CHICAGO (CBS) — A Bensenville man is making a buzz within the meals trade with a product and enterprise mannequin that may be a actual stress relieve for each consumers and sellers.
You’ve heard of “Farm to Desk.” At heaven’s honey, it’s “From Comb to Residence.”
RELATED: Chicago Weather: Frigid Valentine’s Weekend Could Be Coldest Ever
They gather native beekeepers surplus after which fill the general public’s need for uncooked, unfiltered honey.
“We’re in over 200 shops,” stated founder Abdullah Motiwala.
Buyer Christina Fantozzi dollops Heaven’s Honey over all kinds of meals and never only for the style.
“One of many first adjustments I began to see since utilizing this honey was my allergic reactions type of turn into much less,” Fantozzi stated.
It’s good for the physique and the bees. Handlers should comply with founder Motiwala’s guidelines.
“We ensure that they’re not utilizing any pesticides or chemical substances of their vegetation,” stated Motiwala.
He explains how his Bensenville enterprise mannequin is mixing up the trade.
“As a substitute of the farmer going to the farmers’ market, establishing a tent, placing up a desk and promoting let’s say $200 value of product that day or a little bit bit extra, we’re buying hundreds from them,” he stated.
Shopping for in bulk means promoting their product at a lower cost per pound, but it surely additionally permits the beekeepers to deal with their honey makers.
“Not having to fret about gross sales and simply fear about repairs,” he stated.
“He is aware of that I’m in a small enterprise that’s up and rising,” stated Felten Farms Beekeeper Abdullah Felten.
Felten, a industrial bee farmer, truly declined a proposal to promote to Heaven’s Honey as a result of he desires to deal with his personal buyer base at Felten Farms, however he was touched by Motiwala’s candy gesture to assist him increase.
“It’s virtually like a charitable act,” Felten stated. “He’s linked me as much as those that attain out to him. There’s a spot in Willow Springs, Illinois, that they need beehives on their property.”
It’s a rising community and a rising firm.
Subsequent up is including to the favored line of naturally infused flavors and discovering an even bigger workspace.
MORE: Chicago Weather: Another Round Of Light Snow, Below Zero Wind Chills
Twenty beekeepers and counting work with Heaven’s Honey. They’re based mostly throughout Illinois and Wisconsin.
