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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.
UpdatedTue, Mar 16, 2021 at 6:43 pm ET
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Walmart has consistently had the most employees receiving SNAP benefits of any company in Massachusetts, according to state records. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
First of a three-part series. This story was reported by Jimmy Bentley, Jenna Fisher, Neal McNamara and Alex Newman.
MASSACHUSETTS Some of the largest companies in the world employ the most people in Massachusetts receiving federal food assistance benefits, underscoring problems like low wages, low hours and a high cost of living.
The state Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) provided Patch with five years worth of data naming the companies that employ the most workers receiving benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Companies like Walmart, Stop & Shop, Target and Dollar Tree topped lists in each year of data we reviewed.