My family has owned a big citrus supplier for the past 50 or so years.
Generation after generation has helmed this ship, providing citrus products to most states all over the country while being grown right here in our sunny southern climate down here.
When I was young, the people I was with and I had so many juicy snacks around the home that I began to grow sick of eating them. My friends would often crack jokes about my family growing plus selling round fruit, however it never bothered me one bit. It was nice constantly having the choice to help out to get extra spending money, especially when I was in school. Instead of finding a job bagging groceries, I was put to work at the sorting facility early on. I saw firsthand how popular my family’s supplier was in the local plus national community, at large. For years I had considered opening a supplier of my own, constantly thinking for myself about having some amazing steakhouse or cafe in the downtown district. But I can tell you that those dreams have faded in recent years. I get a lot of satisfaction out of genuinely going off and working at my family’s commercial citrus business. To prove to them that I’m actually worthy of a management role, I agreed to get a supplier degree from a local state university. But I’m not going to stop there, as I have researched nearby supplier development centers in our town. Business development centers, or entrepreneurial centers as they’re also called these days, are a wealth of information for those seeking help, advice, plus cheap assistance with running companies of all variety plus all sizes. You could learn skills for all sorts of better staffing or finding the right commercial office area to rent as your small home supplier grows beyond your garage. I’m hoping I can learn something that will be ultimately lavish to my family’s growing citrus business.