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COVID has led to you paying more for groceries and that likely won t change in 2021

A Battle over Fifteen – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Interactive

April 9, 2021 When Andrea Grove opened her Harrisburg coffee shop, she budgeted a salary of $15 an hour for her employees. That hourly rate is more than $7 above the federal and state minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and put Ms. Grove on one side of a years-long debate about whether the minimum wage should increase and, if so, by how much and how quickly. Ms. Grove, who opened Elementary Coffee in 2014, ran into some of the problems business owners worry about when discussing a minimum wage increase. The $15 rate may limit the number of employees she can bring on board and it could prevent her from franchising the business or opening more locations across the state.

PA FFFI Grants Available to Grocers Across State

In 2020, Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market received PA FFFI funding for its stores in Kittanning and Saxonburg. Grants are now available through the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative (PA FFFI), a program that invests in new or expanding grocery stores and other healthy food retail outlets in underserved neighborhoods across the Keystone State.   Several private and public organizations are involved in the statewide initiative, which is overseen by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, administered by The Food Trust, and supported by program partners Reinvestment Fund, Bridgeway Capital and Community First Fund. The PA FFFI provides one-time grants or loans to food retailers to boost the availability of healthy, affordable foods for those living in underserved areas.   

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