Chen Mo shook his head: "I think the company's current development is very good, otherwise it will slow down. Wellen Company and Babner Company are both well-experienced catering groups. Can they always give you discounts?"
Bai Xiaoou is actually not good at running a catering company, he is better at investing...
Many chefs from Michelin three-star restaurants have joined forces and have great influence.
Bai Xiaoou smiled: "Do you know how I can persuade John Michael and Garrison Investment Company?"
Chen Mo's cheek twitched slightly: "I don't know."
"There is no future if you focus on building a restaurant. Why not join forces to make a quick buck..." Bai Xiaoou explained his plan in detail. It sounded... like a replica of the Billings Ranch Project in Montana.
Fried ground...
Garrison Investments' favorite things to do.
This company has specialized in land speculation for more than ten years, especially in the Coast Mountains of Southern California, where there are a large number of projects under construction.
Chen Mo's River Valley Ranch was taken over from this company...
The original investment in River Valley Ranch is definitely not large. I don’t know if it exceeds 100 million.
"The chef academy should be built in Monterey County." Bai Xiaoou said: "If you still have some money on hand, you can invest in farms, wineries, vineyards in the Monterey Valley near Monterey Bay...the land prices there are still low.
It’s expensive and has a lot of room for appreciation.”
Chen Mo smiled bitterly...
When all the Jiabao fruit trees are delivered, Chen Mo will only have about 4.3 million US dollars left. The main expenses for the family are his father’s surgery and post-surgery rehabilitation. The expenses here are huge, and he may have to leave 50
Thousands of dollars to come.
Loan?
When the Xueshan Ranch was undergoing a major expansion, Chen Mo was worried for a long time, and finally resorted to the big killer, space gold.
Chen Mo doesn't like loans, and wealth means peace.
There are risks in the contract signed between River Valley Ranch and Ellison Logistics... In this way, it is even more impossible for Chen Mo to borrow money for investment. If something happens in the future...
Don't make yourself too tired.
"Let's take a look." Chen Mo has never been to Monterey, but he knows that Monterey Bay is one of the largest marine ecological conservation areas in the world and the most famous seaside resort in Northern California... At the same time, the Pebble Beach Auto Show is in Monterey.
Lee County, Monterey Peninsula Pebble Beach.
Bai Xiaoou pinched the bridge of his nose and drank the coffee: "The purchase contract for 15,000 Dorper sheep signed a year ago must be taken seriously and no mistakes can be made."
"You know, isn't this calling Chen Xiao back?" In 30 months, the contract for 15,000 Dorper sheep was completed. The requirements for the lambs are not high. They are adult sheep, and the lamb output must be at least 50%.
It needs to meet the Grade 2 mutton standard of the Fine Catering Association. In the past, in the Snow Mountain Ranch, the meat quality of Dorper sheep occasionally reached Grade 1, but it was only Grade 1 meat quality, usually only in the best parts of the mutton.
Snow Mountain Ranch does not require organic farming...
"What contract for fifteen thousand sheep?" Chen Xiao said.
"Our ranch signed a contract with Ellison Investment Company for 15,000 organic sheep, requiring at least 50% of the meat quality to meet Grade 2 standards. The work for a long time to come will focus on these 15,000 sheep.
Dorper sheep, the preliminary work of raising them is particularly complicated." Chen Mo patted Chen Xiao on the head.
"Is it the mutton standard set by the High-end Restaurant Association?" Chen Xiao works in the company and has no specific contact with the company's procurement business, but he probably still knows the price of mutton.
Lamb sold in ordinary supermarkets costs seven or eight yuan per pound. Lamb chops cost about ten yuan.
Those are intensively raised meat sheep...
For example, imported lamb costs about ten yuan per pound, and lamb ribs are slightly more expensive.
If it's labeled by the Association of Fine Dining Restaurants, each pound will cost one or two dollars more depending on the grade. Grade 2 mutton costs about 12 to 13 dollars. Grade 1 mutton costs 15 to 16 dollars.
Just like USDA graded cattle and sheep, there is a fee for these.
If it is organic, it is difficult to buy it in supermarkets in big cities. It is usually supplied to green stores in high-end communities. There is a relatively large green store in Mill Valley, North Bay, where Chen Xiao bought second-grade lamb chops labeled by the High-end Restaurant Association.
, 26.7 US dollars per pound. Sometimes it is cheap, sometimes it is expensive, usually more than 24 US dollars...
Not to mention organic meat and organic vegetables, which usually cost more than $5.
The price of organic vegetables, meat, etc. is usually more than double that of ordinary vegetables and meat.
Fifteen thousand Dorper sheep, at least a contract of more than 20 million, right?
Before, Chen Mo gave Chen Xiao and Chen Chen five million US dollars each, a total of ten million dollars. At that time, ten million US dollars didn't seem like a big deal... But if you want to earn ten million dollars in a down-to-earth manner...
"Yeah." Chen Mo shrugged.
The United States has high beef production and low mutton production.
Last year, a total of less than 500,000 pounds of second-grade mutton and less than 5,000 pounds of first-grade lamb were labeled by the Fine Restaurant Association. Organic, 50,000 pounds of second-grade mutton and less than 2,000 pounds of first-grade lamb were produced in California. 100% of them were produced in California.
About fifty...
There are other organizations that certify mutton.
First-grade mutton has a relatively large proportion of organic products. Mainly because first-grade mutton needs to be raised systematically, and the investment is huge, so it is raised directly according to organic standards. The price of organic mutton produced is more expensive...
High-quality mutton, like beef, has always been in short supply.
"This... is very difficult. How much organic mutton is produced in the United States every year?" Chen Xiao said.
“The organic mutton is really good, but it just didn’t get the green label.”
There are many pastures raised according to organic methods... These pastures have not applied for certification and cannot be labeled with a green label.
Putting a green label is simple and not difficult. What is difficult is to have the name of the pasture or farm on the green label. It is not only the feeding method, but also the environment of the pasture, infrastructure construction, personnel, etc. All of this costs money.
There is a huge amount of money. If you have this money to invest in the infrastructure construction of organic pastures, it is better to build a large centralized breeding area...
This issue is very complicated. If Bai Xiaoou hadn't sent him tens of millions of dollars in contracts, Chen Mo wouldn't have dared to build a ranch in full compliance with organic standards... Organic farms are simple, but the most troublesome thing is organic ranches.
Simply, the contract only requires that the meat quality test meets the various data standards of organic meat quality.
Chen Mo asked Bright about the production of organic mutton. It is not difficult to meet the organic meat standards. What is difficult is the organic ranch certification. According to the normal process, the chance of passing the first application is only about 10%. And the ranch...
There may only be two or three farms out of a hundred that apply for it for the first time and receive organic certification that year.
According to the construction specifications of River Valley Ranch, if it passes in the first year, the success rate will not be too high, probably zero... which means it is impossible to pass.
This is the most valuable certification, organic pasture certification. Secondly, there is a relatively simple certification, that is, organic agricultural product certification. The product meets the organic standards, and the entire production process and traceable related materials are provided. The chance of passing the certification is very high, and the certification
There are many institutions, and there are probably dozens of more authoritative ones. As long as the product meets the green certification standards, you can get it done by spending a lot of money.
Organic farm certification, organic pasture certification, is an overall certification. There are only a few institutions in the United States that can certify pastures and farms. You can count them on one hand. Organic agricultural product certification is a separate certification.
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For large-scale ranches, it is not necessary to certify the meat produced unless they can establish a relationship with retailers. Certification of organic ranches is very necessary, which directly improves the quality of the meat to a very high level.