Fresh cuts by carol's cuts: Family-owned shipper expands fresh-cut operations

摘要

When Scott Danner, chief operating officer for Kansas City, Kan.-based Liberty Fruit Co., told owner and CEO Arnold Caviar that he needed to expand the company's fresh-cut facility by 3,000 square feet, Caviar responded: "Screw it. If we need 3,000 (square feet), let's do 7,000." The addition to Carol's Cuts, the fresh-cut division of Liberty, was completed in 2007, bringing the total operation to 12,000 square feet. The division, named for Arnold Caviar's wife, was started in 2001 with a 500-square-foot area, and within three years had tripled in size. Other fresh-cut operations in Kansas City had closed, and Carol's Cuts was finding a growing market niche.