Kambani yeMt. Olive Pickle iri kuMt. Olive, North Carolina.
Zvizvarwa kubva kumhuri imwe chete zvine uye zvinoramba zvichishanda muchirimwa, icho chinoburitsa pickles, mhiripiri uye inonakidzwa mumhando dzakasiyana siyana uye zvigadziriso. Iwe haugone kuenda chero mudhorobha, huwandu hwevanhu vangangoita 4,500, pasina kumhanya kune mumwe munhu anoshanda pakambani kana anoziva munhu anoita.
“Hatisi vemhuri mupfungwa yokuti mhuri imwe ine migove,” akadaro Lynn Williams, mushandi ane makore 16 uye maneja wehukama hweveruzhinji paMt. Olive Pickle. "Asi pane zvakawanda zvinonzwa mhuri."
Iyo kambani inonyora nzvimbo yayo seiri pakona yeCucumber neVine.
“Haumbotauri nezvemunhu upi noupi anoshanda paMt. Olive,” Williams anoseka. "Iwe hauzive kuti vangave hama dzaani."
Diki Town, Big Business
Kupemberera kusvitsa kwayo makore makumi mapfumbamwe muna 90, midzi yeMt. Olive Pickle Company inotanga nemutorwa wekuLebanon uye mutyairi wengarava anga ashanda muchirimwa chepikicha. Nharaunda yacho yakanga ine magaka akawanda akawandisa, uye hurongwa hwavo hwaiva hwokutenga nokuachenesa kuti vatengese kune mamwe mapaki.
Pfungwa iyoyo yakapera pavakashaya anotenga. Panzvimbo iyoyo, mabhizinesi emunharaunda akaungana pamwe nevanogovana makumi matatu nevanomwe vachiisa mari, kuti vatange kambani yemapikicha yavaiona se "chirevo chenharaunda."
Mukupera kwema1960 nekutanga 1970s, kambani yakashanda pamwe nevaongorori kubva kuUSDA's Food Fermentation Lab kuNorth Carolina State University, avo vavariro yavo yaive yekunatsiridza maitiro ekudzora kuviriswa - tsvakiridzo yaive neindasitiri-yakakura.
Pane imwe nguva, Williams akati, pakanga paine akawanda madiki edunhu makambani emapikicha. Muma1980, mazhinji akatengwa uye akapinzwa mumakambani makuru. Gomo reOlive vaisada izvozvo.
“Takaita nhamburiko huru yekusimudzira bhizinesi uye kuramba takazvimirira,” akadaro. “Uye takabudirira mukati
kuita izvozvo.”
Iyo kambani zvakare yakajeka muchinangwa chayo.
"Tiri kutarisa pane zvatinoita zvakanyanya," Williams akadaro. “Tinorongedza magaka, mhiripiri nemafaro, uye ndizvo chete zvatinoita.”
Nhasi, Mt. Olive ndiyo kambani hombe inogarwa yega muAmerica. Inoshanda pamaeka 117, zvivakwa zvayo zvinosanganisira 900,000 mativi emamita ekugadzira uye nzvimbo yekuchengetera uye yadhi ine 1,100 fiberglass matangi anogona kuchengeta anopfuura mamirioni makumi mana mapaundi emagaka. Inoshandisa vanhu vangangosvika mazana mashanu gore rose, ichiwedzera vamwe 40 kusvika ku500 muchirimo, apo kurima kunokwidziridzwa sezvo magaka akawanda anokohwewa.
"Zvakafanana nekugadzirwa kwechando pane steroids," Williams akadaro.
Gomo reOlive harishande mapurazi aro, asi rinotenga magaka kubva kuvarimi nevatengesi kunyanya muGeorgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Canada, Mexico neIndia, zvichienderana nenguva. yegore. Inotarisawo kuGreece kune pepperoncini nePeru kune yakakangwa mhiripiri tsvuku.
Iyo kambani inobata 175 miriyoni mapaundi emapaunzi nemagaka pagore - izvo zvinoshandura mune mamwe 14.5 miriyoni zvirongo. Huwandu hwevanhu vayo imhuri dzine vana.
"Isu tinogara tiri wechipiri-anotengeswa zvakanyanya mhando yemapickles muUnited States," akadaro Randy Sweigart, ari kuchinja kubva pachinzvimbo chake cheaimbova maneja wezvirimwa kuenda pamudyandigere mushure memakore makumi maviri nekambani. “Tiri kuedza kurova Vlasic. Takavakunda mamwe makota, asi kwete nguva dzose.
“Takura chaizvo. Uye isu tichiri kukura. "
Kuwedzera Nheyo
Iyo kambani yakakura nekuwedzera kugovera uye mitsara yechigadzirwa.
"Chikamu chakati sandara," akadaro Sweigart. “Pickles, mhiripiri nerelishes zvakange zvisiri kukura zvakanyanya. Kuti isu tikure, taifanira kuitora kubva pamusika wemumwe munhu - kubva kune mamwe makambani emagaka.
“Makore makumi maviri apfuura, takanga tiri pakati penyika dzeAtlantic. Isu takanga tisiri kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva, takanga tisiri kuMidwest. Iye zvino tave mumatunhu ese makumi mashanu. "
Kwemakore 60, Mt. Olive yakanga iine marori ayo aiendesa chimwe chikamu chezvigadzirwa zvayo. Kambani yakamisa tsika iyi muna 2009, pazvakanyanya kudhura. Iye zvino vanotakura nekutakura nevakawanda, vamwe vatengi vachitora maodha ivo pachavo.
Sechikamu chekuedza kusiyanisa, muna 2002 Mt. Olive yakaunza mamwe magaka uye mabiko anoshandisa artificial sweetener.
“Kugadzira kwedu kwakawedzera zvakanyanya. Tasvika kune zvimwe zvinhu zvakasiyana neSplenda, hapana mapreservatives, hapana pendi yekugadzira, "Sweigart akadaro. “Tava nemishonga inotapira shuga – takangotanga kuita izvozvo. Panzvimbo pemushonga wechibage, tiri kushandisa shuga. Uye tine zvigadzirwa zvemunyu zvemugungwa. "
Gomo reOlive rakagadzirawo nzira yekugadzira magaka anotakurika. Yakaburitsa picklePAKs muna 2007, yakazounza pepperPAKs, ichiendesa zvinhu mumapaketi mana emakapu epurasitiki ega ega.
"Zvakaoma kudhonza chirongo chegirazi mubhokisi rako rekudya," Williams akadaro. Kutsvaga kurongedza kwakaringana uye maitiro emakapu kwakatora kumwe kuyedzwa
uye kukanganisa.
"Chinetso chave chiri chimiro cheacidic chechigadzirwa ... uye kuyedza kuve nechokwadi kuti chinonamira nekushanda nemazvo," akadaro.
Sweigart akati dhipatimendi rekutengesa raida kushandisa foil, chisimbiso chaizopa pamusoro pemifananidzo iri nani pane plastiki. Kiyi yekuita kuti ishande, anowedzera, yaive yekuona kuti hapana hunyoro hunopinda pamupendero kuti huite kuti ipupume, uye nekunatsiridza nzira yekuisa chisimbiso chekupisa.
Pamusoro pezvo, Mt. Olive inorongedza chimwe chigadzirwa chevatengi vega-mapepa - mhiripiri, pickles uye relishes zvinotengeswa pazvitoro pasi pechitoro chechitoro. Iyo chete inotumira kunze kunze iyo kambani inoita kune veUS vemauto commissaries.
"Tine nguva yakaoma (yakakwana) yekupa United States," Sweigart akadaro.
Chisungo Chakasimba
Kwete Mt. Olive Pickle chete inoedza kuva mugari akanaka wekambani, vashandi vayo vanotsigira nharaunda. Kunze kwekupa rubatsiro rwekuzvipira, vashandi vanogona kutora chikamu muchirongwa chinoita kuti vape masendi makumi matatu pamadhora zana ega ega pamuhoro wakakura, unofananidzwa nekambani, kuEmployee Community Fund. Kuburikidza nekuedza ikoko, mazana ezviuru zvemadhora akaenda kunotsigira masangano anobatsira emunharaunda - $30 gore rapfuura chete.
Izvo zvese chikamu chechisungo icho Production Superintendent Steve Whitman akati kambani ine nenharaunda. Uye anozviziva zvakanaka. Whitman akahaya semutariri mutariri paaiva 18, 32 makore apfuura. Baba vake vakashandawo kuMt. Olive, vakasiya basa makore gumi nemashanu apfuura.
“Handizivi kuti ndiani anodya magaka ese aya,” akadaro. "Asi ndinofara kuti vanozviita."