Chuang Ying-yao, who took over the mantle of Wuanchuang chairman two years ago, explains that in the old days every family would have their own way of producing pickled vegetables, pickled soybeans, and soy sauce. During the Japanese rule of Taiwan his grandfather established his own business, and would shout his wares out on the street, carrying earthenware urns of the sauce on a pole across his shoulders.
兩年前接任丸莊董事長的莊英堯說，古早年代一般台灣家庭都會自己醃菜、醃豆豉、釀醬油，日治時期祖父從小生意起家，以扁擔挑著「豆油甕」在街上叫賣，做出口碑後，生意越做越大。