America is a nation of small business owners. According to data from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, firms with fewer than 500 workers accounted for 99.7 per cent of the United States’ 5.6 million employer companies. The Office of the United States Trade Representative even describes small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as ‘the backbone of the American economy’.
One such medium-sized firm is Denver-based Ready Foods, a cook and chill company which manufactures soups and sauces for restaurants and the meat industry. Thanks to a unique cooling system from HRS Heat Exchangers, which has cut the time it takes to chill one of Ready Foods’ core products by a third, it is now able to compete with much larger businesses.