The dream of every meat processor is to enjoy growth — to have products that are so loved by the public that you just can’t make enough of them. The downside to that growth is that ramping up production to meet demands brings its own problems. Growing too much too quickly can present problems that even threaten the life of a business. As companies surge ahead, there are resources available to companies to help them manage the growth and move ahead to a bright future.
Olympia Provisions, located in Portland, Ore., was Oregon’s first USDA-approved salumeria, established in 2009. Salumist Elias Cairo grew up a first-generation Greek-American with a father who made charcuterie at home. Cairo then traveled throughout Europe and returned to Oregon, to bring together his accumulated knowledge of Old-World meat curing.
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