Posted on 04/14/2020 7:59:33 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
Roger that, re logistics.
If you can’t supply ‘em, they can’t win.
No better example of that than WW2.
Not what he said and not what happens.
The plastic jugs, (made only of food quality resin) are blown by a machine in the dairy. Now the machines themselves might be made in China but the jugs are not.
During the year of the big hurricanes the problem was that we have four major food quality resin producers and the ones in Louisiana and Texas were both down, the one in Canada was doing their refitting and that left only the one on the west coast (Washington I think). So we bottled only water, milk and some orange juice.
Now it is true that you can only blow a certain number of bottles but in most plants the bottle blower is not going twenty four seven. It is usually only run on third shift.
I would say the problem is probably the same as it was, a shortage of food quality resin.
re: “The “Just In Time” mentality is good for profits but it does make us fragile. Likewise with the centralization.”
Fresh foods are ALWAYS JIT; that has not changed.
What is that supposed to mean?
Ask ClearCase_guy, its a quote of his.
Nope. They are allowed to draw down their vacation and sick time, then they’re eligible for unemployment.
“””During the year of the big hurricanes the problem was that we have four major food quality resin producers and the ones in Louisiana and Texas were both down, the one in Canada was doing their refitting and that left only the one on the west coast (Washington I think).”””
The oil refineries are slowing down because the demand for gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel has decreased because of less travel. In addition to producing the above products at an oil refinery, other products are produced for the chemical plants that make plastic.
Additionally, in the USA the raw materials for the chemical plants making plastics comes from natural gas processing. To the extent that factories are shut down and not burning natural gas, that could slow down the natural gas processing plants.
As Sundance says in his bottom comment, milk is not the only distribution system being disrupted.
So much of the USA economy is interwoven and a shortage in one area can affect some other seemingly, totally unrelated area.
President Trump understands how business works and that is why he keeps saying we cannot shut down America indefinitely.
Instead of offering solutions, the media and Democrats are spending their time throwing imaginary roadblocks in his path and generally trying to scare the American public into a frenzy.
When I worked in restaurants as a yute, I recall the chefs saying that restaurants got better quality cuts of steaks than you could buy at the store.
Less glamorous, but same with whipped cream.
Most definitely the Higher Quality Meats & Seafood go to the Restaurants.
I use to get Cream, Orange and other juices from the Restaurant Supply for the Liquor Store and then tack on Steak, Roasts, Pork Chops, Loins both Beef and Pork, 50# Boxes of Thick Cut Bacon, Canadian Bacon, Cheeses.
I went to a Restaurant Supply Convention a few times. On the last day of the Convention it was a Free for All. I wish I had taken a Red Wagon with Me. I had like 50+ pounds of Assorted Cheeses, 40# of Deli Meats, Fresh Fruits, Prep and Cleaning Supplies, Desserts, Coffee, Tea that the Sales Reps had to get rid of or haul it back to the Car and bring it back to the Office and play 80,000 Questions with the Boss.
The does I got are purebred so if I also got a purebred buck, I could sell them for good money. I can’t be bothered with the time & effort involved. I think I can run 15 does here which will give me about 25 kids per year. 50-70 lbs bring the highest price at auction and you get to get rid of them before they’re sexually active which saves on management labor. 25 kids X 60lbs avg X $3.00/lb = $4500 right now. By the time we have that many does to make that many kids, it will probably be $4/lb for which I’ll get $6000.00 for 25 kids. One trip in a truck with 8 foot bed and a topper, dun.
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I’m old enough and my grandmother lived with us born1888. I remember when everyone sewed their own clothes. Our children will be remembering when people cooked their own food.
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