China's Chopstick Shortage Means Business for a Georgia Company
China's chopstick shortage, which may sound like a not so serious problem to you, is to the Chinese people and it means business for the good ol'USA. When wooden chop sticks are used and thrown in the trash, more need to be produced. Even with China producing 60 billion sets of sticks each year, they can't keep up with the demand! The United States of America is helping China with this problem and making some money in the process.
Instead of chopsticks reading, "Made in China", the Chinese people will be eating with chopsticks that say, "Made in the USA". Now isn't that a switch! A company called Georgia Chopsticks in Americus, Georgia is producing so many chopsticks they are working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to keep up with the demand. Jae Lee, a Korean-American, started his chopstick business and he was laughed at when he announced that he would be manufacturing chopsticks in the USA, but no one is laughing now! By the Way, Americus, Georgia has a 12% unemployment rate.
Chopsticks and a possible shortage of them, is probably not something we think about, or even wonder about. But when you do think about it, someone has to make all those chopsticks and it's about time a US based company has been able to jump on the bandwagon. Georgia Chopsticks is now producing two million sets a day. These Georgia Chopsticks are on sale in supermarkets in China and hopefully are helping to fill China's chopstick shortage plus earning a living for Jae Lee.
The next time you eat at a Chinese restaurant, think about those little wooden chopsticks and how many millions of them are produced daily by Georgia Chopsticks in Georgia, USA. How many of them have you put in your purse to take home? I bet some of you have a kitchen drawer full of unopened packages of these wooden delights. Some of you probably had great ideas on how to use those wooden chopsticks, didn't you? Wouldn't they come in handy for craft projects? And still they sit, in the drawer, unopened.
Think about it, a Korean-American, living in the South, making chopsticks to be sent to China saying 'Made in the USA', how cool is that!
Now if you'll excuse me, I think I need to clean out a kitchen drawer!
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Published by Abby Greenhill
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thanks Abby!
Interesting!
Two million a day? I think with all the Chinese restaurants throughout America (which is a good thing), they could sell that many without exporting a single set. Good for them.
This is the way it should be.
great article! :)
I've never quite figured the knack of using chopsticks, so I eat my chinese meals with the plain old fork. Interesting article!
LOL - it's ironic and sad at the same time that we have to rejoice in the ONE thing that we can export to a country that has imported more goods into our country, resulting in the layoffs of millions of American workers. cheers
Abby, great article! It's nice the USA is making something for China. When I was in Japan 2 or 3 years ago, they were starting to carry their own sets of chopsticks with them throughout the workday that could be washed and reused so they wouldn't be using the disposables. The goal was to save trees. The Japanese people are so smart, innovative and caring about the world and I just thought that was so cool!
I enjoyed the article. Thanks