Wholesale & Retail In-plants-

An upcoming merger with Smith's Food & Drugs will soon add 152 stores to Fred Meyer's 110. Sutera is yet unsure of how the merger will effect his shop, but he's hopeful it will bring in more work and allow his operation to grow.

Merger Brings In-plant Growth

If similar mergers at other retail companies are any indication, then this is likely to happen. Take the Sathers Division of Favorite Brands International (FBI), for example. Over the past year and a half, FBI bought Sathers and four other companies. None of the other companies had in-plants. So the Sathers in-plant started taking on work that these other companies used to outsource. The shop is so busy now, according to Print Production Manager Ron Canfield, that it runs 24 hours a day, five days a week.