Green Hills Farms Loves Its 880 Auto Wrapper

Green Hills Farms has come a long way since it began more than 80 years ago, selling fresh produce and other staples from the Hawkins family farm in Syracuse, New York. With every decade came expansive growth, and today the family-owned enterprise is a full-fledged supermarket catering to the most discriminating customers in the area.

The meat department in particular serves as a magnet, attracting shoppers who appreciate that every one of Green Hills fresh meat products are cut in-store by one of its five fulltime meat cutters. And because the highest quality meat demands the finest presentation, Green Hills Farms upgraded to the METTLER TOLEDO 880 Auto Wrapper to ensure that its weighing, labeling and packaging would convey that same level of excellence.

Custom Packages, Customer Satisfaction

“The METTLER TOLEDO 880 Auto Wrapper is perfect for our operation,” declares Green Hills Meat Department Manager Dan Piron. “We custom cut our meet, and our clientele enjoys being able to request individualized cuts or items per package.”

The 880 – in addition to being a fast and efficient wrapper – handles special orders effortlessly and gives each package a tight, professional-looking wrap. “We used to have to hand wrap the bigger cuts – the roasts and thicker steaks and chops – but the 880 wraps them so much faster and better that we’ve almost forgotten how to do it by hand,” he added. And he likes the way the 880 makes it easy to customize the label, in terms of both placement and content. “Many of our customers have a preference as to how their meat is cut,” he says. “So we even put the cutter’s initials on every package – kind of like how an artist signs his work.”