Berry packhouses cannot find enough manual labor to load punnets into trays, causing production bottlenecks despite automation elsewhere in the line

Berry packhouse and farm operations face severe labor shortages for the final manual packing step, even after investing in automated optical grading and high-speed packing systems. This creates a critical bottleneck where the most labor-intensive task remains manual, forcing operations to either slow production, turn away orders, or struggle with inconsistent staffing. Current solutions (hiring more workers) fail because labor availability itself is the constraint, not just the need for better processes.