Phil da Frank Gilardi suna da masana'antar samarwa a cikin jininsu: Kakan su ya gudanar da kasuwancin samar da kayayyaki a farkon shekarun 1900. ’Yan’uwan sun gina kan wannan ilimin iyali kuma yanzu sun mallaki Freshway Foods, wani sabon kamfani mai sarrafa kayan abinci da ke hidimar hidimar abinci.
Gilardis ya fara kasuwancin a cikin 1988 da niyyar mai da hankali kan sabbin kayan masarufi, kuma Freshway Foods ya girma daga can. A shekara ta 1992, ’yan’uwa sun gina sabon wurin sarrafa kayan aikinsu na farko a Ohio kuma suka ƙara na biyu a shekara ta 1996. A shekara ta 2000, sun haɗa dukan kasuwancinsu zuwa shuka ɗaya, wanda a yau ya fi ƙafa 100,000. A watan Disamba, Freshway Foods ya buɗe wani wuri a Sanford, Fla., ƙyale kamfanin ya fi hidima ga duk kasuwanni a gabashin kogin Mississippi.
"Muna iya isa ga kowane abokan cinikinmu a cikin sa'o'i 12," in ji Frank Gilardi, wanda ke aiki a matsayin Shugaba. "Muna kallon kanmu a matsayin ƙwararrun masana'antun yanki, ta yadda mu kamfani ne mai dogaro da kai sosai."
Yayin da Freshway Foods ya riga ya sami wasu abokan ciniki a kudu maso gabashin Amurka, buɗe ginin Florida ya ba da damar Freshway Foods don fadada rarrabawa a yankin da kuma hidima ga abokan cinikinsa na yanzu.
Duk da yake kasancewa mai sarrafa yanki yana ba da damar Freshway Foods don samun mafi kyawun lokacin juyawa da samun samfur ga abokan cinikinsa da sauri, akwai ƙalubale na musamman lokacin da kamfani ya hau kan masu samar da ƙasa.
"Daya daga cikin manyan kalubalen da muke fuskanta shine samun kalmar game da iyawarmu," in ji Frank. “Suna nuna son kai ga masu sarrafawa da masu noma na kasa. Mun yi imanin kalubalenmu ne kuma alhakinmu ne mu fitar da sanarwa game da abin da karfinmu ke da shi."
Frank ya ce Freshway yana alfahari da ikon kamfanin don daidaitawa da kowane ɗayan 'yan wasan ƙasa a kasuwa.
Kalubalen masana'antu
Wani abin damuwa ga Freshway Foods shine hauhawar farashin kayan masarufi, musamman mai. Kamfanin yana jigilar kayan sa a kan manyan motocin sa, wanda ke taimakawa Freshway Foods hidima ga abokan cinikinsa. Kuma don rage farashin, Frank da Phil sun tabbatar da cewa kowane kaya daidai yake da girmansa - kuma suna loda babbar motar gwargwadon iyawarsu.
"Muna ƙoƙarin gujewa (ba da farashi) gwargwadon yadda za mu iya, amma zai yi wahala mu ci gaba da yinsa gaba ɗaya," in ji Frank. "Na farko, dole ne mu tabbatar da cewa muna da inganci kamar yadda za mu iya."
Ba wai jigilar kayayyaki zuwa abokan ciniki ba ne ke kara tsada. Kudaden samfuran tushen suna ƙara tsada kuma - musamman tunda Freshway Foods yana gabashin Amurka kuma yawancin samfuran duk shekara suna zuwa daga wasu yankuna.
Phil, wanda ke aiki a matsayin shugaban kasa ya ce "Muna aiki kan gina sabbin alakar manoma a duk fadin Amurka da Arewacin Amurka don samun dan kusancin gida."
Baya ga wasu ƙalubalen da Abinci na Freshway ke fuskanta tare da shayarwa da rarrabawa, duk masana'antar da aka yanke da su na fuskantar ƙarin bincike bayan hankalin kafofin watsa labarai na kwanan nan game da cututtukan da ke haifar da abinci.
"Dole ne mu kare abin da muke yi kuma mu fitar da kalmar," in ji Frank. "Duk lokacin da muka ga wata barazana mai yuwuwa, muna bukatar mu tabbatar da magance hakan kuma kada mu jira har sai wani ya magance mana hakan."
Tsaron abinci shine damuwa na yau da kullun ga ƙungiyar a Freshway Foods - ba su damar ci gaba da kan batutuwan kafin su iya zama batutuwa.
Ko da yake masana'antar ta riga ta yi amfani da manyan ayyukan kiyaye abinci, koyaushe akwai hanyar da za ta fi kyau, in ji 'yan'uwan.
"Mu a matsayinmu na masana'antu koyaushe dole ne mu kasance masu neman, haɓakawa da tura mafi kyawun ayyuka a cikin masana'antar mu - har ma a cikin masana'antar abinci gabaɗaya," in ji Phil. "Dole ne mu kasance muna yin aiki mafi kyau. Mun riga mun yi aiki mai kyau, amma dole ne mu kasance mafi kyawu kuma mafi kyau koyaushe. ”
Yayin da masana'antar ke ci gaba da haɓaka, za ta kasance ƙarƙashin na'urar hangen nesa - tare da ƙarin matsin lamba daga kafofin watsa labarai, jama'a da gwamnati.
"Saboda ganin masana'antar mu, za mu kara yin bincike ta hanyar hukumomin da suka dace," in ji Frank. "Hakan zai zama kalubale a gare mu, don tabbatar da cewa muna gudanar da aikinmu a bangaren kiyaye abinci da kuma ka'ida. Kuma a matsayinmu na masana'antu, muna ƙoƙarin yin hakan."
Ba kawai masana'antar ke aiki tuƙuru don kula da babban matakin kiyaye lafiyar abinci ba - Freshway Foods koyaushe yana alfahari da samfuran inganci masu inganci.
Freshway Foods yana da tsauraran matakan da aka tanada don tabbatar da cewa samfuran sa sun kasance da tsabta kamar yadda zai yiwu. Baya ga kasancewar ingancin USDA Ta Tabbataccen Tabbataccen Tabbacin a duka wurare biyu, kamfanin yana da kyawawan manufofin Ayyukan Noma a wurin, yana bin hanyar komawa ga masu noman sa. Freshway Foods kuma yana yin bitar wasu na uku a cikin shekara. A cikin 2005 kadai, kamfanin yana da fiye da 36 dubawa - wasu daga cikinsu ba a sanar da su ba.
"Muna da irin wannan babban matakin sadaukar da kai ga lafiyar abinci wanda wani bangare ne na abin da muke yi," in ji Frank.
Amincewar abinci baya tsayawa da zarar an ɗora samfurin akan manyan motoci. Tawagar tallafin sabis na tallace-tallacen filin - wanda ke ko'ina cikin yankin rarraba kamfani - yana aiki tare da abokan ciniki akan ayyukan sarrafa don tabbatar da kiyaye sarkar amincin abinci.
Baya ga sauran ma'aikatanta, Freshway Foods yana da ma'aikatan tabbatar da inganci.
Haɗin Samfur
Yawancin kasuwancin Freshway Foods suna cikin sashin sabis na abinci - ko da yake kamfanin yana faɗaɗa cikin sashin kiri tare da wasu samfuransa.
"Buƙatar samfurinmu yana da kyau sosai," in ji Frank.
Yawancin wannan buƙatar na zuwa ne daga rashin aiki ga ma'aikatan shirye-shirye. Kayayyaki, kamar na Freshway Foods, suna ƙara dacewa ga shagunan da ma'aikatan sabis na abinci.
Daukaka ga sabis na abinci da masu amfani da kayan abinci yana da mahimmanci kamar yadda yake da mahimmanci ga masu amfani.
"Dukkan yanayin dacewa da kuma tunanin I-so-shi-yanzu tunanin Amurka yana aiki da gaske don fitar da masana'antar mu," in ji Phil.
"Daɗi da gaske yana haifar da ɓangaren kasuwar mu, kuma duk bayanan sun ce hakan zai ci gaba na ɗan lokaci," in ji Frank.
Phil ya ce gaba dayan masana'antar - daga kamfanonin iri zuwa masu samar da kayan aiki - suna amsa da kyau ga karuwar buƙatu, da buƙatu na musamman, sabbin sabbin kayayyaki.
Ɗaya daga cikin samfurin da ƙungiyar a Freshway Foods ke da sha'awa musamman game da shi shine kayan salatin da aka ƙara darajar. Ana siyar da waɗannan kayyakin zuwa kayan abinci a cikin kantin sayar da kayayyaki don haɗawa cikin saladi ɗaya. Duk abin da ma'aikatan deli ke buƙata yana cikin akwatin - gami da marufi.
"Abin da ya bambanta shi ne cewa an sanya su sabo ne a cikin kantin," in ji Frank. “Da alama an riga an yi su amma an yi su a matakin kantin. Yana ba da (salatin) kallon kantin sayar da kayayyaki idan aka kwatanta da wasu abubuwan da ke can waɗanda ke da ɗan ƙima. "
Phil Gilardi ya ce irin waɗannan samfuran suna wakiltar babban canji daga lokacin da aka fara sabbin masana'antar a cikin 1980s.
"Kuna ganin haɓaka da yawa a cikin yadda ake girma da kuma zaɓi samfurin," in ji shi. "Kuna komawa cikin 1980s kuma waɗannan wuraren samar da sabbin kayan abinci sun kasance ɗan ƙaramin ɗaki ne na babban rabo kuma wannan shine inda duk abubuwan da ke cikin damuwa suka tafi - hanya ce kawai don rage asarar ku.
“An juye gaba daya. Na yi imani, aƙalla a cikin yanayinmu, cewa samfuran ƙima an ƙaddara don mai sarrafawa yanzu. ”
Don haka, menene na gaba na Abincin Freshway - da masana'antu?
"Da farko, dole ne dukkanmu mu kiyaye tsaro a matsayin babban fifiko," in ji Phil. "Dukkanmu dole ne mu ci gaba da inganci da sabbin abubuwa a can kuma.
"Dole ne mu ci gaba da haɓaka nau'in a matsayin sabon kayan amfanin gona. Sabon-yanke ne, kuma abin da jama'ar Amirka ke so ke nan."