A lot of equipment was included, but it was old.
Fifty-five employees were preparing to shut it down. The factory was a sad place, sort of like a cemetery, in a very small town. On a whim, I called the broker and arranged to drive over the next morning to take a look. The advertisement showed some photographs of the building, which had been constructed in 1920 and appeared to be in rough shape. Kraft owned the yogurt factory, and it had decided to get out of the yogurt business. In 2005 Euphrates had fewer than 40 employees and about $2 million in sales it was barely breaking even. The factory was about 65 miles west of the feta cheese company, Euphrates, that I’d started in upstate New York a few years earlier.
So when I came across a piece of junk mail advertising a fully equipped yogurt factory for sale, in March 2005, I was curious. If I wanted yogurt, I usually made it myself at home. When I moved to the United States, in 1994, I found American yogurt to be disgusting-too sugary and watery. I’ve always loved yogurt-the thick kind I grew up eating in Turkey, where my mother made it from scratch on our family’s dairy farm. Within three years it was the top-selling U.S. The Idea: The author’s passion for the yogurt of his boyhood in Turkey-and the serendipitous availability of an old yogurt factory in upstate New York-combined to produce Chobani. It needed to make a big investment to increase capacity-but Ulukaya ruled out private equity investors. Within a few weeks of launch, very large orders started coming in by 2009 the company was selling 200,000 cases of yogurt a week. And he spent a lot of time determining the right unit selling price. He negotiated with retailers over their slotting fees. Three crucial decisions allowed him to finance growth after the business took off: He insisted that Chobani be sold in mainstream grocery stores and be stocked in the dairy aisle alongside existing yogurt brands. They spent two years perfecting their recipe, and Ulukaya worked hard to get the packaging just right. Against the advice of his attorney and business adviser, he bought the factory with a bank loan backed by the Small Business Administration and immediately hired a master yogurt maker from Turkey. When he moved to the United States, in 1994, he found the yogurt to be “disgusting-too sugary and watery.” So he made his own at home.īy 2005 he was running a cheese factory in upstate New York when he saw an ad for a run-down but fully equipped yogurt factory that Kraft was divesting. In my county of NYS, it should be within two weeks, hopefully closer to one.The author grew up on a dairy farm in Turkey, where his mother made yogurt from scratch.
I'll post pics as soon as my ammendment clears and I can get the gun. How did I do? I think $375 is a great deal on a K22. Maybe some original S&W magnas, or then again I'm partial to Ahrends. I have other K frame grips I can put on to shoot right now, but I think a classic beauty like this needs something special. I hate those grips, but he likes them and he has an L frame he could put them on. Since he gave me such a good price, I even gave him back the Hogues. So I say, "You said you want $400 for her?" He said "You're a friend, I'll take $375." I thought that was a fantastic price.
Scratched 1 million off my checklist three years ago full#
Interestingly, SCSW says that the 17-6 model was the start of the full luggers, but there is a note that says "some early 17-6s reported without full lug." No box, papers or tools, and it came with a set of Hogue rubbers. I'm not very good at rating, but I would say excellent? It is a classic six inch blued six shooter, just what I want. A turn line is the only wear I can see on it. Anyhow, we shoot Highpower Rifle together and this weekend was one of our matches, so I gave him a call yesterday and told him if he was still interested to bring it along today. It seems that any I see in the used racks around here are going for more than that. I wanted a classic six inch, six shot, standard barrel gun, no full lugs or 10 shooters for me, thank you.Ī month or two ago I was mentioning this to a friend, and he said he had one he might be willing to part with. For about a year or two now one of the guns on my short list has been a M17.
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