Study: Soda tax costs Philadelphia grocers over $300,000 monthly in lost sales
9/27/17
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Study: Soda tax costs Philadelphia grocers over $300,000 monthly in lost sales
Philadelphia grocers are losing $304,433 monthly as many consumers opt to shop in the suburbs to avoid the city’s soda tax, according to a study from Saint Joseph’s University professor John L. Stanton. “At a time when food retailers were already confronting headwinds from online shopping and other changes in consumer behavior, this tax is dealing a death blow to an industry that provides access to groceries for families in low-income neighborhoods,” said Dave McCorkle of the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association. The Philadelphia Tribune (9/12)