Food Magazine December 2015 | Page 10

BEST OF 2015
numbers put Costco Wholesale ahead of previous industry leader Whole Foods Market — it also means that more than 10 percent of all organic products in the United States are purchased at Costco Wholesale .
FIXING THE FRANCHISE WAGE GAP The fight for a higher minimum wage continued to pick up steam this year , with protests and strikes calling attention to the frustration that many franchise workers feel under current minimum wage laws . Another frustration has been with constant connectivity via e-mail and smartphones giving way to on-call scheduling , which leaves many workers in a state of limbo and unable to plan for the future while waiting to learn whether they will be
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