We have exhausted our supply of canned meats. We need things like cans of chili, crackers, flour, corn meal, dried spaghetti and dried beans and rice. We have plenty of vegetables but we need those things to round the meal out.

Our schools haven't started their food drives yet and we're kind of in a bind right now to get decent food baskets together for those who are in need.

The shelter was awarded some money that will help the homeless population in other ways. The impact of our decrease in income may not be as drastic as we first thought.

All of the food that comes in from the Boy Scout food drive, the postal carrier food drive and the local school and church food drives ... goes right back out into the community. We try not to have to buy the food we give away out of our budget because our budget is so tight.

It's looks like we're going to end up closing out the year down around 40 percent less than what we did last year for the community donations in December. December is our make-it-or-break-it month.

There was never an opportunity I asked for food and didn't receive it. People are so giving ... and they have really been a blessing in the past year when I've asked for food that we need.

We'll just have to regroup and look at things in a different way.

Despite the high US dollar exchange rate, export sales volumes to North America have been maintained and margins improved.