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Trader Joe s increased thank you pay to $4 in February. Now it wants to cut that by half.
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Trader Joe s told its crew members that it plans to reduce its $4 thank you pay by half.Diane Macdonald/Moment Editorial/Getty Images
Just months after Trader Joe’s announced that it would temporarily increase its “thank you” pay to hourly crew members to $4, the grocery chain is purportedly cutting that bonus by half. After only three months, the company announced that on May 1st they will take away our additional two dollars, and we fear the rest of the ‘Thank You Pay’ is soon to follow, the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee wrote on coworker.org. The online petition is asking that the $4 “thank you” pay remain permanent.
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In booming Tahoe Zoom town, this indie natural food store is where locals and new residents meet
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New Moon s longtime employees, including owner Billy Griffin (third from right). Also pictured is Kevin Kremler, Peter Maloney, Davi Heintz, Tammy Graham and Pete Sherman.Ryan Salm/ Special to SFGATE
I’m standing in New Moon Natural Foods on a Wednesday, late in the morning. The locally owned Truckee health food market is bustling. Patrons stroll aisles, admire the kale, browse the essential oils on display, fill up a caddy with craft beers. I grab a peach-flavored kombucha from the cooler and make my way to the checkout line. As the cashier rings me up, I ask if he’s seen Billy Griffin around. Not in yet, the cashier says.
Amazon expands secure food delivery options to parts of CT - including inside your garage
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An Amazon delivery driver closes a customer’s garage door after delivering groceries. The Key by Amazon In-Garage Grocery Delivery service is being expanded to more than 5,000 communities around the country, including to selected Connecticut zip codes.Contributed photo /Show MoreShow Less
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An Amazon delivery person places a grocery order inside a customer s garage. The e-commerce giant has expanded its Key by Amazon In-Garage Grocery Delivery service to more than 5,000 communities nationwide, include select Connecticut zip codes in the Hartford and New Haven areas.Contributed photo /Show MoreShow Less
Policy experts are calling for a shift from food security to nutrition security, to reflect a growing emphasis in food quality that in recent years has prioritised quantity as a solution to address hunger.
Writing in the journal
JAMA, researchers comment that in the past the nutritious part has been overlooked or lost in national policies and solutions – an omittance that may’ve contributed to the rise of diet-related diseases.
“It s the right time for this evolution, states Sheila Fleischhacker, adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School in Washington and co-author of the article. By prioritising nutrition security, we bring together historically siloed areas hunger and nutrition which must be tackled together to effectively address our modern challenges of diet-related diseases and disparities in clinical care, government food and food assistance policies, public health investments, and national research.