Successful Business Operation 1: She Turned a Family Business into Success

This begins a short series on family business operations that led to successes

Women start a lot of businesses. Many start a business so they can stay home with their children while adding to the family income. Many create good companies because they possess entrepreneurial interests and inclinations. Women starting their own businesses avoid the glass ceiling that some of their sisters encounter in a more traditional workplace.

Start with Something You Love

Alison Chuntz started Alison’s Pantry in 1987. She loved fine food. She saw a business opportunity providing families with good restaurant quality food they could prepare themselves at affordable prices.

“Alison's Pantry is a wonderful, local company that truly cares about their customers.  Alison Chuntz works closely with her sons, Joshua and Jesse Kissee.  Their efforts are to offer you the finest tasting products on the market at the most affordable price.  This is a company that sincerely enjoys helping you save money.”

Established in 1987, Alison's Pantry™ began distributing food products from a small building in Pleasant Grove Utah, to many of the rural Southern Utah communities.  Our company grew rapidly and we soon expanded our service to rural farming towns in the Rocky Mountain states.  In 1994 we built a large warehouse just off State Street to house our growing business.  We began delivering from a pick up truck and trailer in the early years of our company; we graduated to two beautiful, modern semis in the mid 90's.  Our facility is 23,000 square feet and houses all our food products until shipped out fresh to your home.”

Recognized Similar Needs in Others

Alison recognized that other women also loved fine food and needed additional money. So, she decided to distribute her great food through a network of sales representatives in rural communities. They sold the product in a variety of methods from parties, door-to-door, referral and more. Alison resisted setting up down-lines like in multi-level marketing preferring to keep her sales representatives part of a family.

Alison successfully sells food in 6 states.

Thursday we will share another family business operation that grew exponentially