Burned by oil: Alberta’s petroleum prosperity leaves many businesses starving

Jonathan Avis has increased his staff’s wages 20 per cent in the past year and still can’t find enough people to maintain optimum production at his food company.

And if that isn’t hard enough to swallow, another company recently recruited his mechanical superintendent, the key person who kept the production line humming.

Saxby Foods is one of those companies that isn’t feeling the euphoria of the booming Alberta economy.