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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

So many treat varieties. How does the US do it? Does each treat have different factory machine with different tooling?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

i think it's a 3 shift operation. you get 2 shifts (8 hours each, back to back) running a line of treat A. during 3rd shift, they swap out a couple of critical components during the 3rd shift production line deep line (to meet HACCP / health standards) and run Treat B for two shifts. i'm sure the engineering team that figured out how a single production line floor can, over the course of a week, run 10+ product lines each with their own packaging and terminating in a frozen/frigerated truck for shipping are some real logistics wizards.

imagine if they were paid to come up with built environments, networks, and community support systems to prevent diabetes and heart disease.

EDIT: no chance i would buy an entire box, but i would 100% try a deep fried twinkie.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

I've worked in a factory producing similar frozen foodstuffs (think more savoury than sweet though) and the machines I worked with were able to produce a few different but similar products depending on the production schedule for that day. I wasn't involved in swapping the machines over so I don't know the intricacies but they were able to do the swap during the night maintenance shift. One day we'd be fulfilling the order for X treat and the next would be Y treat.

Just speculation on my part but I'm guessing the general process for "breaded lump of cheese product" is similar across the board just with different recipes & shapes. So the same line might be making Doritos™ Loaded^®^ one day & Velveeta™ Cheesy Bites^®^ the next

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

These tend to be domestic, it's expensive to transport frozen treats across the Pacific