Randy McArthur | Source | National Technical Sales at Dawn Foods

The labor shortage continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing the food and beverage industry. This is especially true with a product like a donut, which can be more labor intensive to make. Additionally, the labor needed requires a higher skill level, making it more difficult to find. Dawn has a long history of supporting commissaries as well as instore chains that have their own commissaries – they may make frozen or fully-finished donuts to transfer to individual stores. Either way, we see our role as putting the puzzle pieces together across all channels, whether suppliers, manufacturers or co-packers, to help each individual chain and store operator optimize their operations and ensure they run as efficiently as possible.