Earthling
10-09-2013, 10:25 PM
Here is part of the article that deals with all the canning centers:
"Misinformation and unnecessary concern has been circulating on blogs, over social media channels and by email regarding changes in operations at the church’s home storage centers," the release said. "No home storage centers are being closed, but the church is making welcomed modifications in its operations at most of these centers that will help to better serve the needs of members of the church, as well as significantly improve efficiency."
While clarifying the news regarding the relocation, Johnson also announced that nine new pre-packaged products would be available at home storage centers starting Nov. 1, bringing the total number of products offered to 17.
In addition to pinto beans, rice, white hard wheat, red hard wheat, quick oats, white flour, pancake mix and potato pearls already available, patrons will also be able to purchase sugar, apple slices, regular oats, potato flakes, elbow macaroni, spaghetti bites, hot cocoa mix, nonfat dry mix and fruit drink mix. Previously, these nine products were only available through self-packing by volunteers.
"People would come in and say, 'Can’t we just get the powdered milk already pre-packed so it’s not all over us?' So we are doing that," Johnson said. "Food safety is a very important element and one of the reasons we want to go away from self-pack to pre-pack. We don’t want anybody, anyone at all, to not receive a safe product. By pre-packing these in one location, it will save us a lot of concern over the long run."
whole article here:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865588049/LDS-Church-consolidates-canning-resources.html?pg=2
"Misinformation and unnecessary concern has been circulating on blogs, over social media channels and by email regarding changes in operations at the church’s home storage centers," the release said. "No home storage centers are being closed, but the church is making welcomed modifications in its operations at most of these centers that will help to better serve the needs of members of the church, as well as significantly improve efficiency."
While clarifying the news regarding the relocation, Johnson also announced that nine new pre-packaged products would be available at home storage centers starting Nov. 1, bringing the total number of products offered to 17.
In addition to pinto beans, rice, white hard wheat, red hard wheat, quick oats, white flour, pancake mix and potato pearls already available, patrons will also be able to purchase sugar, apple slices, regular oats, potato flakes, elbow macaroni, spaghetti bites, hot cocoa mix, nonfat dry mix and fruit drink mix. Previously, these nine products were only available through self-packing by volunteers.
"People would come in and say, 'Can’t we just get the powdered milk already pre-packed so it’s not all over us?' So we are doing that," Johnson said. "Food safety is a very important element and one of the reasons we want to go away from self-pack to pre-pack. We don’t want anybody, anyone at all, to not receive a safe product. By pre-packing these in one location, it will save us a lot of concern over the long run."
whole article here:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865588049/LDS-Church-consolidates-canning-resources.html?pg=2