--- title: "Customer Success Story: Harris Woolf Almonds" description: Harris Woolf Almonds implements Meritech CleanTech® 4000S Automated Hygiene Technology to improve health and safety and save time. image: https://www.meritech.com/hubfs/HWALMONDSCustomerSuccessFeat%20Copy.jpg --- [ Skip navigation menu ](https://www.meritech.com/blog/customer-success-story-harris-woolf-almonds#content) [![meritech-logo-tagline](https://www.meritech.com/hs-fs/hubfs/lafferty-website-2026/global-assets/meritech-logo-tagline.png?width=200&height=74&name=meritech-logo-tagline.png) ](https://www.meritech.com/) - [ Hygiene Systems ](https://www.meritech.com/products/hygiene-solutions) Show submenu for Hygiene Systems - [ Automated Hand Hygiene ](https://www.meritech.com/products/hand-sanitation-stations) - [ Boot Scrubbers and Footwear Sanitation ](https://www.meritech.com/products/boot-scrubbers) - [ Industries ](https://www.meritech.com/markets) Show submenu for Industries - [ Food Processing & Manufacturing ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/food-processing) - [ Healthcare ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/healthcare_medical) - [ Hospitality ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/travel_leisure) - [ Education ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/education) - [ Gyms and Public Facilities ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/gyms-and-public-facilities-meritech) - [ Cleanroom and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/pharmaceutical-cleanroom) - [ Grocery ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/grocery) - [ Municipality and Correction Facilities ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/municipality-and-correction-facilities-meritech) - [ Why Us ](https://www.meritech.com/why-meritech) - [ Support ](https://www.meritech.com/services/technical-support) Show submenu for Support - [ Resources ](https://www.meritech.com/resources) - [ Blog ](https://www.meritech.com/blog) - [ Technical Support ](https://www.meritech.com/services/technical-support) - [ Success Stories ](https://www.meritech.com/meritech-cleantech-testimonials) [ Contact ](https://www.meritech.com/contact/) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ** Toggle main navigation - [ Hygiene Systems ](https://www.meritech.com/products/hygiene-solutions) Show submenu for Hygiene Systems - [ Automated Hand Hygiene ](https://www.meritech.com/products/hand-sanitation-stations) - [ Boot Scrubbers and Footwear Sanitation ](https://www.meritech.com/products/boot-scrubbers) - [ Industries ](https://www.meritech.com/markets) Show submenu for Industries - [ Food Processing & Manufacturing ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/food-processing) - [ Healthcare ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/healthcare_medical) - [ Hospitality ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/travel_leisure) - [ Education ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/education) - [ Gyms and Public Facilities ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/gyms-and-public-facilities-meritech) - [ Cleanroom and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/pharmaceutical-cleanroom) - [ Grocery ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/grocery) - [ Municipality and Correction Facilities ](https://www.meritech.com/markets/municipality-and-correction-facilities-meritech) - [ Why Us ](https://www.meritech.com/why-meritech) - [ Support ](https://www.meritech.com/services/technical-support) Show submenu for Support - [ Resources ](https://www.meritech.com/resources) - [ Blog ](https://www.meritech.com/blog) - [ Technical Support ](https://www.meritech.com/services/technical-support) - [ Success Stories ](https://www.meritech.com/meritech-cleantech-testimonials) [ Contact ](https://www.meritech.com/contact/) Post Tags - [CleanTech® Handwashing Stations](https://www.meritech.com/blog/tag/cleantech-handwashing-stations) - [Education](https://www.meritech.com/blog/tag/education) - [Customer Success Stories](https://www.meritech.com/blog/tag/customer-success-stories) # Customer Success Story: Harris Woolf Almonds [Meritech](https://www.meritech.com/blog/author/meritech) May 17, 2021 4 min read ![](https://www.meritech.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HWALMONDSCustomerSuccessFeat%20Copy.jpg?width=1600&height=900&name=HWALMONDSCustomerSuccessFeat%20Copy.jpg) | **Customer** | Harris Woolf Almonds | | --- | --- | | **Location** | Ballico, California | | **Industry** | [Food Processing](https://www.meritech.com/markets/food-processing) | ![HW Almonds Logo](https://s3.amazonaws.com/blab-impact-published-production/ij1Eeo6HZlv0Aadh2mHLN3glaZEnYiI8) Harris Woolf Almonds recently partnered with Meritech to install CleanTech® Automated Handwashing Stations to improve the health and safety throughout their production facilities! Learn more about this customer success story below: ### About Harris Woolf Almonds [Harris Woolf Almonds](https://harriswoolfalmonds.com/) is a vertically integrated, grower-owned processor of almonds and value-added almond products. With facilities throughout the state of California, Harris Woolf aims to deliver the highest quality and most delicious almond products on the market. A Certified B Corporation, Harris Woolf meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose ### What Challenge Did CleanTech® Automated Handwashing Solve for Harris Woolf? Harris Woolf was facing challenges common in most food processing facilities, not enough time in the day and human error in the hygiene process. The staff members are busy, and when a manual hand wash is performed properly it takes around 40 seconds! "Handwashing is very much common sense in the food industry. We all do it all the time. What has changed with CleanTech® is that employees enjoy using the equipment. It’s so much faster for them." said Food Safety & Quality Manager, Gabby Chavarria. On top of that CleanTech® totally removes human error from the hand wash by automating and standardizing the process.  [Learn more about CleanTech® for Food Processing](https://www.meritech.com/markets/food-processing) ### CleanTech® 4000S Automated Handwashing Stations Installed at Harris Woolf. ![4000s - BA](https://marvel-b1-cdn.bc0a.com/f00000000188974/www.meritech.com/hubfs/4000s%20-%20BA.png) Meritech systems were selected based on the reliable efficacy and time-savings they presented. After examining the needs of Harris Woolf and exploring different options we selected the CleanTech® 4000S. The CleanTech® 4000S Automated Handwashing Station is clinically proven to remove more than 99.9% of harmful pathogens from hands in just 12 seconds with zero waste of water and chemical. It features 3 bays allowing between 15-20 handwashes per minute. In addition to the handwashing equipment, Harris Woolf installed [sole clean footwear sanitization enhancements](https://www.meritech.com/footwear-hygiene-enhancements-for-cleantech) to their CleanTech® stations. "It’s so nice being able to wash your hands and sanitize footwear at the same time," says Chavarria. [Learn more about the CleanTech® 4000S here](https://www.meritech.com/products/handwashing-systems/cleantech-4000s) ### CleanTech® stations serve as a symbol of dedication to health and safety ![Sonny Perdue on Twitter: "Impressed again this week by California's massive agricultural economy. In Coalinga, Harris Woolf Almonds is a grower, buyer, and processor of almonds established in 1989. Harris Woolf seeks](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWPx-fQX0AEju46.jpg)The CleanTech® stations show staff and customers that hygiene is a priority and that Harris Woolf is dedicated to quality. Chavarria says, "It made the staff very proud and very happy that we are investing in improving our hygiene process." 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