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Philly soda tax just cost people their jobs

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, February 22, 2017

By Alex Lloyd Gross By the time the soda tax reaches it’s 100th day, it will have been responsible for costing over 400 people their jobs. According to a report in the Philadelphia Business Journal, Browns Supermarkets, which owns quite a few supermarkets both inside and outside the city, they will have to lay off…

Soda tax in effect Jan 1 2017

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, December 19, 2016

By Alex Lloyd Gross In a stunning victory for the city, Federal Judge Gary Glazer rejected the appeal from the American Beverage Association and others completely. This action paves the way for a 1.5 cent tax per ounce on sugar drinks in the city. There is nowhere to go except to the store to pay…

Phila soda tax faces stiff opposition

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, March 27, 2016

By Alex Lloyd Gross Mayor Michael Nutter tried twice to enact a tax on soft drinks in Philadelphia. He failed , partly because he could not get city council to go along with it. One council member that voted no was James Kenney. Now after a few years passed and Kenney is elected Mayor, he …