business backgrounder | industry
“Our industry is heavily regulated at the
state and federal levels. The cost of
overlapping, redundant
regulations significantly impact
our bottom line. And they affect
whether we hire, buy equipment
or otherwise invest in growth.”
Pat Sauter, General Manager
National Frozen Foods Corporation, Chehalis
Eat your vegetables, and create jobs.
When you walk onto the busy packaging floor of 103-year-old National Frozen Foods
Corporation in Chehalis, you know you’re in a clean zone. An employer of over 200
people in Lewis County, and as many as 1,400 around Washington state during the
peak harvest season, Seattle-based NFFC is intensely focused on safe, high-quality
frozen produce.
Hairnets and sanitary gloves seem as abundant as the carefully selected frozen peas,
corn and carrots that make their final appearance at dinner tables around the world.
“We need to have sensible regulations to ensure fair competition and consumer
safety,” says NFFC plant general manager Pat Sauter. “But constantly changing and
conflicting regulations from state and federal agencies represent a huge cost to
us. To grow, hire and invest in our communities, we need more certainty, and fewer
overlapping state and federal regulations.”
To learn more about National Frozen Foods and the
impact regulations have on enterprising employers
and their employees, visit AWB.org/GrowHere.
PO Box 658, Olympia, WA 98507-0658 • 800.521.9325 • www.AWB.org
#GrowHere
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