I-greenhouse esekwe e-Goochland inethemba lokuthi izoqala ukunwetshwa kwezindawo zayo ngalesi sikhathi ngonyaka ozayo.
IGreenswell Growers, esebenza endaweni yokulima yasendlini e-West Creek Business Park, ifuna ukwakha ezinye izindlu zokugcina izithombo ezimbili endaweni yayo engamahektare angama-30. Ihlela ukuqala ukunwetshwa ngaphambi kukaJulayi 2023, kusho umsunguli osebenzisana naye uChuck Metzgar engxoxweni kuleli sonto.
U-Metzgar uthe lezi zindawo ezintsha zizofana ne-hydroponic greenhouse yenkampani ekhona engu-77,000-square-foot, eyivule ngonyaka odlule futhi isendleleni yokukhulisa umkhiqizo ongamakhilogremu ayizigidi ezi-3.7 eminyakeni yayo yokuqala emithathu yokusebenza.
Ukwakhiwa kwezindawo zokugcina izithombo ezintsha kulindeleke ukuthi kuthathe cishe izinyanga eziyi-12. U-Metzgar unqabile ukunikeza izindleko zephrojekthi. Le nkampani ike yasho phambilini ukuthi i-greenhouse yayo, okuyikomkhulu layo, ibize u-$17 million.
"Usebenzisa imali enkulu ukuze uqalise lokhu kodwa uma ukuphindaphinda izindleko zakho zehla ngokwesilinganiso," kusho uMetzgar.
Le nkampani inabasebenzi abayishumi nambili esikhungweni sayo ku-1343 Hockett Road futhi ilindele ukukhulisa abasebenzi bayo ngokwanda.
UCarl Gupton, umongameli weGreenswell, uthe ibhizinisi lale nkampani selizohlukaniswa ngokulinganayo phakathi kwabathengi bezinsiza zokudla, njengezindawo zokudlela, nezitolo zegrosa. Lokho kufaka kokubili izimakethe zendawo namaketanga amakhulu.
“Ngicabanga ukukhula ngobuhlakani laphaya, ngicabanga ukuthi sesifika lapho esikulindele khona,” kusho uGupton. "Ingxenye yezitolo cishe ithatha isikhathi eside ukuthuthuka kunalokho ebesikulindele kodwa uhlangothi lwesevisi yokudla lwebhizinisi lethu lukususe lokho."
Nakuba ukugxila kwayo bekuyimifino yezingane, inkampani ekugcineni ingathanda ukwandisa iminikelo yayo.
“Uya esitolo uyobheka ukuthi yini edayisayo nokuthi yini ongathuthukisa kukho. Ama-Strawberry yinto esiyibhekile (kanye) namakhabe asetshenziswa kanye,” kusho uGupton.
Izinhlelo ze-Greenswell zokwandisa ibhizinisi layo ziza njengoba ivale ekukhushulweni kwemali engu-$300,000 maphakathi noJulayi, ngokusho kwefayela le-SEC. Inkampani inqabile ukuphawula ngokuthi izosetshenziswa kanjani le mali.
Ngokusho kokufakwa kwe-SEC, inkampani isivele iqoqe okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-1.9 kulo nyaka ngaphambi koxhaso olubikwe ngoJulayi.
Imifino epakishwe iGreenswell ingatholakala ezitolo ze-Food Lion endaweni kamasipala wase-Richmond kanye nasezitolo ezincane zendawo ezifana ne-Libbie Market kanye ne-Yellow Umbrella Provisions, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi yayo.
Imifino yale nkampani iyatholakala nase-DC area kanye nase-Hampton Roads. UGreenswell usanda kwenza isivumelwano ne-Ukrop's Homestyle Foods nokuthi imifino izosetshenziswa emikhiqizweni yenkampani.
Le nkampani ayibeki inani elinconyiwe lokudayisa ngamabhokisi emifino yayo, kusho uGupton, wengeza ngokuthi izitolo zidayisa amaphakethe ama-4-ounce enkampani ngo-$3.50 kuya ku-$5.
UGreenswell ubona ukuvulwa komhlinzeki we-East Coast wemifino enamaqabunga futhi ugxile emizamweni yakhe emakethe emaphakathi ne-Atlantic, kusho uMetzgar.
Imifino eminingi enamahlamvu etshalwe ezweni iza ngezifundazwe zasentshonalanga, futhi izinselelo zamanzi eziqhubekayo kuleso sifunda kanye nendlela ubhubhane oluveze ngayo ubuthakathaka bamaketanga okwenza iGreenswell ibe namandla ngamathuba ayo okukhulisa ibhizinisi layo.
Inkampani yasungulwa nguMetzgar, owayengumqondisi ophethe enkampanini yokubonisana iMercer; kanye noJohn May, umongameli kanye no-CEO weSikhungo Sokuqamba NokuThuthukisa eKilmarnock; kanye noMongameli Wokuphakela Okuningi kanye ne-CEO u-Doug Pick.
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