NOW THAT TRAVEL IS OPENING
BACK UP, WE WANT TO SHOWCASE
SOME OF THE GREAT PLACES AND
FACES WHO MAKE HAWAII UNIQUE AND
THIS IS KAUA'I FORWARD WEEK ON
"LIVING 808."
AND YOU CAN'T GO TO THE
GARDEN ISLE WITHOUT ENJOYING
HUGE TASTY KAUA'I SHRIMP.
CHECK IT OUT.
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JOINING ME NOW IS MIKE TURNER
FROM KAUA'I SHRIMP.
MIKE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
APPRECIATE IT.
I'D LOVE TO KNOW, WE ASK A
LOT OF OUR CLIENTS AND A LOT OF
OUR GUESTS ON THE SHOW HOW COVID
HAS IMPACTED ITS INDUSTRY, ITS
BUSINESS.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW IT'S
IMPACTED KAUA'I SHRIMP.
IT'S BEEN A HUGE IMPACT.
WE'RE PRIMARILY A BREEDING
COMPANY AND WE SEND LIVE MALE
WORLD.
WITH THE DOWNING OF THE AIRLINES
AND THE SCHEDULING, THAT IS
VIRTUALLY STOPPED.
SO AS ANOTHER COMPONENT OF OUR
BUSINESS, WE'RE ALSO INVOLVED IN
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
80% OF THAT IS IN THE STATE OF
HAWAII AND IT'S SOLD PRIMARILY
TO THESE OUTLETS.
THAT SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN AS
WELL.
AND THE LAST COMPONENT OF OUR
BUSINESS IS RETAIL SALES.
WE SELL A BOX FOR RETAILERS
WE HAD TO RETOOL AND REGROUP.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, IT'S ANSWERED
THE CALL FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL
BUSINESSES AND OUR RETAIL SALES
HAVE BEEN OFF THE CHARTS.
WE HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING UP
WITH, AS A MATTER OF FACT.
WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS
FOR LOCAL FOLKS THAT RUN
BUSINESSES, HOW DIFFICULT IT HAS
BEEN FOR THEM DURING THIS TIME.
YOU MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT AGO
RESTAURANTS.
HOW HAS THE RESTAURANT CLOSURES
AFFECTED KAUA'I SHRIMP?
AS I SAID 80% OF THE 800,000
POUNDS A YEAR WE GROW TO THE
FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY SO IT'S
BEEN HUGE.
SO REALLY THE ONLY COMPONENT WE
HAVE LEFT IS THE RETAIL.
AS I SAID THE STATE OF HAWAII
STEPPED UP AND THEY HAVE CHOICES
TO MAKE.
AT ONE POINT I WAS THINKING
IT'S EITHER RICE OR SHRIMP BUT
THEY SEEMED A -- WE'LL KEEP
MAKING IT LONG THEY KEEP BUYING
IT.
OUT, WE'VE PARTNERED UP WITH
SOME OF OUR RETAILERS.
COSTCO IS GOING TO BE DOING A
SPECIAL AT THE END OF THE MONTH,
BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND THE
FIRST PART OF DECEMBER.
YOU'LL SEE
SHRIMP.
THEY WILL DO THE SAME THING
BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW
YEAR'S.
KTA ON THE BIG ISLAND, WE'LL BE
DOING A SIMILAR EVENT IN TWO
WEEKS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
IN FEBRUARY IT LOOKS LIKE SAM'S
CLUB IS ALSO GOING TO JOIN US.
THAT'S JUST A BIG THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING THESE GUYS HAVE DONE
FOR US.
I GUESS IT'S ALSO A TESTAMENT
AS TO HOW GOOD KAUA'I SHRIMP IS
YOU COULD DESCRIBE FOR OUR
VIEWERS IN YOUR OPINION WHAT
MAKES KAUA'I SHRIMP.
I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR
SHAM AND ALL THE OTHER SHRIMP IN
THE WORLD, WE USE NO CHEMICALS
OF THE HARVESTING, PACKAGING.
ALL OF THIS PRODUCT IS HEAD-ON.
IT'S WHOLE SHRIMP AND IT'S GROWN
IN SALTWATER AND IT IMPARTS A
REAL SPECIAL SWEETNESS TO IT.
WHEN YOU TRIED OUR SHRIMP,
YOU'LL NOTICE A DIFFERENCE RIGHT
AWAY.
LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
DO YOU HAVE GUYS HAVE ANY ELSE
COMING UP?
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO
ACTUALLY SECURE SOME FUNDING FOR
A STATE OF THE ART PROCESSING
FACILITY OUT AT OUR FARM.
CURRENTLY WE DO ALL OF OUR
PROCESSING IN HANAPEPE WHICH IS
ABOUT 12 MILES FROM WHERE THE
SHRIMP IS GROWN.
IF WE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER,
WE'LL BE PART OF THIS ECONOMIC
RECOVERY AND HIRE MORE
TESTIMONY, SAVE SOME MONEY FOR
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MORE
SPECIALS MORE OFTEN AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE
FUTURE.
THE TRAVELS PROGRAM GETS BETTER
AND STRONGER, WE HOPE TO SEE
SOME MORE INCREASE IN OUR FOOD
SERVICE BUSINESS.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE VERY VERY FORTUNATE.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE AT FULL
CAPACITY.
THANKS FOR HAVING US ON AND
LOOK AT THAT.
THEY CAN JUST SO SWEET.
OUR AQUA CULTURE INDUSTRY IS
SECOND TO NONE HERE.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE INGREDIENTS.
I KNOW THE CHEFS TO COME IN AND
WORK WITH THE FESTIVAL LOVE
USING OUR LOCAL TKPWRAO*EPDZ.
AND WHY WOULDN'T YOU?
AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
HAVING KAUA'I SHRIMP.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
THERE VALLEY A DIFFERENCE.
THEY ARE JUICIER AND TASTIER.
THEY ARE REALLY GOOD.
SO WE HOPE THAT THEY ARE DOING
GREAT BUSINESS BUT WE HOPE THAT
THIS BOUNCES BACK OF COURSE.
WE DO.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE.