Bizinezi yayambira kutali kuyambira pomwe Eddie Finnegan adakhazikitsa kumapeto kwa ma 1970. Kalelo monga kontrakitala waulimi, Eddie amayang'ana kwambiri za silage, kulima ndi kudula maheji. Pamodzi ndi mkazi wake Marie, Eddie adagwira ntchito usana ndi usiku kukulitsa bizinesiyo kuyambira poyambira 13ac kupita kufamu yayikulu 250ac.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 90, Eddie adatuluka ndikubzala maekala 30 a mbatata ngati kuyesa. Umu ndi momwe kupambana kwake kuti Eddie adatenga mbatata zomwe zimakula nthawi zonse kukulitsa bizinesiyo mzaka zikubwerazi.
Lero Finnegan
Lero, Paul & Joe Finnegan akuyenda motsatira mapazi a abambo awo a Eddie pomwe amalima c. Ma 1800 maekala pafupi ndi famu yamabanja ku Balrath, Navan, Co Meath. Zomwe zili mkati mwa chigawo cha Boyne Valley zimakonda tirigu wachisanu, balere wachisanu, balere wam'masika, kugwirira mbewu yamafuta, mphukira za brussels komanso mbatata. Mbatata ndiye msana wabizinesi yawo, ndipo chifukwa chake amayenda misewu yamaboma 6 osiyanasiyana ku Leinster kuti apeze malo abwino kwambiri okhalira ndi maekala 500.
Patsamba pali makampani awiri osiyana omwe ali ndi antchito opitilira 35 omwe amayenda mofanana. E. Finnegan & Sons amakhazikika pamasamba atsopano ndipo Famu ya Finnegan yomwe yangopangidwa kumene imagwiritsa ntchito zinthu zina zophika.
Mwachizoloŵezi kupereka mbatata zatsopano kuchokera pachipata chakumunda kupita pachakudya chanu chamadzulo, koma wofunitsitsa kukulitsa zopereka zawo ndikupeza njira ina yogwiritsira ntchito mbatata, a Finnegan adaganiza zokonza ndi kuphika zakudya zawo za mbatata kuti zikhale zosavuta komanso zosavuta kuti musangalale nazo.
Paul & Joe Finnegan pakadali pano ali pantchito yodziwikanso mbatatayo kuti iwonetsedwe ngati chakudya choyenera ndi ogula amakono. Mbatata, yomwe kale inali chakudya chodalirika cha anthu aku Ireland, yawona kugulitsa kwamalonda ku Ireland kutsika mpaka gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu pakati pa 2002 ndi 2014. Mofananamo ndi kampeni yolimbikitsira mbatata yothandizidwa ndi EU ya $ 1 miliyoni yolimbikitsira kumwa mbatata, a Finnegan tayambitsa mbatata zoyika zisanaphike zophika bwino zomwe zimayika mbatata ngati zopanda mafuta, zokoma komanso zosunthika. Chosangalatsa ndichoyendetsa chofunikira chokhala ndi zinthu monga kuzindikira kosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito, kupulumutsa nthawi komanso kusinthasintha kofunikira kwambiri kwa ogula osowa nthawi. Mtengo wowonjezera wa mbatata ya Finnegan umasandutsa chinthu chomwe chimakhala chotsika kwambiri kukhala chinthu chogulitsa, kuyika mbatata ngati "Kupitilira pang'ono pambali!"
Ngakhale kukula kwa bizinesi yaku Finnegan, a Paul & Joe akupezabe nthawi yolumikizana ndi amayi awo, a Marie, m'mawa uliwonse pa 7.30 m'mawa kuti adye chakudya cham'mawa. “Amayi amadziwa zonse zomwe zikuchitika pabwalo, atakhala nthawi yayitali akugwira ntchito pama thumba osiyanasiyana. Pomwe tikufuna kudziwa ngati milingo youma ili pomwepo pakukolola, timangomupatsa chitsanzo kuti ayese. Pakadali pano, amatha kuwona spud yabwino mtunda wa mailosi, "akuwonjezera Joe.