Fresh Fruit Cuts yog qhov kawg rau United Fresh Fruit Best New Fruit Project Award, rau kev tshaj tawm cov khoom lag luam uas ntau tus neeg hais tias ua tsis tau.
Lub Yim Hli dhau los, lub tuam txhab tus thawj tswj hwm Kim Gaarde tau ua tiav xyoo ntawm kev tshawb fawb thiab kev txhim kho thaum lub tuam txhab nws tsim tau qhia cov txiv duaj tshiab thiab cov nectarines rau lub khw.
Lub tuam txhab, uas yog lub hauv paus loj hauv Fresno, California, tau pib nws thawj lub caij nplooj zeeg lub Tsib Hlis, thiab cia siab tias yuav xa cov hnab ntim khoom, clamshells thiab cov tais ntawm cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo tshiab-txiav rau kev lag luam thoob plaws lub tebchaws mus txog lub caij ntuj sov.
Gaarde zoo siab rau ob qho tib si nrog cov khoom tshiab thiab raug hu ua tus neeg kawg.
"Kuv txaus siab heev," Gaarde hais. "Nws zoo siab heev uas pom peb cov khoom raug lees paub los ntawm kev lag luam rau lawv cov tsw thiab yooj yim."
Ua lag luam nyob rau hauv lub npe "Woot Froot," cov txiv duaj thiab cov nectarines tau muag hauv 3- thiab 14-ounce hnab, tsib-suav ntau cov clamshells thiab 10- thiab 20-ounces tais, nrog rau 2-phaus tais. Woot Froot kab yuav muaj nyob rau ntawm ntau lub khw muag khoom loj, suav nrog Sam's Clubs, Super Target thiab ATB.
Gaarde tau hais tias lub hnab ntim cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo muaj 21-hnub txee lub neej, thaum lub txee lub neej ntawm cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo hauv cov tais yog 16 hnub.
Fresh Fruit Cuts yog tsev neeg ua lag luam. Kim tus ntxhais, Brittnie Hammack, yog lub tuam txhab tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb khoom noj, thiab khiav cov kab ntau lawm thaum Gaarde tsis nyob ntawm qhov chaw.
"Peb khiav Fresh Fruit Cuts ua ke," Gaarde hais. "Peb ua haujlwm ua ke 16 teev ib hnub."
Lub sijhawm ntev tuaj yeem ua tau vim Hammack qhia nws niam txoj kev mob siab rau Woot Froot. Lwm tus qhia qhov zoo siab rau cov khoom tshiab.
"Nws zoo siab heev uas pom Kim tau ua dab tsi," Melinda Goodman ntawm Fulltilt Marketing. "Nws tau siv ntau xyoo ua tiav ib yam dab tsi ntau thiab ntau tus neeg tau hais tias ua tsis tau. Nws yog ib qho pov thawj tiag tiag rau nws txoj kev cog lus thiab ua raws. "
Thaum Fresh Fruit Cuts thiab Woot Froot cov khoom yog qhov tshiab rau kev ua lag luam, Gaarde thiab nws tus txiv Eric tau koom nrog hauv Central California tsim kev lag luam rau ze li peb xyoo lawm. Lawv muaj thiab ua haujlwm Gaarde Food Sources, uas muab cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo nyoos thiab cov khoom tshiab rau cov txheej txheem, nrog rau Txiv Hmab Txiv Ntoo Dynamics, uas ua haujlwm tshuaj ntsuam xyuas rau kev lag luam tsim khoom tshiab. Kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev lag luam uas lawv tsim tau ntau xyoo tau pab Kim Gaarde tig nws txoj kev npau suav ntawm kev lag luam cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo tshiab rau hauv qhov tseeb.
Gaarde tau hais tias "Txhua qhov kev lag luam tau caij tsheb qus," Gaarde tau hais. "Kev txhawb nqa los ntawm peb cov neeg muag khoom thiab cov tuam txhab lag luam tau ua haujlwm zoo."
Nws kuj tau ua siab ntev, ua siab ntev thiab ua haujlwm hnyav. Nrog ntau tshaj 500 hom txiv duaj thiab nectarines loj hlob hauv California, nkawm niam txiv tau siv sijhawm ntau xyoo los nrhiav cov uas muaj qhov tsw zoo thiab kev ntxhib los mos. Cov txiaj ntsig ntawm lawv cov kev tshawb fawb tseem yog kev lag luam zais cia, txawm hais tias Gaarde tau hais tias lawv pom tsuas yog kwv yees li 20 feem pua ntawm cov muaj ntau yam uas lawv xav tau.
"Qhov ntawd txhais tau hais tias kwv yees li 80 feem pua tsis ua haujlwm rau kev txiav tshiab," Eric Gaarde tau sau tseg.
Gaardes tau ua haujlwm nrog cov neeg muag khoom ntim tsawg kawg rau xyoo, sim nrhiav cov khoom ntim khoom kom ntev lub neej txee ntawm cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo hlais. Txawm hais tias hom ntim cov ntaub ntawv siv los kuj tseem yog kev lag luam tsis pub lwm tus paub, Gaardes tau hais tias tag nrho cov yeeb yaj kiab yog microperforated, thiab lawv siv passive hloov chaw ntim khoom.
Nrhiav cov cuab yeej ua kom raug yog qhov nyuaj.
"Muaj qee yam khoom siv los ua cov txiv duaj rau cov canneries, tab sis nws yog qhov ntxhib dhau thiab cuam tshuam nrog cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo ua haujlwm nrog cov khoom no," Eric Gaarde tau hais. "Peb muaj qee yam khoom siv ua rau peb."
Kev tshawb fawb ntxiv thiab kev tsim kho yog tsim nyog los tsim cov khoom siv slicing kom txiav thiab khawb cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo. Tam sim no, ib feem ntawm kev ua haujlwm yog semi-automatic.
Lub Gaardes tau siv lub caij ntuj no ntawm 2012-13 hauv Chile, ua qhov kev sim ua lag luam ntawm Woot Froot nrog Tunich Fruit. Qhov kev zov me nyuam, uas tau coj los ntawm Cesar Olivos, tau ua tiav zoo tias thaum Lub Ob Hlis Gaardes tau txiav txim siab tsim cov khoom lag luam hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Thaum lawv tau cog lus tseg, tej yam tshwm sim sai heev.
Lawv pom qhov tsim nyog, txawm tias me me, ua chav huv huv hauv lub Peb Hlis thiab nthuav nws. Fresh Fruit Cuts tau txais nws daim ntawv pov thawj Primus thaum Lub Yim Hli 4, thiab xa nws thawj qhov kev txiav txim ob hnub tom qab rau Sam's Clubs. Cov lus teb los ntawm cov neeg siv khoom yog qhov zoo, Kim Gaarde tau hais tias, thiab lwm tus neeg muag khoom tau txiav txim sai sai. Xyoo no, kev muag khoom xav tias yuav muaj zog dua, vim tias lub tuam txhab tam sim no ua haujlwm tawm kev pom zoo nrog lwm cov khw muag khoom loj. Woot Froot hom yog muag thoob plaws hauv lub tebchaws, nrog nws cov khw loj tshaj plaws nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm tus dej Mississippi.
Thaum pib lub tuam txhab tshiab - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ib qho uas tsim cov khoom lag luam tsis muaj leej twg xav tias ua tau - tau ua haujlwm nyuaj, Kim Gaarde tau hais tias nws muaj kev lom zem heev. Nws tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyiam lub npe Woot Froot, uas tau dhau los ua cov kab lus lag luam rau txhua tus ntawm Fresh Fruit Cuts.
Kim Gaarde hais tias, "Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau kuv kom muaj lub npe uas lom zem," ntxiv tias tib neeg feem ntau hu nws ua "Mama Woot."
Woot Froot yuav qhia ntxiv cov khoom tshiab txiav tom qab lub caij ntuj sov no. Lub tuam txhab npaj yuav tshaj tawm txog nws cov khoom tshiab nyob rau lub Rau Hli, ntawm United Fresh show hauv Chicago.