Surinami Processing
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Surinami Processing | |
|---|---|
| Corporation Profile | |
| Affiliation | Draconis Combine |
| Headquarters | Surinami (Ko II)[1] |
| Leadership | CEO |
| Product(s) | Food stuff |
| Division(s) | |
Surinami Processing was a processed food maker within the Draconis Combine.[1][2]
Overview[edit]
Surinami Foods produced a range of food lines from freeze-compressed Survival Rations to the Tinned Splendors gourmet line within Combine space. Their biggest seller was the Home Helper line of canned and boxed food designed to feed a lot of people from the small cooking space of an average home.[1][2]
Surinami Processing's most profitable brand was Stomach's Joy. Sold on only ten Combine worlds a year, the company used a complex population algorithm to determine which worlds would be on its sales list for the brand, with the announcement every October of the next year's planetary list a highly anticipated event across the entire Combine. Once a system was on "the list," it received massive imports of Stomach's Joy for the next sales year which continued until it fell off the list when imports ceased. While such rarity would normally make Stomach's Joy the one of the most expensive perishable goods in the Combine, Surinami discouraged overpricing by selling the product on a variable pricing structure according to a citizen's status, ensuring that the dish remained accessible for all citizens to enjoy not just the richest. Its Stomach's Joy recipe was a closely guarded secret; while outside observers had described it as having "a wretched taste and texture" according to one ComStar acolyte, those who ate a lot reported Stomach's Joy producing a feeling of well-being, almost a floating sensation, that brought people back again and again.[1][2]
The Happy Life Meals catering division of Surinami provided foods for institutions like cafeterias, schools, hospitals, prisons, and Feeding Stations across the Combine. It was well known that the quality of the food dropped depending on the social rank of the establishment where it was being served, but Happy Life Meals were hard to beat in the cost department.[1][2]
Principal Divisions[edit]
Surinami Foods
- Division Head: Maxwell Plunkett (ca. 3025)[2]
- Chief Products: Consumer packaged foods
Happy Life Meals
- Division Head: Werner Nakogama (ca. 3025)[2]
- Chief Products: Institutional catering