Kamfanin Mt. Olive Pickle yana Dutsen Olive, North Carolina.
Ƙarni daga iyalai ɗaya suna da kuma suna ci gaba da aiki a cikin shuka, wanda ke samar da pickles, barkono da relishes a cikin nau'i-nau'i daban-daban da kuma daidaitawa. Ba za ku iya zuwa ko'ina a cikin gari ba, yawan jama'a kusan 4,500, ba tare da yin karo da wanda ke aiki a kamfani ko ya san wanda yake yi ba.
Lynn Williams, wata ma'aikaciyar shekara 16 kuma manajan hulda da jama'a a Mt. Olive Pickle ta ce: "Mu ba danginmu ba ne a ma'anar cewa iyali ɗaya ke da hannun jari." "Amma akwai jin daɗin iyali sosai."
Kamfanin ya lissafa wurin da yake a kusurwar Cucumber da Vine.
"Ba za ku taɓa yin magana game da duk wanda ke aiki a Dutsen Olive ba," Williams ya yi barkwanci. "Ba ku san wanda za su iya zama dangi ba."
Karamin Gari, Babban Kasuwanci
Bikin cika shekaru 90 a cikin 2016, Tushen Kamfanin Olive Pickle ya fara da wani ɗan ƙaura na Lebanon da wani jirgin ruwa wanda ya yi aiki a cikin wata shukar zaƙi. Wurin yana da yalwar rarar cucumbers, kuma shirinsu shi ne su saya da brine su don sayar da su ga sauran masu shirya kaya.
Wannan tunanin ya ruɗe lokacin da ba su sami masu siye ba. Madadin haka, ’yan kasuwar gida sun taru tare da masu hannun jari 37 da suka sanya kuɗin, don fara wani kamfani mai tsini da suke kallo a matsayin “shawarar al’umma.”
A cikin ƙarshen 1960s da farkon 1970s, kamfanin ya yi aiki tare da masu bincike daga USDA's Food Fermentation Lab a North Carolina State University, wanda burin shi ne don kammala tsarin sarrafa fermentation - binciken da ke da tasiri a masana'antu.
A wani lokaci, Williams ya ce, akwai ƙananan ƙananan kamfanoni na yanki. A cikin 1980s, an saya da yawa kuma an shigar da su cikin manyan kamfanoni. Dutsen Zaitun bai so haka ba.
"Mun yi ƙoƙari don haɓaka kasuwancin da kuma kasancewa mai cin gashin kansa," in ji ta. “Kuma mun yi nasara a ciki
yin hakan."
Har ila yau, kamfanin ya fito fili a cikin aikinsa.
"Muna mai da hankali kan abin da muke yi mafi kyau," in ji Williams. "Muna shirya pickles, barkono da abubuwan jin daɗi, kuma abin da muke yi ke nan."
A yau, Dutsen Zaitun shi ne kamfani mafi girma na kayan zaki a cikin Amurka. Aiki a kan kadada 117, kayan aikinta sun hada da kusan murabba'in ƙafa 900,000 na masana'antu da sararin ajiya da kuma yadi mai tankunan fiberglass 1,100 waɗanda zasu iya adana sama da fam miliyan 40 na cucumbers. Yana ɗaukar kimanin mutane 500 a duk shekara, yana ƙara ƙarin 300 zuwa 350 a lokacin rani, lokacin da ake haɓaka samar da kayan aiki yayin da ake girbe manyan cucumbers.
"Yana da irin nau'in samar da hunturu a kan steroids," in ji Williams.
Dutsen Zaitun ba ya aiki da nasa gonakin, amma yana samun cucumbers daga masu noma da masu samar da kayayyaki musamman a Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Canada, Mexico da Indiya, dangane da lokaci. na shekara. Hakanan yana kallon Girka don pepperoncini da Peru don gasasshen barkono ja.
Kamfanin yana sarrafa kusan fam miliyan 175 na barkono da cucumbers a shekara - wanda ke fassara zuwa wasu kwalba miliyan 14.5. Mafi girman alƙalumansa shine iyalai da yara.
Randy Sweigart, wanda ke sauya sheka daga tsohon manajan shuka zuwa ritaya bayan shekaru 20 tare da kamfanin ya ce "Mu ne a koyaushe na biyu mafi kyawun siyar da siyar a cikin Amurka." "Muna kokarin doke Vlasic. Mun doke su a wasu wurare, amma ba akai-akai ba.
“Gaskiya mun girma. Kuma har yanzu za mu yi girma.”
Fadada Tushen
Kamfanin ya girma ta hanyar fadada rarrabawa da layin samfur.
Sweigart ya ce "Tsarin yana da kyau. “Pickles, barkono da abubuwan jin daɗi ba su girma sosai. Domin mu girma, dole ne mu karbe shi daga hannun wani na kasuwa - daga wasu kamfanoni masu tsini.
“Shekaru 50 da suka gabata, muna tsakiyar jihohin Atlantic. Ba mu kasance a Arewa maso Gabas ba, ba mu kasance a tsakiyar Yamma ba. Yanzu muna cikin dukkan jihohi XNUMX.”
Tsawon shekaru 60, Dutsen Zaitun yana da nasa tarin manyan motocin da ke kai wani kaso na kayayyakinsa. Kamfanin ya dakatar da wannan aikin a cikin 2009, lokacin da ya zama mai tsadar gaske. Yanzu suna jigilar kaya ta jirgin ruwa na gama gari, tare da wasu abokan ciniki suna karɓar oda da kansu.
A matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce, a cikin 2002 Dutsen Zaitun ya gabatar da wasu pickles da abubuwan jin daɗi waɗanda ke amfani da kayan zaki na wucin gadi.
“Kayan aikinmu ya karu sosai. Mun sami ƙarin abubuwa daban-daban tare da Splenda, babu abubuwan kiyayewa, babu canza launin wucin gadi, ”in ji Sweigart. "Muna da kayan zaki a yanzu - mun fara yin hakan. Maimakon syrup masara, muna amfani da sukari. Kuma muna da kayayyakin gishirin teku.”
Dutsen Zaitun ya kuma ɓullo da hanyar da za a sa ciyawar zaƙi ta zama mai ɗaukar nauyi. Ya fitar da picklePAKs a cikin 2007, daga baya ya gabatar da pepperPAKs, yana isar da kayan a cikin fakitin fakitin filastik guda huɗu masu hidima guda ɗaya.
"Yana da matukar wahala a kwashe gilashin gilashi a cikin akwatin abincin ku," in ji Williams. Nemo marufi masu dacewa da tsari don kofuna sun ɗauki ɗan gwaji
da kuskure.
"Kalubalen shine yanayin acidic na samfurin… da ƙoƙarin tabbatar da cewa zai rufe kuma yayi aiki yadda ya kamata," in ji ta.
Sweigart ya ce sashen tallace-tallace yana so ya yi amfani da foil, hatimin da zai ba da saman don mafi kyawun zane fiye da filastik. Makullin sanya shi aiki, in ji shi, shine tabbatar da cewa babu wani danshi da ya samu kan bakin da zai sa shi ya kumfa, sannan kuma ya daidaita tsarin rufe zafi.
Bugu da ƙari, Dutsen Zaitun yana tattara wasu samfura don abokan ciniki masu zaman kansu - barkono, pickles da abubuwan jin daɗi da aka sayar a kantin sayar da kayayyaki a ƙarƙashin lakabin kantin sayar da kayayyaki. Iyakar abin da kamfanin ke fitarwa shine ga kwamishinonin sojan Amurka.
"Muna da wahala (isasshen) lokacin samar da Amurka," in ji Sweigart.
Yarjejeniya Mai ƙarfi
Ba wai kawai Mt. Olive Pickle yana ƙoƙari ya zama ɗan ƙasa na gari ba, ma'aikatansa suna tallafawa al'umma. Bayan ba da tallafin sa kai, ma'aikata za su iya shiga cikin shirin da ke ba su gudummawar cent 30 na kowane dala 100 a cikin babban albashi, wanda kamfanin ya yi daidai da, zuwa Asusun Al'umma na Ma'aikata. Ta wannan yunƙurin, dubban ɗaruruwan daloli sun tafi don tallafawa ƙungiyoyin agaji na gida - $140,000 a bara kadai.
Duk wani ɓangare ne na haɗin gwiwa wanda Sufeto na Production Steve Whitman ya ce kamfanin yana da al'umma. Kuma ya san shi sosai. Whitman ya yi hayarsa a matsayin mai horar da masu kulawa lokacin yana 18, 32 shekaru da suka wuce. Mahaifinsa kuma ya yi aiki da Dutsen Zaitun, inda ya yi ritaya shekaru 15 da suka wuce.
"Ban san wanda ke cin duk waɗannan miyagu ba," in ji shi. "Amma na tabbata sun yi farin ciki."