The fresh herbs that the company sells are all hand-packaged and hand-processed before they go to the secondary vendors. When Alva bought the herb company, it sold nearly 2,000 pounds of herbs every week and they now sell approximately 20,000 pounds of only basil and about 15,000 pounds of other varieties of herbs.
On a recent afternoon, in the company’s office, a second-floor room above the main processing facility smells of fresh basil as strongly as if one crushed fresh leaves and held them close to their face, administrative assistant Darlyne Sarubbi could be heard taking orders over the phone for Thai basil and chives.
Below, on the first floor, where every fresh herb the company sells — wherever its source — is hand-processed and hand-packaged, before it’s sent to secondary vendors who distribute the product, often under other brand names to retail stores or restaurants, 24 employees and two supervisors were working.
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