Iqembu le-Heygate lihlanganisa ukulima, ufulawa nokugaya okuphakelayo nokubhaka, ngezindawo eziyishumi zokugaya ufulawa ezindaweni ezine, umshini wokuphakela, amabhikawozi amabili anamuhla namahektare angama-7500 omhlaba olimekayo kakhulu eNgilandi.
Njengoba iDomesday Book ifakaza ukuthi kube khona isigayo esizeni esifanayo eBugbrooke Northamptonshire iminyaka engaphezu kwenkulungwane. Isiza manje sesiyikomkhulu laleli qembu eliseduze noMfula iNene.
Yibhizinisi lomndeni ebelilima eNorthamptonshire kusukela ngo-1562 labe seligayelwa ku-19th Ikhulu leminyaka, lapho umkhulu uMnu Arthur Robert Heygate Senior wabaqondisi abaphethe ngokuhlanganyela, uMnu Paul Heygate noMnu Bob Heygate, bethatha isigayo somndeni eBugbrooke.
Ushintsho olukhulu lwafika ngo-1942, lapho umlilo uqothula isigayo. Ukushintshwa kwayo kwakukwazi ukuguqula amasaka kakolweni angama-24 abe amasaka kafulawa ayi-18 njalo ngehora, kanye ne-bran yomshini wokuphakelayo eceleni. Ngo-1944 kwatholakala omunye umshini eTring eHertfordshire, kwalandelwa isigayo se-Downham Market eNorfolk ngo-1958. Ngo-2017 abakwaHeygates benza indawo yabo yakamuva esetshenziswa kakhulu e-Icklingham Mill ngaseBury St Edmunds. Ukutshalwa kwemali okuqhubekayo kumasayithi ethu kwenze ama-Heygates abe ngomunye wabagayayo abazimele abakhulu kunabo bonke ezweni.
Kepha ngenkathi i-Heygates igcina izimfanelo zebhizinisi lomndeni zekhwalithi, ukwethembeka nobudlelwano obuhle nabasebenzi, futhi iyinkampani yesimanje kakhulu, yezamabhizinisi. Ngaphandle kokutshala izigidi kwizikhungo ezisezingeni eliphezulu kuyo yonke le nhlangano, iphayone ekukhiqizeni ikhwalithi ephezulu ye-burger e-UK futhi inentshisekelo ebhizinisini lokugaya eliseFrance.
Iqembu le-Heygate manje liqashe abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-900, uma kuqhathaniswa nabangama-20 kuphela ngo-1935. Izigayo eziyishumi zikafulawa ezingaphansi kwezindawo ezine zisebenzisa ukolweni ongaphezu kuka-520,000 ngonyaka, iningi labo livela emapulazini aseBrithani. Kukhiqizwa amamaki angaphezu kuka-80 kafulawa, okwenziwa izinkwa, amakhekhe, ama-pizza, ama-burger buns, ama-chapattis, ama-biscuits nokuningi ngaphandle kwalokho, okuhlinzeka ngezitshalo ezinkulu zokukhiqiza, ama-bakery esitolo esitolo nababhaki bezandla, ukuletha i-24/7.
Isigayo sokuphakela esiseBugbrooke sithuthukiswe eceleni kwesigayo sefulawa ukusebenzisa imikhiqizo yokudla kukakolweni okusha njengezinto zokusetshenziswa. Lokhu kunciphisa isidingo sokuthuthwa komgwaqo ngezinto zokusetshenziswa futhi kusiza ukunciphisa ukushisa kwekhabhoni yethu.
Umshini wokuphakelayo manje ukhiqiza amathani ayi-110,000 wokudla unyaka ngamunye wezinkomo, izimvu, izingulube, izinkukhu, amahhashi, onogwaja kanye namakamela. Konke okuphakelayo okwenziwa eBugbrooke Mills akunamifino, akusetshenziswa amaprotheni ezilwane. Ithimba lezazi zokudla ezifanelekile liyatholakala ukuhlinzeka ukwakhiwa kwesabelo kanye nezeluleko zobuchwepheshe kumakhasimende.
Umsebenzi omkhulu wokulima weqembu kungamahektare angama-6,000 we-breckland eniselwa ngokuphelele eSwaffham naseBeamamwell eNorfolk. Ukutshala kufaka isaladi, i-ware, i-crisping kanye ne-chipping amazambane, kanye nokolweni nebhali, ikakhulukazi imbewu, i-rye ye-malting noma yokubhaka kanye ne-beet beet, kanye nokuvumela umhlaba ukukhiqizwa kwesanqante, i-parsnip ne-anyanisi. Amanye amahektare ayi-1000 azungeze iHarrold eBedfordshire kanye namahektare ayi-1000 azungeze iNorthampton akhiqiza ukolweni wokugaya, ukudlwengulwa okusetshenziswa ngamafutha nobhontshisi.
Ngo-1964 uHiegates wathola ibhekari elincane lezinkwa eBanbury. Ngenkathi kwakhiwa amaqembu amakhulu okubhaka ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1960 ama-Heygates ahlala ezimele, ebeka imali ebhikawozi elisha ukukhiqiza isinkwa esisikiwe, esisongiwe, ukuhlinzeka ngesidingo esikhulayo sale mikhiqizo. Namuhla iqasha abantu abangama-500 futhi inikezela ngezigidi zezinkwa ngeviki kanye nohlu lwezimpahla zokubhaka ukubanikeza amakhasimende ezinelebula, kufaka phakathi izitolo ezinkulu, abathengisi abazimele, abenza ama-sandwich kanye nabapheki.
Ama-Heygates namuhla angene emlandweni nakumanani wendabuko, kepha agijime njenge-21 yanamuhlast ibhizinisi lekhulu leminyaka ngabazukulu baka-Arthur Robert Heygate Snr ngokuqhubeka nogqozi, umdlandla nokuzibophezela embonini yokugaya yaseBrithani nokunikezela ngomkhiqizo osezingeni eliphezulu kumakhasimende ayo….