The following is an excerpt from a letter sent to all distributors by the manufacturer of freeze-dried foods in Oregon:
Mountain House #10 can sales have been very high so far this year.
Up to this point, Oregon Freeze Dry has been able to meet this increased level and we have not had to limit production in the Food Storage market segment. As you may or may not know, Oregon Freeze Dry’s business includes several market segments. Most of these market segments are now receiving orders at an increased rate as well; with the biggest surge in Government sales for freeze dried food products going to the troops.
Given these market trends it will be necessary to cap #10 can production now and to continue to do so for at least the next several months. We are working directly with Senior Management and Production Planning Groups, and they have given us the quantities to be allocated to #10 can production.
Based on today’s outlook, new orders placed now could take up to 4 weeks to ship. However, starting in May please prepare for lead times of up to 12 weeks. We will keep you informed, as new information is made available to us as to when we are able to improve on lead times. We are maintaining high raw material inventories so as soon as freeze-drying capacity is available we can increase production.
This is going to be a difficult time for all of us …
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