This is the oddest business-expansion story I've seen in a while:
BOONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana company that cooks hard-boiled eggs for restaurants, hospitals, universities and food manufacturers says its proposed $4 million expansion would allow it to become the world's top hard-boiled egg producer, turning out more than 1 million of the eggs a day.
Prime Foods Inc. of Boonville expects the expansion to start this fall and be completed by February. The expansion will add 20,000 square feet to the current 60,000-square-foot Boonville plant about 15 miles east of Evansville.
It's always inspiring to read about the entrepreneurial zeal that results in finding a niche market and filling it, especially when the result is more Hoosier jobs. But, seriously? A company can thrive and fill an 80,000-square-foot plant by boiling eggs for institutions just too darn busy to take on that complicated and time-consuming task? Wonder how much that adds to our food bills.
And there is this tidbit at the end:
The company says it is busiest during "salad season," which runs from April until September.
There is a "salad season"? Who knew?
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hey, I knew someone who worked at a salad bar factory when she was in college...they made stuff for salad bars : who knew there were places like that......
Clearly you've never watched my wife attempt to cook.
If she's one of those truly terrible cooks who "can't boil water," she should definitely stock up on the hard-boiled eggs, don't you think?
The VA in Fort Wayne has a truck travel from Marion three times a day to bring Breakfast, lunch and dinner for each in patient. This is a two hour trip round trip, plus gas, truck, insurance and maintenance. In simple terms, this is a full time job just driving the truck. When it gets to the VA in Fort Wayne, it has to be reheated.