{"id":1281,"date":"2013-03-22T17:49:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T21:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2014-03-24T11:55:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T15:55:40","slug":"conservas-carcamo-pays-off-its-second-tww-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/conservas-carcamo-pays-off-its-second-tww-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservas Carcamo pays off its second TWW loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, one of The Working World\u2019s most promising small business partners in Nicaragua paid off its second loan. \u00a0The worker-owned Conservas Carcamo, which produces jellies, marmalades, and other fruit products, now has its own new packaging that has helped boost sales like never before.\u00a0 In recent months, sales have increased more than 60%, and the company is using its new profits to make promotional materials and advertise on local television stations.\u00a0 In the coming months, the worker-owners hope to use their priority status with The Working World to invest in another set of packaging that will allow them to sell in local schools. \u00a0Well done, Conservas Carcamo!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1285\" style=\"width: 284px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/carcamo-3.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1285\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1285\" title=\"Carcamo 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/carcamo-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresh jellies ready to be labeled and brought to market.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1298\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/carcamo-5.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1298\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1298\" title=\"carcamo 5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/carcamo-5-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/carcamo-5-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/carcamo-5.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carcamo&#8217;s new label has allowed the business to enter new markets.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, one of The Working World\u2019s most promising small business partners in Nicaragua paid off its second loan. \u00a0The worker-owned Conservas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1281"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions\/1302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}