RoliRoti

PEOPLE: Thomas Odermatt along with 5 full-time and 7 part-time employees

ABOUT: Thomas founded RoliRoti in 2001 after studying agriculture in Zurich, Switzerland and working to improve conditions for the animals on his family’s rabbit farm in Hungary. As a marketing student at UC Berkeley, Thomas was required to create a business plan for a fictitious business, and it was out of this project that RoliRoti was born. Most of RoliRolti’s chickens are roasted within 2 days of slaughter. They are spiced and then spit-roasted at low heat for about 90 minutes on rotisseries in specially built trucks.

SOURCING: All of RoliRoti's chickens are from Fulton Valley Farm in Sonoma County. About 20% of the chickens are organic; the rest are raised without antibiotics and are never fed animal by-products. Chickens are raised in open houses with equal space available outside to roam, and they eat soybeans and corn. All other meats are from Heritage Foods USA, a company that supplies pasture-raised, antibiotic-free meats. Potatoes are from Zuckerman's Farm, a seller at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Herbs are organic and kosher, from a supplier based in Los Angeles.