city. he opened the first lamar's donuts in 1960. we have 6 years of faithful followers. our donuts are hand made. once you put one in your mouth you have a whole different view of what a doughnut can be. we have loyal fans in five state. and beyond. people move out of those five states. steve: right. yesterday, ron, we were talking to a guy who ran a -- run as restaurant, augie's in detroit, he said that he applied for some of the restaurant revitalization fund money. but the government wouldn't give him any. so, you know, is he facing a labor shortage. he can't get stuff because of the supply chain as well. did lamar try to get any federal money to help you over this hump? >> we did get ppp loans and put it all towards payroll. it helped us keep a lot of people employed. i will say this, when the pandemic started in the spring of 2020, a lot of people stopped coming to, would. they didn't want to risk anything. furthermore, we had to cut back on staffing for social
do have this drop in minority officers on the department and we need them. i think going to be great for actually bringing more people in. brian: hopefully you converted some by listening to you now, tre and oscar, thank you very much. role models for all. >> absolutely. thank you for having me. >> thank you. brian: steve to you. steve: thank you very much. great discussion. thanks to supply chain disruptions and rising costs across the board. if you want a sweet treat from lamar's donuts and coffee you will have to shell out more doe. the chain has announced 20% price hike at all of its corporate owned locations to cover the higher cost. this comes after some employees in over land park, kansas quitclaiming they were overworked, under paid and under appreciated. communications director of la mar's donuts joins us now ron king. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. nice to be with you. steve: i like the idea that you are going to pay people more because they feel like they are under paid and under appreciated but this is just one of the
problems that we are facing right now in october of 2021 after 18 months of pandemic. >> yes, indeed. we heard the cops are having trouble filling their positions as well. by the way a beautiful transition from police to donuts. i appreciate the set-up. all my friends and family under staffed right now. steve: jacking up the prices 20%. ultimately, you have got to worry 'will the consumer say okay, i'm willing to spend 20% more on a doughnut because the people behind the counter are going to get paid for? >> yes, sir. it's a gutsy move. it's a bold mo. we don't know if it's going to work. we hope it will. let me tell you this lamar's donuts sold in five states and 25 locations. if you live outside of those five states it's hard to understand the cult following it has we go back to 1933 when a teenager named ray lamar started of making tone nuts in kansas
distancing and a lot of people have not returned to those jobs. so, we're working virtually in every store with less than ideal staff. steve: well, final question. what about the supply chain issues? we were just talking about how off the coast of california there are over probably a half a million shipping containers full of stuff that can't get unloaded. and ultimately, people can't -- in your business and others, can't get stuff. are you seeing a problem? >> yes, sir. we are. first of all, our -- the price of our ingredients have increased 40% since 2019. on top of that, one of those ships out there off the coast of california is loaded with paper products. so we don't -- do not have lamar's branded cups, napkins, boxes and bags. we are having to use white plain bags and boxes to put donuts in. that's a big problem. steve: well, if your prices for supplies have gone up 40% and you are only jacking up the prices of donuts 20%. it seems like you are still
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