ʻO ka Mt. Olive Pickle Company ʻo Mt. Olive, North Carolina.
ʻO nā hanauna mai nā ʻohana hoʻokahi i hana a hoʻomau i ka hana i loko o ka mea kanu, kahi e hoʻopuka ai i nā pickles, nā pepa a me nā leʻaleʻa i nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā hoʻonohonoho. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kaona, ʻo ka heluna kanaka ma kahi o 4,500, me ka ʻole o ka holo ʻana i kahi mea hana ma ka hui a ʻike paha i kahi kanaka hana.
"ʻAʻole mākou he ʻohana ma ke ʻano he kuleana ʻohana hoʻokahi," wahi a Lynn Williams, he limahana 16 makahiki a me ka luna pili aupuni ma Mt. Olive Pickle. "Akā, nui ka manaʻo o ka ʻohana."
Hoʻopaʻa inoa ka hui i kona wahi ma ke kihi o Kukama a me Vine.
"ʻAʻole ʻoe e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kekahi mea hana ma ka mauna ʻOlive," wahi a Williams. "ʻAʻole ʻoe ʻike i ko lākou pili ʻana."
Kaona Li'ili'i, 'Oihana Nui
I ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kāna makahiki he 90 i ka makahiki 2016, ua hoʻomaka nā aʻa o Mt. Olive Pickle Company me kahi malihini Lebanona a me kahi luina i hana i kahi mea kanu pickle. He nui nā kukama keu o ia wahi, a ʻo kā lākou manaʻo e kūʻai a hoʻomaʻemaʻe iā lākou e kūʻai aku i nā mea hoʻopuka ʻē aʻe.
Ua pau kēlā manaʻo i ka loaʻa ʻole o nā mea kūʻai. Akā, ua hui pū nā poʻe ʻoihana kūloko me 37 mau mea kuleana e waiho ana i ke kālā, e hoʻomaka i kahi hui pickle a lākou i ʻike ai he "proposition community."
I ka hopena o nā makahiki 1960 a me nā makahiki 1970, ua hui pū ka hui me nā mea noiʻi mai ka USDA's Food Fermentation Lab ma North Carolina State University, nona ka pahuhopu e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke kaʻina hana o ka fermentation hoʻomalu - noiʻi i loaʻa ka hopena o ka ʻoihana.
I kekahi manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Williams, he nui nā hui pickle liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. I ka makahiki 1980, ua kūʻai ʻia a komo i loko o nā hui nui. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Mt. Olive i kēlā.
"Ua hoʻoikaika mākou i ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻoihana a noho kūʻokoʻa," wahi āna. “A ua lanakila mākou ma
e hana ana i kēlā.
Akaka no hoi ka hui i kana hana.
"Ke nānā nei mākou i ka mea a mākou e hana maikaʻi ai," wahi a Williams. "Hoʻopili mākou i nā pickles, nā pepa a me nā mea ʻono, a ʻo ia wale nō kā mākou hana."
I kēia lā, ʻo Mt. Olive ka ʻoihana pilahi paʻa pilikino nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ke hana nei ma 117 mau ʻeka, ʻo kāna mau mea hana e pili ana i 900,000 kapuaʻi square o ka hana ʻana a me kahi kahua hale kūʻai a me kahi pā me 1,100 fiberglass pahu e hiki ke mālama ma mua o 40 miliona paona kukama. Hoʻohana ʻo ia ma kahi o 500 mau kānaka a puni ka makahiki, e hoʻohui hou i 300 a 350 i ke kauwela, ke hoʻonui ʻia ka hana ʻana e like me ka nui o nā kukama e ʻohi ʻia.
"He ʻano like ia me ka hana hoʻoilo ma nā steroids," wahi a Williams.
ʻAʻole hana ʻo Mt. Olive i kāna mau mahiʻai ponoʻī, akā kūʻai mai nā kukama mai nā mea kanu a me nā mea kūʻai aku ma Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Canada, Mexico a me India, e pili ana i ka manawa. o ka makahiki. Ke nānā nei hoʻi ia i Helene no ka pepperoncini a me Peru no nā pepa ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula.
Hoʻolālā ka hui ma kahi o 175 miliona paona o nā pepa a me nā kukama i ka makahiki - ʻo ia ka unuhi ʻana i loko o kahi 14.5 miliona mau pahu. ʻO kāna helu kanaka nui loa he ʻohana me nā keiki.
"ʻO mākou ka lua o ka mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa o nā pickles ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa," wahi a Randy Sweigart, ka mea e hoʻololi nei mai kona kūlana mua o ka luna mea kanu i ka hoʻomaha ʻana ma hope o 20 mau makahiki me ka hui. "Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e lanakila iā Vlasic. Ua lanakila mākou iā lākou i kekahi mau hapaha, akā ʻaʻole mau.
“Ua ulu maoli mākou. A e ulu mau ana mākou. "
Hoʻonui i ke kumu
Ua ulu ka hui ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻolaha a me nā laina huahana.
"He palahalaha ka māhele," wahi a Sweigart. “ʻAʻole i ulu nui nā pickles, nā pepa a me nā mea ʻono. I mea e ulu ai mākou, pono mākou e lawe iā ia mai ka māhele mākeke o kekahi - mai nā hui pickle ʻē aʻe.
“He iwakālua makahiki i hala aku nei, aia mākou ma waena o nā mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAkelanika. ʻAʻole mākou i ka Hikina ʻĀkau, ʻaʻole mākou i ke komohana waena. I kēia manawa aia mākou ma nā mokuʻāina he 50.
No nā makahiki he 60, ua loaʻa iā Mt. Olive kāna mau ʻauwaʻa kaʻa ponoʻī e lawe ana i kahi hapa o kāna huahana. Ua hoʻopau ka hui i kēlā hana i ka makahiki 2009, i ka wā i lilo ai ke kumu kūʻai. I kēia manawa, hoʻouna lākou ma ka mea lawe maʻamau, me kekahi mau mea kūʻai e kiʻi i nā kauoha iā lākou iho.
Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻokaʻawale, i ka makahiki 2002 ua hoʻokomo ʻo Mt. Olive i kekahi mau pickles a me ka leʻaleʻa e hoʻohana ana i ka mea ʻono.
“Ua piʻi nui kā mākou hana. Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā mea like ʻole me ka Splenda, ʻaʻohe preservatives, ʻaʻohe kala i hana ʻia, "wahi a Sweigart. “Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā huahana momona i kēia manawa - hoʻomaka mākou e hana i kēlā. Ma kahi o ka syrup kulina, hoʻohana mākou i ke kō. A loaʻa iā mākou nā huahana paʻakai kai.
Ua hoʻomohala ʻo Mt. Olive i kahi ala e hiki ai i nā pickles ke lawe ʻia. Ua ʻōwili ʻo ia i nā picklePAK i ka makahiki 2007, a ma hope mai e hoʻolauna ana i nā pepperPAK, e hāʻawi ana i nā waiwai i loko o kahi ʻeke ʻehā o nā kīʻaha plastik hoʻokahi lawelawe.
"He ʻano paʻakikī ke huki ʻana i kahi ipu aniani i loko o kāu pahu ʻaina awakea," wahi a Williams. ʻO ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻeke a me ka hana kūpono no nā kīʻaha i hoʻāʻo
a me ka hewa.
"ʻO ka paʻakikī ke ʻano acidic o ka huahana ... a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻoia e sila a hana i ke ʻano e pono ai," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sweigart ua makemake ka ʻoihana kūʻai e hoʻohana i ka foil, kahi sila e hāʻawi ai i ka ʻili no nā kiʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka plastic. ʻO ke kī i ka hana ʻana, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, ʻo ia ka hōʻoia ʻana ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka wai ma ka rim e hoʻoheheʻe ai, a laila hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kaʻina hana hoʻopaʻa wela.
Eia hou, hoʻopili ʻo Mt. Olive i kekahi mau huahana no nā mea kūʻai aku i ka inoa pilikino - nā pepa, nā pīkī a me nā mea ʻono i kūʻai ʻia ma ke kūʻai aku ma lalo o ka lepili hale kūʻai. ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu wale ʻana i ka hui i nā commissaries pūʻali koa US.
"He manawa paʻakikī mākou e hoʻolako i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa," wahi a Sweigart.
He Paʻa Paʻa
ʻAʻole wale ʻo Mt. Olive Pickle e hoʻoikaika e lilo i kamaʻāina ʻoihana maikaʻi, kākoʻo kāna mau limahana i ke kaiāulu. Ma waho aʻe o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo manawaleʻa, hiki i nā limahana ke komo i kahi papahana e hāʻawi iā lākou i 30 keneta o kēlā me kēia $100 i ka uku nui, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia e ka hui, i kahi Waihona Kaiāulu limahana. Ma o kēlā hoʻoikaika ʻana, ua hele aku nā haneli haneli kālā e kākoʻo i nā hana aloha kūloko - $140,000 i ka makahiki i hala wale nō.
He ʻāpana ia o ka paʻa i ʻōlelo ʻia e Production Superintendent Steve Whitman i ka hui me ke kaiāulu. A maopopo iā ia. Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Whitman ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa supervisor i ka makahiki 18, 32 mau makahiki i hala. Ua hana pū kona makuakāne no Mt. Olive, ua hoʻomaha ʻo 15 mau makahiki i hala.
"ʻAʻole au i ʻike i ka mea nāna e ʻai i kēia mau pickles a pau," wahi āna. "Akā, hauʻoli wau i kā lākou hana."