Fresh Fruit Cuts ke makgaolakgang bakeng sa Kgau ya United Fresh Fruit Best Fruit Project Award, bakeng sa ho thakgola mohala wa sehlahiswa oo batho ba bangata ba itseng o ke ke wa etswa.
Ka Phato e fetileng, mopresidente oa k'hamphani Kim Gaarde o ile a phethela lilemo tsa lipatlisiso le nts'etsopele ha k'hamphani eo a e thehileng e ne e hlahisa liperekisi le li-nectarine tse sehiloeng 'marakeng.
Khamphani, e ntlo-kholo ea Fresno, California, e phatlalalitse nako ea eona ea pele e felletseng ka Mots'eanong, 'me e lebelletse mekotla ea thomello, likhetla le literei tsa litholoana tsa lejoe tse sehiloeng ho ea limmarakeng ho potoloha le naha hlabula.
Gaarde o thabetse ka bobeli lihlahisoa tse ncha le ho bitsoa sebapali sa ho qetela.
"Ke hlomphuoa haholo," ho boletse Gaarde. "Ho thabisa haholo ho bona lihlahisoa tsa rona li tsejoa ke indasteri bakeng sa tatso ea tsona le boiketlo ba tsona."
E rekisitsoe ka lebitso la "Woot Froot," liperekisi le li-nectarine tse sehiloeng li rekisoa ka mekotla ea 3- le 14-ounce, li-clamshell tse ngata tse hlano le li-tray tsa 10- le 20-ounces, hammoho le li-trays tse 2-pound. Mohala oa Woot Froot o tla fumaneha liketane tse ngata tse kholo tsa mabenkele, ho kenyeletsoa Sam's Clubs, Super Target le ATB.
Gaarde o re lilae tsa litholoana tse besitsoeng ka mokotleng li phela matsatsi a 21, athe nako ea bophelo ea lilae tsa litholoana litereing ke matsatsi a 16.
Fresh Fruit Cuts ke khoebo ea lelapa. Morali oa Kim, Brittnie Hammack, ke ofisiri ea k'hamphani e tsamaisanang le polokeho ea lijo, 'me o tsamaisa mela ea tlhahiso ha Gaarde a le sieo.
"Re tsamaisa Fresh Fruit Cuts hammoho," ho boletse Gaarde. Re sebetsa hammoho lihora tse 16 ka letsatsi.
Lihora tse telele lia khoneha hobane Hammack o arolelana lerato la 'm'ae bakeng sa Woot Froot. Ba bang ba arolelana thabo ea mohala o mocha oa sehlahisoa.
“Hoa thabisa ho bona seo Kim a se entseng,” ho boletse Melinda Goodman oa Fulltilt Marketing. O qetile lilemo a etsa ntho e 'ngoe e ngata' me batho ba bangata ba itse ha e khonehe. Ka sebele ke bopaki ba boitlamo ba hae le ho bo phethahatsa.”
Le hoja lihlahisoa tsa Fresh Fruit Cuts le Woot Froot li batla li le ncha 'marakeng, Gaarde le monna oa hae Eric ba' nile ba kenya letsoho indastering ea lihlahisoa tsa California ka lilemo tse ka bang mashome a mararo. Ke beng ba bona ebile ba sebelisa Gaarde Food Sources, e fanang ka litholoana tse tala le lihlahisoa tse ncha ho li-processor, hammoho le Fruit Dynamics, e tsamaisang mosebetsi oa tlhahlobo bakeng sa indasteri ea lihlahisoa tse ncha. Likamano tsa khoebo tseo ba li ntlafalitseng ho theosa le lilemo li ile tsa thusa Kim Gaarde ho fetola toro ea hae ea ho bapatsa litholoana tsa majoe tse sehiloeng hore e be tsa nnete.
"Letsapa lohle e bile papali e hlaha," ho boletse Gaarde. "Tšehetso e tsoang ho barekisi ba rona le k'hamphani ea mebaraka e thusitse haholo."
Hape ho ne ho hloka mamello e ngata, ho phehella le ho sebetsa ka thata. Kaha ho na le mefuta e fetang 500 ea liperekisi le li-nectarine tse lengoang California, banyalani bana ba ile ba qeta lilemo ba leka ho fumana tse nang le tatso le mokhoa o nepahetseng. Liphetho tsa lipatlisiso tsa bona e ntse e le lekunutu la khoebo, leha Gaarde a re ba fumane feela liperesente tse 20 tsa mefuta e fumanehang e na le litšobotsi tseo ba li hlokang.
"Seo se bolela hore hoo e ka bang liperesente tse 80 ha li sebetse bakeng sa ho seha bocha," ho boletse Eric Gaarde.
Ba-Gaardes ba sebelitse le barekisi ba liphutheloana bonyane lilemo tse tšeletseng, ba leka ho fumana thepa e nepahetseng ea ho paka ho lelefatsa bophelo ba sethala sa litholoana tse sehiloeng. Leha mofuta o nepahetseng oa lisebelisoa tsa ho paka tse sebelisitsoeng le ona e ntse e le lekunutu la khoebo, ba Gaardes ba re filimi eohle e entsoe ka microperforated, 'me ba sebelisa sepakapaka se fetotsoeng se pakiloeng.
Ho fumana thepa e nepahetseng ea ho lokisa e ne e le phephetso.
"Ho na le lisebelisoa tse sebelisetsoang ho lokisa liperekisi bakeng sa li-canneries, empa li thata haholo ebile li kena-kenana le litholoana ho sebetsa ka sehlahisoa sena," Eric Gaarde o itse. "Re ne re e-na le lisebelisoa tse khethehileng bakeng sa rona."
Patlisiso e eketsehileng le nts'etsopele ea hlokahala ho hlahisa mofuta oa lisebelisoa tsa slicing ho seha ka bohona le ho phunya litholoana. Hajoale, karolo eo ea ts'ebetso ke semi-automatic.
Li-Gaardes li qetile mariha a 2012-13 Chile, li etsa tlhahlobo ea lifofane tsa khoebo ea Woot Froot le Tunich Fruit. Lenaneo, le neng le etelletsoe pele ke Cesar Olivos, le ile la atleha hoo ka February ba Gaardes ba ileng ba etsa qeto ea ho qala tlhahiso ea khoebo United States. Hang ha ba entse boitlamo, lintho li ile tsa etsahala kapele.
Ba ile ba fumana kamore e loketseng, le hoja e nyenyane, e sebetsang e hloekileng ka March 'me ba e atolosa. Fresh Fruit Cuts e ile ea fuoa Setifikeiti sa eona sa Primus ka Aug. 4, 'me ea romela odara ea eona ea pele matsatsi a mabeli hamorao ho Sam's Clubs. Karabelo e tsoang ho bareki e ne e le ntle, ho boletse Kim Gaarde, mme barekisi ba bang ba ile ba beha litaelo kapele. Selemong sena, thekiso e lebelletsoe ho ba matla le ho feta, kaha hajoale k'hamphani e ntse e etsa litumellano le liketane tse ling tsa mabenkele. Letšoao la Woot Froot le rekisoa ho pholletsa le naha, 'me mebaraka ea eona e meholohali e ka bophirima ho Noka ea Mississippi.
Ha a ntse a qala k'hamphani e ncha - haholo-holo e hlahisang sehlahisoa seo ho seng motho ea nahanang hore se ka khoneha - e bile mosebetsi o boima, Kim Gaarde o itse e bile monate. Ka ho khetheha o rata lebitso la Woot Froot, leo e seng e le lets'oao la khoebo bakeng sa motho e mong le e mong ho Fresh Fruit Cuts.
"Ho ne ho le bohlokoa ho 'na ho ba le lebitso le monate," ho boletse Kim Gaarde, a eketsa ka hore batho ba atisa ho mo bitsa "Mama Woot."
Woot Froot e tla hlahisa lihlahisoa tse ling tse ncha tse sehiloeng hamorao lehlabuleng lena. Khamphani e rera ho etsa tsebiso mabapi le lihlahisoa tsa eona tse ncha ka Phuptjane, lenaneong la United Fresh Chicago.