Hy-Vee Behind the Scenes: The Banana Ripening Process

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Zusammenfassung

TLDRThe video showcases the banana ripening process at Hy-Vee's Sheron Distribution Center, a dedicated facility capable of storing 1.6 million pounds of bananas. Customers can choose from eight varieties of bananas, making them a popular item. The ripening process, managed by expert Norm Davis, involves raising bananas' temperatures to 58-62°F and introducing ethylene gas to synchronize ripening. Norm Davis, a 40-year veteran known as the 'banana guru,' trains technicians from across the U.S. due to his expertise. The video highlights the careful handling and innovation involved in delivering bananas with the optimal color, flavor, and texture to stores.

Mitbringsel

  • 🍌 Bananas are the top produce item at Hy-Vee stores.
  • 🏢 Sheron Distribution Center can store 1.6 million pounds of bananas.
  • 🔄 Eight varieties of bananas are available for customers.
  • 🌡 Bananas are ripened at temperatures between 58-62°F.
  • 🍃 Ethylene gas is utilized to ensure even ripening.
  • 👤 Norm Davis is the expert overseeing the banana process.
  • 📈 Hy-Vee's banana ripening processes attract attention from national technicians.
  • 🚚 Process aims to deliver bananas with perfect color, flavor, and texture.
  • 🔬 The center performs quality checks for temperature and chill damage.
  • 📦 The facility has environmentally controlled rooms for banana storage.

Zeitleiste

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    Bananas are a top-selling item in retail outlets, requiring a dedicated section in the Sheron Distribution Center. The center has the capacity to store 1.6 million pounds of bananas in 27 controlled rooms. The ripening process involves carefully monitoring the bananas' temperature and using ethylene gas for consistent ripening. Norm Davis, a seasoned expert, has successfully refined the ripening process, making it efficient and admired by other produce companies across the U.S. His work ensures bananas have the desired color, flavor, and texture for customers.

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Video-Fragen und Antworten

  • How many varieties of bananas can Hy-Vee customers buy?

    Hy-Vee customers can buy up to eight different varieties of bananas.

  • How many pounds of bananas can the Sheron Distribution Center store at once?

    The Sheron Distribution Center can store 1.6 million pounds of bananas.

  • What is the purpose of using ethylene gas in banana ripening?

    Ethylene gas is used to ensure all bananas ripen at the same time, bringing them to the same consistency.

  • Who is Norm Davis?

    Norm Davis is Hy-Vee's banana expert and has been with the company for 40 years.

  • What is the temperature range for ripening bananas at the center?

    Bananas are ripened by bringing their temperature up to 58 to 62°F.

  • Why are technicians across the United States interested in Hy-Vee's banana ripening process?

    Technicians come to learn from Norm Davis due to his expertise and innovative processes.

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    bananas are the number one produce item
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    at our retail outlets when people come
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    to visit us here and look at our banana
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    ripening processing area they're just
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    like wow they can't believe that we move
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    that many bananas in and out for our
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    retail stores hibe customers can buy up
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    to eight different varieties of bananas
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    they are so popular that an entire
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    section of the Sheron Distribution
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    Center is dedicated to the tropical
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    fruit trained Personnel receive and low
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    bananas into 27 environmentally
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    controlled rooms in all hi has the
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    capacity to store 1.6 million pounds of
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    bananas the employees at the Sheron
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    Distribution Center take great care and
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    handling of bananas upon arrival we
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    really don't touch the bananas we we
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    open a case and we'll pull for
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    temperature we'll pull do a peel test to
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    see for chill damage the banana process
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    starts out and I put the bananas in the
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    rooms then I bring the temperature on
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    the bananas up to 58 to
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    62° that triggers the bananas to start
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    ripening then after 24 hours I put in
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    ethylene gas that is so that all the
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    bananas in there will ripen at the same
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    time ethylene gas is a natural product
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    of bananas so we're not using anything
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    foreign we're just using them to bring
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    all those 40,000 lbs in that room to the
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    same consistency of brightening Norm
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    Davis is hi's banana Guru this 40-year
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    company veteran was instrumental in
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    developing hi's banana ripening and
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    handling process his knowledge and
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    expertise have even caught the attention
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    of produce companies throughout the
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    United States and they send their
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    technicians to be trained by Norm the
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    challenge that trips my trigger is to
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    take a banana that comes to me that is
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    hard that you can take it and break it
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    and it'll crack actually when you break
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    it it tastes like you took chalk and put
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    in your mouth and to take that and to
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    turn it into a banana that we can ship
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    to the stores that's got the color and
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    flavor and texture that the customer
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    wants it's an exciting interesting job
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    there's always something new every day
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    about bananas
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Tags
  • bananas
  • ripening
  • Hy-Vee
  • ethylene
  • distribution
  • Norm Davis
  • produce
  • storage
  • temperature
  • expertise