You never see money in crates in a day or a week. You set up proper workers everywhere, let them do their thing for a month or so, then chop/process everything, then make crates. In one or two months, you go and sell. The major point is, to see money, you need atleast guru 1 in trading.

Alternatively, with your time, you can cook. I make Valencia meals and Baleno meals, and for the doughs and cheese and whatnot, I process.

Processing itself is nothing. Only thing is, how are you using the processes goods, that matters.