01/21/2022
Hi-Standard Dog Food
Current Pet Food Update
Hi-Standard Dog Food, like many other pet food companies, is experiencing an unprecedented shortage of products for our customers. While we are working through the current issues, we would like to explain to everyone what we have been up against.
- Plant Labor. Employee turnover at the plant has taken a toll on the amount of Hi-Standard products we are able to produce each day. Hopefully we will be able to work through these labor issues in the next 30 days.
- Growth. This past year has been a year of tremendous growth for Hi-Standard Dog Food. Normally this would be something to celebrate. However, due to the rapid growth of Hi-Standard Dog Food, the plant is struggling to fulfill orders on a timely basis.
- Freight. Like every company, we are having setbacks on orders due to shortage in drivers and trucks. The trucking issue on inbound materials and ingredients and the delivery of product to our distribution channels have both been affected.
- Covid. Like every company today, Covid has taken a toll on our workforce in our manufacturing facilities which in turn affects our production.
- Ingredient Shortages. Not only have we experienced a high demand for pet food ingredients, but we are seeing increased pricing on these ingredients as well. We monitor the ingredients and pricing on a weekly basis. Hopefully we will see some relief from these issues soon.
We sincerely apologize for the shortage in Hi-Standard Dog Food products. We appreciate everyone’s support of Hi-Standard products, and we are confident we will be able to work through these issues and obstacles very soon.
Thank you,
Wade Graskewicz, Owner of Hi-Standard Dog Food
