nā hale ʻaina ma Long Island a me nā loulou i nā menus a me nā pūnaewele hale ʻaina. Ua loaʻa pū kekahi o nā kaʻa kaʻa J. Kings i nā hōʻailona no nā hale ʻaina o nā mea kūʻai aku ma luna o lākou ma mua o ka logo J. Kings.
"Ua hoʻolaha mākou no nā mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Panagakos.
Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka papahana i ʻelima mau manawa i kēia makahiki. Ma waena o 150 a me 200 mau hale ʻaina i kau inoa ʻia no ka papahana.
"He mea paʻakikī i kēia mau kāne ke hoʻolaha, akā ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i kā lākou waiwai hiki ke loaʻa ko lākou inoa ma laila," wahi a Panagakos.
Ma keʻano he mea hoʻolaha laina piha o nā hua hou a me nāʻiʻo, kahi mea hana laina piha o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu, ua hoʻonuiʻo J. Kings i kahiʻoihana kūʻai e hoʻopōmaikaʻi i nā mea kūʻai. Ma ke kōkua ʻana i ka lawe ʻana i nā mea ʻai i loko o nā hale ʻaina, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Panagakos e kōkua ana ʻo ia i kāna mea kūʻai aku e kūleʻa a kōkua i ka ʻoihana J. Kings i ka wā lōʻihi.