One call after another, Aloha cargo workers told customers to get their packages because the cargo service is shutting down.

"They told us about how GMAC is not funding us anymore, so we are not getting paid as of tomorrow," said Aloha cargo employee Ricky Oshiro.

The sudden news took many companies by surprise, including Aloha's biggest client Love's Baker, with its products filling six Aloha cargo planes a day.

President Mike Walters said he feels misled.

"We were totally caught off guard," said Walters.

Families on the Valley Isle don't have to worry. Love's is sending bread to Maui using the Hawaii Superferry.

"Maui is not a consideration. There will be no disruption of service to Maui. Our concern is to Kauai, Kona and Hilo," Walters said.

Love's sent a truck to pick up 22,000 pounds of baked goods which were supposed to be flown to the Big Island and Kauai.

Now it's switching to Surefire, a logistics company that uses Delta cargo. Not only will it cost more, but the bread on store shelves Tuesday morning will have flown more than 5,000 miiles.

"They're going to fly it to the mainland and then come back and service neighbor islands in the morning," Walters said, "service will be late obviously because of the time frame."

But using Surefire is just an emergency fix. Starting Wednesday, Love's Bakery plans to use Young Brothers, adding a day and a half to the shipping time.

"This is about as extreme as I've faced," Walters said. "I've worked strikesm through strikes...in California, but this is, I don't want to say devastating, but it's going to be taxing, but we'll work through it.

Love's is just one company struggling. Many other smaller companies are faced with the same issues.

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