What are the odds that one of your readers, readers who read Richardson are the luckiest readers in the world, knows the reason why you have run out of chickpeas? Indirectly, I am responsible for the gap of garbanzo. Whole Foods, I.e. Amazon has a rule. They have many rules I am sure of that. But definitely a rule that no supplier of bulk ingredients can send them bags that weigh more than 25 lbs. it is a good rule as many of the workers are women, pensioners, or guys who read more than they ride. No judgement here of the condition of your conditioning. But the rule stands.
We import organic garbanzos. But the smallest bag we can get them in are 25 kg( quick conversion for imperialists =55.1 lbs. So our smallest bag is still too big. I know, common problem, bags being too big. We are however blessed with the ability and rights of the organic handler, so able to take 25 lbs from one bag and put it into a smaller bag. We do it all the time.
Except when we don’t. Why you we’ll ask are we not able to perform this task? Well, many answers to a seemingly simple question. The multilayer paper bags we use to put them I. Are what is called a Sewn Open Mouth Bag. There used to be a local company who provided these bags, but they no longer offer the service. So we have to go further afield to find them, and also have to commit to buying thousands of them at a time. So we came up with another plan. We can used a plastic liner in a corrugated box. Well not just any box, we have to order in the right sized box. Now we have boxes, liners, and beans. Rolls of tape. What more do we need to fulfill this task?
People. People who work. Who want to work. Who show up for work. Sounds easy, right? Since the pandemic, ( actually starting prior to that,but certainly accentuated, it is hard to impossible to find people who want to work, show up for work, etc. Well pay them more you might say. Ok. Even that doesn’t always work. It is a modern challenge. People do not want to work.
I don’t want to work. But I do. So with these challenges of “short staffing”, the process of putting beans into a bag, gets delayed. We finished 80 bags last week, so you will be getting your precious beans. More beans are on the way.
This story is also why everything is getting so expensive. Because the cheap world is broken, the model of cheap is for the birds. Cheap,cheap cheap. The freight has doubled, no, tripled, keeps climbing. It may be a hill of beans, but it’s my hill.
We can only do our best and hope you see the hummus in this.
I worked in an organic bakery in Park Slope, Brooklyn years ago. We would set up the baked goods starting at 5:30 am. A woman banged on the door about 6 am yelling, "Please open the door! Please! It's an Emergency!!!" I open it and she says, "Our friends just arrived from Paris and we need some croissants."
Love this blog. I loved it so much I had to read it outloud to my husband who commented, Have you finished making hummous yet? That made me laugh. Thanks for doing this. I find it mind expanding...in odd ways.
What are the odds that one of your readers, readers who read Richardson are the luckiest readers in the world, knows the reason why you have run out of chickpeas? Indirectly, I am responsible for the gap of garbanzo. Whole Foods, I.e. Amazon has a rule. They have many rules I am sure of that. But definitely a rule that no supplier of bulk ingredients can send them bags that weigh more than 25 lbs. it is a good rule as many of the workers are women, pensioners, or guys who read more than they ride. No judgement here of the condition of your conditioning. But the rule stands.
We import organic garbanzos. But the smallest bag we can get them in are 25 kg( quick conversion for imperialists =55.1 lbs. So our smallest bag is still too big. I know, common problem, bags being too big. We are however blessed with the ability and rights of the organic handler, so able to take 25 lbs from one bag and put it into a smaller bag. We do it all the time.
Except when we don’t. Why you we’ll ask are we not able to perform this task? Well, many answers to a seemingly simple question. The multilayer paper bags we use to put them I. Are what is called a Sewn Open Mouth Bag. There used to be a local company who provided these bags, but they no longer offer the service. So we have to go further afield to find them, and also have to commit to buying thousands of them at a time. So we came up with another plan. We can used a plastic liner in a corrugated box. Well not just any box, we have to order in the right sized box. Now we have boxes, liners, and beans. Rolls of tape. What more do we need to fulfill this task?
People. People who work. Who want to work. Who show up for work. Sounds easy, right? Since the pandemic, ( actually starting prior to that,but certainly accentuated, it is hard to impossible to find people who want to work, show up for work, etc. Well pay them more you might say. Ok. Even that doesn’t always work. It is a modern challenge. People do not want to work.
I don’t want to work. But I do. So with these challenges of “short staffing”, the process of putting beans into a bag, gets delayed. We finished 80 bags last week, so you will be getting your precious beans. More beans are on the way.
This story is also why everything is getting so expensive. Because the cheap world is broken, the model of cheap is for the birds. Cheap,cheap cheap. The freight has doubled, no, tripled, keeps climbing. It may be a hill of beans, but it’s my hill.
We can only do our best and hope you see the hummus in this.
Sorry. Humour.
Are you going to Garbanzostan? I wonder if you could pick me up some chickpeas?
Those sure beat, "People who need people are the luckiest people in the world."
What a treat to see Melanie again!
I worked in an organic bakery in Park Slope, Brooklyn years ago. We would set up the baked goods starting at 5:30 am. A woman banged on the door about 6 am yelling, "Please open the door! Please! It's an Emergency!!!" I open it and she says, "Our friends just arrived from Paris and we need some croissants."
People are the worst. And the best. xo
Love this blog. I loved it so much I had to read it outloud to my husband who commented, Have you finished making hummous yet? That made me laugh. Thanks for doing this. I find it mind expanding...in odd ways.
hysterical moving clever sassy.