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QUESTION 5. Boston Brands produces 750 milliliter bottles of Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey at the Lewiston plant. The parent company is Sazerac Company (who bought former White Rock Distilleries from Bean Inc. in 2013). "... Boston Brands announced its $1 million expansion here in Lewiston creating 30 new jobs in addition to the 130 Maine people they already had employed ... Plant manager Andy Muschinski said the new investment will increase the Saratoga Street plant's capacity by 20% replacing an older production line with a more efficient one. It will also mean 50 new hires, some as soon as possible. ... (The plant) runs 24 hours a day, five days a week - with some weekends - to meet demand.." (adapted from a Sun Journal report) Part A. Explain whether this change by Boston Brands is a long run or short run change. Part B. How does specialization and division of labour effect the basic economic problem? Now, more recently: Lewiston manufacturer of Fireball Whisky to make hand sanitizer https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/03/28/lewiston-manufacturer-of-fireball-whisky-to-make-hand-sanitizer/ BY STAFF REPORT LEWISTON -" Sazerac Co., the owner of the Lewiston factory that manufactures Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, announced in a news statement Friday its 10 plants nationwide would begin making hand sanitizer to help with the coronavirus pandemic. Sazerac owns Boston Brands of Maine in Lewiston, responsible for making Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, Maine's top selling liquor in 2019. According to the statement, Sazerac will donate its product to health care, government, military, retail, distribution, airline, pharmacy, and banking industries. "We have seen the great need for hand sanitizer from industries across the board - many of these organizations are desperate, as supplies have dwindled," said Matt Maimone, Sazerac's chief operating officer. "We are adding production capacity to cope with the massive industrial demand."