BETTY LOU'S AND THE OREGON FOOD BANK...

September is "Hunger Action Month" and I want to share with you how Betty Lou's ensures that no product/ingredient goes to waste and what that means for the Oregon Food Bank.

Betty Lou's is a 30 year privately owned company that humbly started in Betty Lou's kitchen and now with the purchase of our new building, occupies a 100,000 sq. ft. facility in McMinnville, Oregon.

In addition to designing and manufacturing our own products, Betty Lou is a pioneer in food design and we proudly manufacture products for over 30 other companies nationwide.

So what does all of this mean in relationship to the Oregon Food Bank? On average, we will have about 80lbs of batter/dough daily that we get when cleaning out our machines to switch from one product to the next. We take all of these different types of batter/dough and make a "Bar of The Day"helping us eliminate almost all ingredient waste. In addition to the "Bar of The Day", we also have on occasion, ingredient changes, product overruns and short dated inventory that will not have ample shelf life to sell quick enough in a retail setting.

Over the last 18 months Betty Lou's has donated over 300,000 pieces of product directly to the Oregon Food Bank. We feel very blessed that we have the ability and opportunity to donate healthy, all natural and nutritious food.

I encourage you to take a moment and visit the Oregon Food Bank website, www.oregonfoodbank.org and see for yourself the amazing work that is going on there. Last year, an average of 200,000 people in Oregon ate meals from an emergency food box each month.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by our website and check out our blog! If you ever have any questions or ideas please fell free to give us a call at (800)242-5205

Sincerely,

Toby Smith
Betty Lou's Inc.