The entrance to Basic American Foods facility in Moses Lake, where the company produces dehydrated potatoes and dehydrated pinto beans. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Yakima, toured the facility on Monday as part of a series of visits with manufacturers and businesses across the 4th Congressional District.
July 25, 2022
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Basic American Foods addresses labor shortage during tour
MOSES LAKE — Even as business in the Columbia Basin expands, companies like Basic American Foods are finding it difficult to find and retain employees, according to Brian Meiners, the Basic American Foods plant manager in Moses Lake. “We have not had a full slate of people since before COVID,” Meiners told Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Yakima, during a visit to the company’s Moses Lake production facility Monday morning...