News Release - 17 June 2013
Concern Over Changes toHome Storage Centers Unnecessary
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/concern-over-changes-to-home-storage-centers-unnecessary
Salt Lake City - Over the past several weeks, misinformation and unnecessary concern has been circulating on blogs, over social media channels and by email regarding changes in operations at the Church's home storage centers, which are located in the U.S. and Canada. No home storage centers are being closed, but the Church is making welcomed modifications in its operations at most of these centers that will help to better serve the needs of members of the Church, as well as significantly improve efficiency.
Salt Lake City - Over the past several weeks, misinformation and unnecessary concern has been circulating on blogs, over social media channels and by email regarding changes in operations at the Church's home storage centers, which are located in the U.S. and Canada. No home storage centers are being closed, but the Church is making welcomed modifications in its operations at most of these centers that will help to better serve the needs of members of the Church, as well as significantly improve efficiency.
In all but 12 of the Church's 101 home storage centers in the U.S.
and Canada, patrons will no longer self-can products, but they may purchase
these same items pre-canned or prepackaged at no additional cost.
The Church currently operates
101 home storage centers in the United States and Canada where food storage
items such as beans, dry milk, wheat, rice and sugar may be purchased© All
rights reserved.
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These changes have been considered for some time as the Church has looked at the best way to provide home storage goods to Church members efficiently. Much of the discussion regarding this issue has suggested that this change is due to food safety regulation. While it has been a factor, the concern expressed regarding that issue has been overstated.
While many individuals have enjoyed self-canning at the Church's home storage centers, the advantages of providing pre-canned or prepackaged goods include:
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It's more efficient and cost effective for the Church to produce
and ship high-quality, pre-canned or prepackaged goods in bulk rather than ship
the same goods and empty cans to a location where individuals can them on their
own.
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By offering the goods pre-canned or prepackaged, the Church
utilizes less warehouse space.
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Pre-canned and prepackaged operations allow for higher quality and
safer preparation of home storage food.
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It is much more costly to maintain and upgrade facilities that
must meet food production standards (such as in a self-canning operation) than
it is to maintain a facility that simply distributes pre-canned and prepackaged
food.
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Volunteer personnel time can be used more efficiently.
The following 12 home storage
centers will continue to offer self-canning for the time being as the Church
continues to monitor the goods and services offered at home storage centers and
makes adjustments as needed:
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Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Mesa, Arizona
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Boise, Idaho
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Idaho Falls, Idaho
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Carrollton, Texas
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Lindon, Utah
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Logan, Utah
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Ogden, Utah
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Salt Lake City, Utah (Welfare Square)
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Sandy, Utah
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Springville, Utah
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St. George, Utah
The
remaining 89 centers will provide pre-canned goods. A list of all home storage
centers is available here.
Finally, a direct statement about this situation. I cannot help but feel there is an underlying purpose for this change. The entire east side of the nation is affected by it and the main body of canneries that will continue are located up the Rocky Mountain divide except for Carrollton, TX. Something is certainly coming!
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