I-Mt. Olive Pickle Company ise-Mt. Olive, North Carolina.
Izizukulwane ezivela emindenini efanayo ziyasebenza futhi ziyaqhubeka nokusebenza esitshalweni, esikhiqiza amakhukhamba, upelepele kanye nezibiliboco ngendlela ehlukahlukene kanye nokucushwa kwayo. Awukwazi ukuya noma yikuphi edolobheni, inani labantu elilinganiselwa ku-4,500, ngaphandle kokuhlangana nomuntu osebenza enkampanini noma owazi umuntu osebenzayo.
“Asibona abomndeni ngendlela yokuthi umndeni owodwa unamasheya,” kusho uLynn Williams, isisebenzi esineminyaka engu-16 nomphathi wezobudlelwano bomphakathi eMt. Olive Pickle. "Kodwa kuningi umndeni ozizwa ngakho."
Inkampani ibala indawo yayo njengesekhoneni leCucumber and Vine.
“Awuke ukhulume ngomuntu osebenza eMt. Olive,” kuncokola uWilliams. “Awazi ukuthi bahlobene nobani.”
Idolobha Elincane, Amabhizinisi Amakhulu
Igubha iminyaka yayo engama-90 ngo-2016, izimpande ze-Mt. Olive Pickle Company ziqala ngowokufika waseLebhanon kanye netilosi elalisebenze embonini yokugqumisa. Le ndawo yayinensada yamakhukhamba ayesele, futhi isu labo kwakuwukuthenga nokuwacolisa ukuze adayisele abanye abapakishi.
Lowo mqondo washintsha lapho bengatholi abathengi. Esikhundleni salokho, osomabhizinisi bendawo bahlangana nabanikazi bamasheya abangama-37 bebeka imali, ukuze basungule inkampani yamakhukhamba ababeyibheka “njengesiphakamiso somphakathi.”
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1970, inkampani yabambisana nabacwaningi abavela ku-USDA's Food Fermentation Lab eNorth Carolina State University, inhloso yabo kwakuwukuphelelisa inqubo yokuvutshelwa okulawulwayo - ucwaningo olwalunomthelela embonini yonke.
Ngesinye isikhathi, uWilliams uthe, bekunezinkampani eziningi ezincane zamakhukhamba esifunda. Ngawo-1980, abaningi bathengwa futhi bafakwa ezinkampanini ezinkulu. INtaba i-Olive yayingakufuni lokho.
“Senze umzamo omkhulu ukukhulisa ibhizinisi futhi lihlale lizimele,” kusho yena. “Futhi siphumelele ku
ukwenza lokho.”
Le nkampani nayo icacile emsebenzini wayo.
“Sigxile kulokho esikwenza kahle kakhulu,” kusho uWilliams. “Sipakisha ukhukhamba, upelepele kanye nezibiliboco, futhi yilokho kuphela esikwenzayo.”
Namuhla, i-Mt. Olive iyinkampani enkulu yangasese ephethwe ngasese e-United States. Isebenza kumahektha ayi-117, izinsiza zayo zifaka cishe amamitha-skwele angama-900,000 wokukhiqiza nendawo yokugcina impahla kanye negceke elinamathangi e-fiberglass angu-1,100 angagcina amakhilogremu angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-40 zamakhukhamba. Iqasha abantu abangaba ngu-500 unyaka wonke, ingeza abanye abangu-300 kuya ku-350 ngesikhathi sasehlobo, lapho ukukhiqizwa kuqiniswa njengoba kuvunwa ama-cucumber amaningi.
"Kufana nokukhiqizwa kwasebusika kuma-steroids," kusho uWilliams.
I-Mt. Olive ayiwasebenzisi amapulazi ayo, kodwa ithenga ukhukhamba kubalimi nabaphakeli ikakhulukazi eGeorgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Canada, Mexico naseNdiya, kuye ngesikhathi. zonyaka. Iphinde ibheke eGreece ngepepperoncini kanye nePeru ngopelepele obomvu othosiwe.
Le nkampani icubungula cishe amakhilogremu ayizigidi eziyi-175 kapelepele namakhukhamba ngonyaka - lokho kusho ukuthi izimbiza eziyizigidi eziyi-14.5. Inani labantu bayo elikhulu kunawo wonke yimindeni enezingane.
“Siwuhlobo lwesibili lwamakhukhamba athengiswa kakhulu e-United States,” kusho u-Randy Sweigart, osuka esikhundleni sakhe sangaphambili somphathi wezitshalo aye empeshenini ngemva kweminyaka engu-20 esebenza nenkampani. “Sizama ukushaya uVlasic. Sike sabashaya amakwata athile, kodwa hhayi njalo.
“Sikhule impela. Futhi sisazokhula.”
Ukwandisa Isisekelo
Inkampani ikhule ngokwandisa imigqa yokusabalalisa kanye nemikhiqizo.
"Isigaba siphansi," kusho uSweigart. “Ukhukhamba, upelepele nezibiliboco bekungakhuli kakhulu. Ukuze sikhule, bekufanele sikuthathe emakethe yomunye umuntu – kwezinye izinkampani zamakhukhamba.
“Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, sasisezifundeni ezimaphakathi ne-Atlantic. Sasingekho eNyakatho-mpumalanga, sasingekho eMidwest. Manje sikuzo zonke izifundazwe ezingu-50.”
Iminyaka engu-60, iNtaba i-Olive yayinoxhaxha lwamaloli aletha ingxenye yemikhiqizo yayo. Inkampani yawuyeka lowo mkhuba ngo-2009, lapho kubiza kakhulu. Manje bathumela ngenkampani yenethiwekhi evamile, amanye amakhasimende ezilanda ama-oda ngokwawo.
Njengengxenye yomzamo wokuhlukahluka, ngo-2002 i-Mt. Olive yethula amakhukhamba kanye nezibiliboco ezisebenzisa isiphuzo esimnandi sokwenziwa.
“Ukukhiqizwa kwethu kwenyuke ngendlela emangalisayo. Sesifinyelele ezintweni ezihlukene nge-Splenda, awekho ama-preservatives, akukho mbala wokwenziwa,” kusho uSweigart. “Sesinemikhiqizo efakwe ushukela manje – sisanda kuqala ukwenza lokho. Esikhundleni sesiraphu yommbila, sisebenzisa ushukela. Futhi sinemikhiqizo kasawoti wasolwandle.”
I-Mt. Olive iphinde yasungula indlela yokwenza amakhukhamba aphatheke kalula. Yakhipha ama-picklePAKs ngo-2007, kamuva yethula ama-pepperPAK, iletha izimpahla ngephakethe elinezinkomishi zepulasitiki ezisetshenziswa kanye.
“Kunzima ukudonsa imbiza yengilazi ebhokisini lakho lokudla,” kusho uWilliams. Ukuthola ukupakishwa okufanele kanye nenqubo yezinkomishi kuthathe isilingo esithile
kanye nephutha.
“Inselelo kube yimvelo ene-asidi yomkhiqizo … nokuzama ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi uzovala futhi usebenze ngendlela okufanele usebenze ngayo,” kusho yena.
U-Sweigart uthe umnyango wezokuthengisa ufuna ukusebenzisa i-foil, uphawu olunikeza indawo yezithombe ezingcono kunepulasitiki. Ukhiye wokuwenza asebenze, uyanezela, kwakuwukuqinisekisa ukuthi akukho mswakamo ofika onqenqemeni ukuze ulenze libe namagwebu, bese uphelelisa inqubo yokuvala ukushisa.
Ukwengeza, i-Mt. Olive ipakisha umkhiqizo othile wamakhasimende anelebula yangasese - upelepele, amakhukhamba nezibiliboco ezithengiswa ezitolo ngaphansi kwelebula yesitolo. Okuwukuphela kokuthunyelwa kwenkampani kuma-commissaries ezempi ase-US.
"Sinesikhathi esinzima (esanele) sokuhlinzeka i-United States," kusho uSweigart.
Isibopho Esiqinile
Akukhona nje ukuthi i-Mt. Olive Pickle ilwela ukuba isakhamuzi esihle sebhizinisi, abasebenzi bayo basekela umphakathi. Ngaphandle kokunikeza ukwesekwa kwamavolontiya, izisebenzi zingabamba iqhaza ohlelweni olubenza banikele ngamasenti angu-30 e-$100 ngayinye emholweni oyisamba, inkampani ehambisana nayo, ku-Employee Community Fund. Ngalowo mzamo, amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaRandi aye ukuyosekela izinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi - $140,000 ngonyaka odlule kuphela.
Konke kuyingxenye yesibopho uSuperintendent Production uSteve Whitman athi inkampani inabo nomphakathi. Futhi uyazi kahle. UWhitman waqashwa njengomphathi oqeqeshwayo lapho eneminyaka engu-18, 32 eminyakeni edlule. Uyise naye wayesebenza eMt. Olive, wathatha umhlalaphansi eminyakeni engu-15 edlule.
“Angazi ukuthi ubani odla wonke lawa makhukhamba,” kusho yena. "Kodwa ngiyajabula ukuthi bayakwenza."