Pafupifupi zaka zisanu zapitazo, Jeanne ndi Matt Rue anali kuyika tchipisi tambiri mu furiji yozama kuchokera pafamu yawo ku Ohio ndikuzigulitsa m'misika ya alimi akumalo ndi zikondwerero.
Tsopano, Rue Farms Rustic Potato Chips amagulitsidwa m'malo osachepera asanu ndi awiri ku Midwest pamitundu ina kuphatikizapo Kroger, Whole Foods ndi Fresh Thyme Farmers Market.
Awiriwa agulitsa famu yawo ndipo tsopano amakhala mgalimoto yosangalatsa yomwe ili pafupi ndi nyumba yawo yosungiramo katundu, komwe amakhala ndi makonsati akunja a bluegrass nthawi yonse yotentha.
Ma Lots akulu adagulitsa tchipisi tawo mdziko lonse nthawi imodzi, ndipo maunyolo ngati Food City ndi Meijer atha kupititsa patsogolo kupezeka kwawo ku East Coast ndi South.
Jeanne Rue mnyumba yosungiramo zinthu zatsopano, akukambirana zakugawana kwa Rue Farms Rustic Potato Chips kumayiko aku US asanu ndi awiri.
Ngakhale zinthu zikuwayendera bwino, banjali limayendetsabe bizinesi yonse, kuphatikiza kugulitsa ndi kutsitsa magalimoto, paokha opanda antchito anthawi zonse.
Jeanne Rue pokambirana ndi kampani yatsopano ku 3822 Springfield-Xenia Road:
"Takhala tikukwera tchire koma tikadapikabe ndipo tikuphunzirabe tsiku lililonse."
Amuna awiriwo sanadye ngakhale tchipisi cha mbatata pomwe bizinesi idayamba koma amafuna kuti azigwiritsa ntchito Fryer yozama yomwe mwana wawo anagula pa Khrisimasi.
Adayamba kupanga tchipisi tating'ono kuti agulitse pamsika wa alimi pa intaneti ku Champaign County, kenako ndikupita kuzinthu monga kugulitsa ku Yellow Springs Street Fair.
Bizinesiyo idanyamukadi pomwe adauzidwa ngati akufuna kupitiriza kupanga tchipisi tambiri, amayenera kutero m'malo ovomerezeka a Food and Drug Administration.
Awiriwo adathandizidwa ndi Mikesell's Potato Chip Co, komwe adachita lendi malo, ndipo pasanapite nthawi anali kugulitsa koyamba ogulitsa zazing'ono, ndipo pamapeto pake maunyolo ngati Whole Foods.
Kuyambira pomwepo anali Mikesells ndipo tsopano akugwira ntchito ndi a Potato Chips a Martin Pennsylvania kutulutsa tchipisi tawo, monga zonunkhira monga Dill Herb, Backwoods BBQ ndi Pink Himalayan Salt.
Jeanne ndi Matt Rue tsopano akuchita bizinesi yawo kuchokera kumalo okwana masentimita 11,000 omwe adagula kumapeto kwa 2016.
Sanayembekezere kuti bizinesi ichoka mwachangu kwambiri, koma nthawi zambiri zimakhala zovuta, Jeanne Rue adati.
Jeanne Rue:
"Kuti tipikisane ndi agalu akulu, tikuyenera kugulitsanso malonda athu kwa nkhope yatsopano nthawi zonse."
Banjali tsopano likuyendetsa bizinesi yawo kuchokera pamalo okwana ma 11,000-square-foot omwe adagula kumapeto kwa 2016. Zopitilira chaka chimodzi, akupitilizabe kukonza nyumbayi komanso malo pafupifupi maekala 6.5. Bizineziyi tsopano ikuphatikizapo malo ogulitsira kutsogolo ndi malo osungiramo katundu pomwe ma pallets am'matumba amadzaza asanapitirire.
Akuyang'anabe malo m'sitolo yogulitsa kuti awonetse poyambira poyambira.
Matt Rue, akuseka pakukula kwawo msanga:
"Ndizosangalatsa kudziwa kuti tchipisi tanu tinagulitsidwa ku Rancho Cucamonga, California."
Kunja kwa bizinesi, Jeanne Rue adawonetsa RV ndi konsati yamatabwa komwe amakhala ndi Rue Farms Outdoor Concert Series, yomwe imaphatikizapo zisudzo zochokera mmaiko, bluegrass ndi magulu a uthenga wabwino nthawi yonse yotentha.
Pakati pa kugwira ntchito maola ambiri ndikuwongolera ma konsati, banjali lidaganiza kuti ndikosavuta kukhala mu RV yoyimilira kunja kwa nyumba yosungiramo katundu. Sizachilendo kuti agwire ntchito mpaka pakati pausiku.
Jeanne Rue:
“Sitinaonerere TV kuyambira pomwe tinagulitsa famuyo ndikumachoka kumeneko.”
Kulumikizana kwawo ndi nyimbo zamtundu wa bluegrass kwakhala kosangalatsa pakadali pano, a Matt Rue adati. Anayamba kupanga phwando lotulutsira CD a Joe Mullins ndi Radio Ramblers, ndipo chiwonetsero choyamba chidakopa anthu 1,000 kukhala katundu wawo. Bizinesiyi tsopano ikuthandizira Phwando la Nyimbo Zanyumba Zaku South Ohio zomwe zimachitika kawiri pachaka ku Wilmington.
Amakhala otanganidwa kwambiri nthawi zina zimawoneka ngati achita bizinesi kwa zaka 20, Jeanne Rue anaseka. Adakali ndi malingaliro ogulitsa tchipisi tawo m'dziko lonse lapansi pamapeto pake, ndipo ndizovuta kuti adziwe kuti zangokhala zaka zisanu, adatero.