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1 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 4 Tel West 43rd Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 36 Tel meet. I work 4 to Gourmet New York City s food retail industry is booming. And with more than, workers, it s a Between 99 and, employment in the private sector overall rose by %. But growth in food stores was even stronger, at %. And gourmet grocery stores grew the fastest of all, more than doubling over this time period. (See Figure.) But many grocery store owners take the low road and offer only bad jobs. For the private sector as a whole, average annual earnings grew by % between 99 and But in the food store industry, average annual earnings actually declined by 9% over this Cashiers, stocking clerks, food preparers, janitors these hard working people are the The following information is based on a survey of over workers in gourmet grocery stores I have been working hours a week, but at $ an Figure. Change in and Earnings in New York City 99 Poverty wages, and no pay increases: The average reported wage was just $., and cashiers started at $6. that s $3, a year working full-time. The highest wage was $9.. At many of the stores, workers did not receive annual pay increases. had to wait -2 months to become eligible. Long hours and no over-time pay: Full-time workers often had to work up to 6 hours per % 2 % % - The majority are adults (% are age 2 and over), trying to support their families. Most work full-time (4%) and depend on these jobs for their livelihood. The majority have finished high school ().2 their taxes. But $6. to $8. an hour isn t nearly enough to support a family. These workers Table : What does it cost to live in New York City? $22. $. $.63 with two renting a $9.6 $8.84 children is $ $24. In lower Manhattan, it s $.. NYC is $.63. their household income is $9,36 per year, or $9.6 after taxes. The federal poverty line is set at $8,4 never came. And over 4 years of work, my salary increased a mere $3.. José Luis, Former Gourmet communities of your land. Deuteronomy 24:4 in 2, about $. billion in public benefits four and earns $6.6 an hour. At this poverty $2.9 $4. lb. Cold Cuts $6.6 $2.6 $.9 $6. $9. $4. by more than % a year in the past five years.6 from the late 9 s to the late 99 s % in our economy averaging around % ( con t.) Between the late 9s and the late 99s, fifth saw their incomes increase by %, The result is that by the late 99s, average $,4 a year. For the richest fifth, it was poverty line in 999. Figure : New York State Department of Labor, 4. and Wages, New York State and Counties, 9- (ES2 series). Accessed on-line in March 4 at Figure 2: Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,. Pulling Apart: A and Policy Priorities. Available on-line at Village, it was $4,236. That s three times the city median of $38,. And it s even higher In 999, the average person in Chelsea and the West Village spent $2, on groceries every year. That s significantly higher than the average for the city as a whole, and is % higher than the average for Washington Heights ($,3 per person per year). 2 Table : Source for Self Sufficiency Wage: Pearce, Diana with Jennifer Brooks,. The Self Sufficiency Standard : National Low Income Housing Coalition, 3. Out of Reach 3: America s Source for : Wenzler, Diane with the Public Benefits, 3. Food Stamps. New York, NY: Community Service Society. Source for s: 4 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. Federal Register, 3 February, 4, Vol. 69, No., pp Table 2: Shopping list comparison conducted by staff of the Brennan Center for Justice, December 3, at a Survey conducted over a three-week period in July, 3. Survey targets were retail stores in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village areas. Over employees of gourmet grocers were surveyed. Many of 2 Analysis of Census data conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The sample is workers aged 8-64, who worked more than hours in the past year in the food store industry in New York City. 3 Moshe Adler. 3. Unionization and Poverty: The Case of New York City Retail Workers. Working Paper No. 2. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 4 National Grocers Association with Financial Management Solutions, 3. Points of Impact: NGA Retail Operations Survey 2-3. Survey of 68 food retailers. Available online at : Neuborne, Ellen, Go Upscale: Gourmet Trend Feasts on Food Variety, Safety. USA Today, April, 996, pg..b. 6 Barry Janoff, Natural Resources. Progressive Grocer, March, V. 9, Issue 3, pg.. Marian Burros, Natural Food is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural. New York Times, 2 June,, Sec. F. 2, p.. 9 Based on Barry Janoff, op.cit. and National Grocers Association Specialty Foods Survey 3. Survey of 4 for gourmet grocery workers. Contact us at Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Median Income for New York City in 999. Accessed through April 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Summary File 3, Matrices P9, P9, P92, P93, PCT9, PCT6, and PCT6. 2 Source: Claritas E-Connect Consumer Expenditure Data for Food at Home, 3. Accessed through April 4.

2 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 4 Tel West 43rd Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 36 Tel meet. I work 4 to Gourmet New York City s food retail industry is booming. And with more than, workers, it s a Between 99 and, employment in the private sector overall rose by %. But growth in food stores was even stronger, at %. And gourmet grocery stores grew the fastest of all, more than doubling over this time period. (See Figure.) But many grocery store owners take the low road and offer only bad jobs. For the private sector as a whole, average annual earnings grew by % between 99 and But in the food store industry, average annual earnings actually declined by 9% over this Cashiers, stocking clerks, food preparers, janitors these hard working people are the The following information is based on a survey of over workers in gourmet grocery stores I have been working hours a week, but at $ an Figure. Change in and Earnings in New York City 99 Poverty wages, and no pay increases: The average reported wage was just $., and cashiers started at $6. that s $3, a year working full-time. The highest wage was $9.. At many of the stores, workers did not receive annual pay increases. had to wait -2 months to become eligible. Long hours and no over-time pay: Full-time workers often had to work up to 6 hours per % 2 % % - The majority are adults (% are age 2 and over), trying to support their families. Most work full-time (4%) and depend on these jobs for their livelihood. The majority have finished high school ().2 their taxes. But $6. to $8. an hour isn t nearly enough to support a family. These workers Table : What does it cost to live in New York City? $22. $. $.63 with two renting a $9.6 $8.84 children is $ $24. In lower Manhattan, it s $.. NYC is $.63. their household income is $9,36 per year, or $9.6 after taxes. The federal poverty line is set at $8,4 never came. And over 4 years of work, my salary increased a mere $3.. José Luis, Former Gourmet communities of your land. Deuteronomy 24:4 in 2, about $. billion in public benefits four and earns $6.6 an hour. At this poverty $2.9 $4. lb. Cold Cuts $6.6 $2.6 $.9 $6. $9. $4. by more than % a year in the past five years.6 from the late 9 s to the late 99 s % in our economy averaging around % ( con t.) Between the late 9s and the late 99s, fifth saw their incomes increase by %, The result is that by the late 99s, average $,4 a year. For the richest fifth, it was poverty line in 999. Figure : New York State Department of Labor, 4. and Wages, New York State and Counties, 9- (ES2 series). Accessed on-line in March 4 at Figure 2: Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,. Pulling Apart: A and Policy Priorities. Available on-line at Village, it was $4,236. That s three times the city median of $38,. And it s even higher In 999, the average person in Chelsea and the West Village spent $2, on groceries every year. That s significantly higher than the average for the city as a whole, and is % higher than the average for Washington Heights ($,3 per person per year). 2 Table : Source for Self Sufficiency Wage: Pearce, Diana with Jennifer Brooks,. The Self Sufficiency Standard : National Low Income Housing Coalition, 3. Out of Reach 3: America s Source for : Wenzler, Diane with the Public Benefits, 3. Food Stamps. New York, NY: Community Service Society. Source for s: 4 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. Federal Register, 3 February, 4, Vol. 69, No., pp Table 2: Shopping list comparison conducted by staff of the Brennan Center for Justice, December 3, at a Survey conducted over a three-week period in July, 3. Survey targets were retail stores in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village areas. Over employees of gourmet grocers were surveyed. Many of 2 Analysis of Census data conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The sample is workers aged 8-64, who worked more than hours in the past year in the food store industry in New York City. 3 Moshe Adler. 3. Unionization and Poverty: The Case of New York City Retail Workers. Working Paper No. 2. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 4 National Grocers Association with Financial Management Solutions, 3. Points of Impact: NGA Retail Operations Survey 2-3. Survey of 68 food retailers. Available online at : Neuborne, Ellen, Go Upscale: Gourmet Trend Feasts on Food Variety, Safety. USA Today, April, 996, pg..b. 6 Barry Janoff, Natural Resources. Progressive Grocer, March, V. 9, Issue 3, pg.. Marian Burros, Natural Food is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural. New York Times, 2 June,, Sec. F. 2, p.. 9 Based on Barry Janoff, op.cit. and National Grocers Association Specialty Foods Survey 3. Survey of 4 for gourmet grocery workers. Contact us at Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Median Income for New York City in 999. Accessed through April 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Summary File 3, Matrices P9, P9, P92, P93, PCT9, PCT6, and PCT6. 2 Source: Claritas E-Connect Consumer Expenditure Data for Food at Home, 3. Accessed through April 4.

3 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 4 Tel West 43rd Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 36 Tel meet. I work 4 to Gourmet New York City s food retail industry is booming. And with more than, workers, it s a Between 99 and, employment in the private sector overall rose by %. But growth in food stores was even stronger, at %. And gourmet grocery stores grew the fastest of all, more than doubling over this time period. (See Figure.) But many grocery store owners take the low road and offer only bad jobs. For the private sector as a whole, average annual earnings grew by % between 99 and But in the food store industry, average annual earnings actually declined by 9% over this Cashiers, stocking clerks, food preparers, janitors these hard working people are the The following information is based on a survey of over workers in gourmet grocery stores I have been working hours a week, but at $ an Figure. Change in and Earnings in New York City 99 Poverty wages, and no pay increases: The average reported wage was just $., and cashiers started at $6. that s $3, a year working full-time. The highest wage was $9.. At many of the stores, workers did not receive annual pay increases. had to wait -2 months to become eligible. Long hours and no over-time pay: Full-time workers often had to work up to 6 hours per % 2 % % - The majority are adults (% are age 2 and over), trying to support their families. Most work full-time (4%) and depend on these jobs for their livelihood. The majority have finished high school ().2 their taxes. But $6. to $8. an hour isn t nearly enough to support a family. These workers Table : What does it cost to live in New York City? $22. $. $.63 with two renting a $9.6 $8.84 children is $ $24. In lower Manhattan, it s $.. NYC is $.63. their household income is $9,36 per year, or $9.6 after taxes. The federal poverty line is set at $8,4 never came. And over 4 years of work, my salary increased a mere $3.. José Luis, Former Gourmet communities of your land. Deuteronomy 24:4 in 2, about $. billion in public benefits four and earns $6.6 an hour. At this poverty $2.9 $4. lb. Cold Cuts $6.6 $2.6 $.9 $6. $9. $4. by more than % a year in the past five years.6 from the late 9 s to the late 99 s % in our economy averaging around % ( con t.) Between the late 9s and the late 99s, fifth saw their incomes increase by %, The result is that by the late 99s, average $,4 a year. For the richest fifth, it was poverty line in 999. Figure : New York State Department of Labor, 4. and Wages, New York State and Counties, 9- (ES2 series). Accessed on-line in March 4 at Figure 2: Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,. Pulling Apart: A and Policy Priorities. Available on-line at Village, it was $4,236. That s three times the city median of $38,. And it s even higher In 999, the average person in Chelsea and the West Village spent $2, on groceries every year. That s significantly higher than the average for the city as a whole, and is % higher than the average for Washington Heights ($,3 per person per year). 2 Table : Source for Self Sufficiency Wage: Pearce, Diana with Jennifer Brooks,. The Self Sufficiency Standard : National Low Income Housing Coalition, 3. Out of Reach 3: America s Source for : Wenzler, Diane with the Public Benefits, 3. Food Stamps. New York, NY: Community Service Society. Source for s: 4 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. Federal Register, 3 February, 4, Vol. 69, No., pp Table 2: Shopping list comparison conducted by staff of the Brennan Center for Justice, December 3, at a Survey conducted over a three-week period in July, 3. Survey targets were retail stores in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village areas. Over employees of gourmet grocers were surveyed. Many of 2 Analysis of Census data conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The sample is workers aged 8-64, who worked more than hours in the past year in the food store industry in New York City. 3 Moshe Adler. 3. Unionization and Poverty: The Case of New York City Retail Workers. Working Paper No. 2. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 4 National Grocers Association with Financial Management Solutions, 3. Points of Impact: NGA Retail Operations Survey 2-3. Survey of 68 food retailers. Available online at : Neuborne, Ellen, Go Upscale: Gourmet Trend Feasts on Food Variety, Safety. USA Today, April, 996, pg..b. 6 Barry Janoff, Natural Resources. Progressive Grocer, March, V. 9, Issue 3, pg.. Marian Burros, Natural Food is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural. New York Times, 2 June,, Sec. F. 2, p.. 9 Based on Barry Janoff, op.cit. and National Grocers Association Specialty Foods Survey 3. Survey of 4 for gourmet grocery workers. Contact us at Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Median Income for New York City in 999. Accessed through April 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Summary File 3, Matrices P9, P9, P92, P93, PCT9, PCT6, and PCT6. 2 Source: Claritas E-Connect Consumer Expenditure Data for Food at Home, 3. Accessed through April 4.

4 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 4 Tel West 43rd Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 36 Tel meet. I work 4 to Gourmet New York City s food retail industry is booming. And with more than, workers, it s a Between 99 and, employment in the private sector overall rose by %. But growth in food stores was even stronger, at %. And gourmet grocery stores grew the fastest of all, more than doubling over this time period. (See Figure.) But many grocery store owners take the low road and offer only bad jobs. For the private sector as a whole, average annual earnings grew by % between 99 and But in the food store industry, average annual earnings actually declined by 9% over this Cashiers, stocking clerks, food preparers, janitors these hard working people are the The following information is based on a survey of over workers in gourmet grocery stores I have been working hours a week, but at $ an Figure. Change in and Earnings in New York City 99 Poverty wages, and no pay increases: The average reported wage was just $., and cashiers started at $6. that s $3, a year working full-time. The highest wage was $9.. At many of the stores, workers did not receive annual pay increases. had to wait -2 months to become eligible. Long hours and no over-time pay: Full-time workers often had to work up to 6 hours per % 2 % % - The majority are adults (% are age 2 and over), trying to support their families. Most work full-time (4%) and depend on these jobs for their livelihood. The majority have finished high school ().2 their taxes. But $6. to $8. an hour isn t nearly enough to support a family. These workers Table : What does it cost to live in New York City? $22. $. $.63 with two renting a $9.6 $8.84 children is $ $24. In lower Manhattan, it s $.. NYC is $.63. their household income is $9,36 per year, or $9.6 after taxes. The federal poverty line is set at $8,4 never came. And over 4 years of work, my salary increased a mere $3.. José Luis, Former Gourmet communities of your land. Deuteronomy 24:4 in 2, about $. billion in public benefits four and earns $6.6 an hour. At this poverty $2.9 $4. lb. Cold Cuts $6.6 $2.6 $.9 $6. $9. $4. by more than % a year in the past five years.6 from the late 9 s to the late 99 s % in our economy averaging around % ( con t.) Between the late 9s and the late 99s, fifth saw their incomes increase by %, The result is that by the late 99s, average $,4 a year. For the richest fifth, it was poverty line in 999. Figure : New York State Department of Labor, 4. and Wages, New York State and Counties, 9- (ES2 series). Accessed on-line in March 4 at Figure 2: Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,. Pulling Apart: A and Policy Priorities. Available on-line at Village, it was $4,236. That s three times the city median of $38,. And it s even higher In 999, the average person in Chelsea and the West Village spent $2, on groceries every year. That s significantly higher than the average for the city as a whole, and is % higher than the average for Washington Heights ($,3 per person per year). 2 Table : Source for Self Sufficiency Wage: Pearce, Diana with Jennifer Brooks,. The Self Sufficiency Standard : National Low Income Housing Coalition, 3. Out of Reach 3: America s Source for : Wenzler, Diane with the Public Benefits, 3. Food Stamps. New York, NY: Community Service Society. Source for s: 4 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. Federal Register, 3 February, 4, Vol. 69, No., pp Table 2: Shopping list comparison conducted by staff of the Brennan Center for Justice, December 3, at a Survey conducted over a three-week period in July, 3. Survey targets were retail stores in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village areas. Over employees of gourmet grocers were surveyed. Many of 2 Analysis of Census data conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The sample is workers aged 8-64, who worked more than hours in the past year in the food store industry in New York City. 3 Moshe Adler. 3. Unionization and Poverty: The Case of New York City Retail Workers. Working Paper No. 2. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 4 National Grocers Association with Financial Management Solutions, 3. Points of Impact: NGA Retail Operations Survey 2-3. Survey of 68 food retailers. Available online at : Neuborne, Ellen, Go Upscale: Gourmet Trend Feasts on Food Variety, Safety. USA Today, April, 996, pg..b. 6 Barry Janoff, Natural Resources. Progressive Grocer, March, V. 9, Issue 3, pg.. Marian Burros, Natural Food is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural. New York Times, 2 June,, Sec. F. 2, p.. 9 Based on Barry Janoff, op.cit. and National Grocers Association Specialty Foods Survey 3. Survey of 4 for gourmet grocery workers. Contact us at Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Median Income for New York City in 999. Accessed through April 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Summary File 3, Matrices P9, P9, P92, P93, PCT9, PCT6, and PCT6. 2 Source: Claritas E-Connect Consumer Expenditure Data for Food at Home, 3. Accessed through April 4.

5 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 4 Tel West 43rd Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 36 Tel meet. I work 4 to Gourmet New York City s food retail industry is booming. And with more than, workers, it s a Between 99 and, employment in the private sector overall rose by %. But growth in food stores was even stronger, at %. And gourmet grocery stores grew the fastest of all, more than doubling over this time period. (See Figure.) But many grocery store owners take the low road and offer only bad jobs. For the private sector as a whole, average annual earnings grew by % between 99 and But in the food store industry, average annual earnings actually declined by 9% over this Cashiers, stocking clerks, food preparers, janitors these hard working people are the The following information is based on a survey of over workers in gourmet grocery stores I have been working hours a week, but at $ an Figure. Change in and Earnings in New York City 99 Poverty wages, and no pay increases: The average reported wage was just $., and cashiers started at $6. that s $3, a year working full-time. The highest wage was $9.. At many of the stores, workers did not receive annual pay increases. had to wait -2 months to become eligible. Long hours and no over-time pay: Full-time workers often had to work up to 6 hours per % 2 % % - The majority are adults (% are age 2 and over), trying to support their families. Most work full-time (4%) and depend on these jobs for their livelihood. The majority have finished high school ().2 their taxes. But $6. to $8. an hour isn t nearly enough to support a family. These workers Table : What does it cost to live in New York City? $22. $. $.63 with two renting a $9.6 $8.84 children is $ $24. In lower Manhattan, it s $.. NYC is $.63. their household income is $9,36 per year, or $9.6 after taxes. The federal poverty line is set at $8,4 never came. And over 4 years of work, my salary increased a mere $3.. José Luis, Former Gourmet communities of your land. Deuteronomy 24:4 in 2, about $. billion in public benefits four and earns $6.6 an hour. At this poverty $2.9 $4. lb. Cold Cuts $6.6 $2.6 $.9 $6. $9. $4. by more than % a year in the past five years.6 from the late 9 s to the late 99 s % in our economy averaging around % ( con t.) Between the late 9s and the late 99s, fifth saw their incomes increase by %, The result is that by the late 99s, average $,4 a year. For the richest fifth, it was poverty line in 999. Figure : New York State Department of Labor, 4. and Wages, New York State and Counties, 9- (ES2 series). Accessed on-line in March 4 at Figure 2: Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,. Pulling Apart: A and Policy Priorities. Available on-line at Village, it was $4,236. That s three times the city median of $38,. And it s even higher In 999, the average person in Chelsea and the West Village spent $2, on groceries every year. That s significantly higher than the average for the city as a whole, and is % higher than the average for Washington Heights ($,3 per person per year). 2 Table : Source for Self Sufficiency Wage: Pearce, Diana with Jennifer Brooks,. The Self Sufficiency Standard : National Low Income Housing Coalition, 3. Out of Reach 3: America s Source for : Wenzler, Diane with the Public Benefits, 3. Food Stamps. New York, NY: Community Service Society. Source for s: 4 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. Federal Register, 3 February, 4, Vol. 69, No., pp Table 2: Shopping list comparison conducted by staff of the Brennan Center for Justice, December 3, at a Survey conducted over a three-week period in July, 3. Survey targets were retail stores in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village areas. Over employees of gourmet grocers were surveyed. Many of 2 Analysis of Census data conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The sample is workers aged 8-64, who worked more than hours in the past year in the food store industry in New York City. 3 Moshe Adler. 3. Unionization and Poverty: The Case of New York City Retail Workers. Working Paper No. 2. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 4 National Grocers Association with Financial Management Solutions, 3. Points of Impact: NGA Retail Operations Survey 2-3. Survey of 68 food retailers. Available online at : Neuborne, Ellen, Go Upscale: Gourmet Trend Feasts on Food Variety, Safety. USA Today, April, 996, pg..b. 6 Barry Janoff, Natural Resources. Progressive Grocer, March, V. 9, Issue 3, pg.. Marian Burros, Natural Food is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural. New York Times, 2 June,, Sec. F. 2, p.. 9 Based on Barry Janoff, op.cit. and National Grocers Association Specialty Foods Survey 3. Survey of 4 for gourmet grocery workers. Contact us at Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Median Income for New York City in 999. Accessed through April 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Summary File 3, Matrices P9, P9, P92, P93, PCT9, PCT6, and PCT6. 2 Source: Claritas E-Connect Consumer Expenditure Data for Food at Home, 3. Accessed through April 4.

6 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 4 Tel West 43rd Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 36 Tel meet. I work 4 to Gourmet New York City s food retail industry is booming. And with more than, workers, it s a Between 99 and, employment in the private sector overall rose by %. But growth in food stores was even stronger, at %. And gourmet grocery stores grew the fastest of all, more than doubling over this time period. (See Figure.) But many grocery store owners take the low road and offer only bad jobs. For the private sector as a whole, average annual earnings grew by % between 99 and But in the food store industry, average annual earnings actually declined by 9% over this Cashiers, stocking clerks, food preparers, janitors these hard working people are the The following information is based on a survey of over workers in gourmet grocery stores I have been working hours a week, but at $ an Figure. Change in and Earnings in New York City 99 Poverty wages, and no pay increases: The average reported wage was just $., and cashiers started at $6. that s $3, a year working full-time. The highest wage was $9.. At many of the stores, workers did not receive annual pay increases. had to wait -2 months to become eligible. Long hours and no over-time pay: Full-time workers often had to work up to 6 hours per % 2 % % - The majority are adults (% are age 2 and over), trying to support their families. Most work full-time (4%) and depend on these jobs for their livelihood. The majority have finished high school ().2 their taxes. But $6. to $8. an hour isn t nearly enough to support a family. These workers Table : What does it cost to live in New York City? $22. $. $.63 with two renting a $9.6 $8.84 children is $ $24. In lower Manhattan, it s $.. NYC is $.63. their household income is $9,36 per year, or $9.6 after taxes. The federal poverty line is set at $8,4 never came. And over 4 years of work, my salary increased a mere $3.. José Luis, Former Gourmet communities of your land. Deuteronomy 24:4 in 2, about $. billion in public benefits four and earns $6.6 an hour. At this poverty $2.9 $4. lb. Cold Cuts $6.6 $2.6 $.9 $6. $9. $4. by more than % a year in the past five years.6 from the late 9 s to the late 99 s % in our economy averaging around % ( con t.) Between the late 9s and the late 99s, fifth saw their incomes increase by %, The result is that by the late 99s, average $,4 a year. For the richest fifth, it was poverty line in 999. Figure : New York State Department of Labor, 4. and Wages, New York State and Counties, 9- (ES2 series). Accessed on-line in March 4 at Figure 2: Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,. Pulling Apart: A and Policy Priorities. Available on-line at Village, it was $4,236. That s three times the city median of $38,. And it s even higher In 999, the average person in Chelsea and the West Village spent $2, on groceries every year. That s significantly higher than the average for the city as a whole, and is % higher than the average for Washington Heights ($,3 per person per year). 2 Table : Source for Self Sufficiency Wage: Pearce, Diana with Jennifer Brooks,. The Self Sufficiency Standard : National Low Income Housing Coalition, 3. Out of Reach 3: America s Source for : Wenzler, Diane with the Public Benefits, 3. Food Stamps. New York, NY: Community Service Society. Source for s: 4 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. Federal Register, 3 February, 4, Vol. 69, No., pp Table 2: Shopping list comparison conducted by staff of the Brennan Center for Justice, December 3, at a Survey conducted over a three-week period in July, 3. Survey targets were retail stores in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village areas. Over employees of gourmet grocers were surveyed. Many of 2 Analysis of Census data conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The sample is workers aged 8-64, who worked more than hours in the past year in the food store industry in New York City. 3 Moshe Adler. 3. Unionization and Poverty: The Case of New York City Retail Workers. Working Paper No. 2. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 4 National Grocers Association with Financial Management Solutions, 3. Points of Impact: NGA Retail Operations Survey 2-3. Survey of 68 food retailers. Available online at : Neuborne, Ellen, Go Upscale: Gourmet Trend Feasts on Food Variety, Safety. USA Today, April, 996, pg..b. 6 Barry Janoff, Natural Resources. Progressive Grocer, March, V. 9, Issue 3, pg.. Marian Burros, Natural Food is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural. New York Times, 2 June,, Sec. F. 2, p.. 9 Based on Barry Janoff, op.cit. and National Grocers Association Specialty Foods Survey 3. Survey of 4 for gourmet grocery workers. Contact us at Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Median Income for New York City in 999. Accessed through April 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Summary File 3, Matrices P9, P9, P92, P93, PCT9, PCT6, and PCT6. 2 Source: Claritas E-Connect Consumer Expenditure Data for Food at Home, 3. Accessed through April 4.

7 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 4 Tel West 43rd Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 36 Tel meet. I work 4 to Gourmet New York City s food retail industry is booming. And with more than, workers, it s a Between 99 and, employment in the private sector overall rose by %. But growth in food stores was even stronger, at %. And gourmet grocery stores grew the fastest of all, more than doubling over this time period. (See Figure.) But many grocery store owners take the low road and offer only bad jobs. For the private sector as a whole, average annual earnings grew by % between 99 and But in the food store industry, average annual earnings actually declined by 9% over this Cashiers, stocking clerks, food preparers, janitors these hard working people are the The following information is based on a survey of over workers in gourmet grocery stores I have been working hours a week, but at $ an Figure. Change in and Earnings in New York City 99 Poverty wages, and no pay increases: The average reported wage was just $., and cashiers started at $6. that s $3, a year working full-time. The highest wage was $9.. At many of the stores, workers did not receive annual pay increases. had to wait -2 months to become eligible. Long hours and no over-time pay: Full-time workers often had to work up to 6 hours per % 2 % % - The majority are adults (% are age 2 and over), trying to support their families. Most work full-time (4%) and depend on these jobs for their livelihood. The majority have finished high school ().2 their taxes. But $6. to $8. an hour isn t nearly enough to support a family. These workers Table : What does it cost to live in New York City? $22. $. $.63 with two renting a $9.6 $8.84 children is $ $24. In lower Manhattan, it s $.. NYC is $.63. their household income is $9,36 per year, or $9.6 after taxes. The federal poverty line is set at $8,4 never came. And over 4 years of work, my salary increased a mere $3.. José Luis, Former Gourmet communities of your land. Deuteronomy 24:4 in 2, about $. billion in public benefits four and earns $6.6 an hour. At this poverty $2.9 $4. lb. Cold Cuts $6.6 $2.6 $.9 $6. $9. $4. by more than % a year in the past five years.6 from the late 9 s to the late 99 s % in our economy averaging around % ( con t.) Between the late 9s and the late 99s, fifth saw their incomes increase by %, The result is that by the late 99s, average $,4 a year. For the richest fifth, it was poverty line in 999. Figure : New York State Department of Labor, 4. and Wages, New York State and Counties, 9- (ES2 series). Accessed on-line in March 4 at Figure 2: Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,. Pulling Apart: A and Policy Priorities. Available on-line at Village, it was $4,236. That s three times the city median of $38,. And it s even higher In 999, the average person in Chelsea and the West Village spent $2, on groceries every year. That s significantly higher than the average for the city as a whole, and is % higher than the average for Washington Heights ($,3 per person per year). 2 Table : Source for Self Sufficiency Wage: Pearce, Diana with Jennifer Brooks,. The Self Sufficiency Standard : National Low Income Housing Coalition, 3. Out of Reach 3: America s Source for : Wenzler, Diane with the Public Benefits, 3. Food Stamps. New York, NY: Community Service Society. Source for s: 4 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. Federal Register, 3 February, 4, Vol. 69, No., pp Table 2: Shopping list comparison conducted by staff of the Brennan Center for Justice, December 3, at a Survey conducted over a three-week period in July, 3. Survey targets were retail stores in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village areas. Over employees of gourmet grocers were surveyed. Many of 2 Analysis of Census data conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The sample is workers aged 8-64, who worked more than hours in the past year in the food store industry in New York City. 3 Moshe Adler. 3. Unionization and Poverty: The Case of New York City Retail Workers. Working Paper No. 2. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 4 National Grocers Association with Financial Management Solutions, 3. Points of Impact: NGA Retail Operations Survey 2-3. Survey of 68 food retailers. Available online at : Neuborne, Ellen, Go Upscale: Gourmet Trend Feasts on Food Variety, Safety. USA Today, April, 996, pg..b. 6 Barry Janoff, Natural Resources. Progressive Grocer, March, V. 9, Issue 3, pg.. Marian Burros, Natural Food is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural. New York Times, 2 June,, Sec. F. 2, p.. 9 Based on Barry Janoff, op.cit. and National Grocers Association Specialty Foods Survey 3. Survey of 4 for gourmet grocery workers. Contact us at Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Median Income for New York City in 999. Accessed through April 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Summary File 3, Matrices P9, P9, P92, P93, PCT9, PCT6, and PCT6. 2 Source: Claritas E-Connect Consumer Expenditure Data for Food at Home, 3. Accessed through April 4.

8 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 4 Tel West 43rd Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 36 Tel meet. I work 4 to Gourmet New York City s food retail industry is booming. And with more than, workers, it s a Between 99 and, employment in the private sector overall rose by %. But growth in food stores was even stronger, at %. And gourmet grocery stores grew the fastest of all, more than doubling over this time period. (See Figure.) But many grocery store owners take the low road and offer only bad jobs. For the private sector as a whole, average annual earnings grew by % between 99 and But in the food store industry, average annual earnings actually declined by 9% over this Cashiers, stocking clerks, food preparers, janitors these hard working people are the The following information is based on a survey of over workers in gourmet grocery stores I have been working hours a week, but at $ an Figure. Change in and Earnings in New York City 99 Poverty wages, and no pay increases: The average reported wage was just $., and cashiers started at $6. that s $3, a year working full-time. The highest wage was $9.. At many of the stores, workers did not receive annual pay increases. had to wait -2 months to become eligible. Long hours and no over-time pay: Full-time workers often had to work up to 6 hours per % 2 % % - The majority are adults (% are age 2 and over), trying to support their families. Most work full-time (4%) and depend on these jobs for their livelihood. The majority have finished high school ().2 their taxes. But $6. to $8. an hour isn t nearly enough to support a family. These workers Table : What does it cost to live in New York City? $22. $. $.63 with two renting a $9.6 $8.84 children is $ $24. In lower Manhattan, it s $.. NYC is $.63. their household income is $9,36 per year, or $9.6 after taxes. The federal poverty line is set at $8,4 never came. And over 4 years of work, my salary increased a mere $3.. José Luis, Former Gourmet communities of your land. Deuteronomy 24:4 in 2, about $. billion in public benefits four and earns $6.6 an hour. At this poverty $2.9 $4. lb. Cold Cuts $6.6 $2.6 $.9 $6. $9. $4. by more than % a year in the past five years.6 from the late 9 s to the late 99 s % in our economy averaging around % ( con t.) Between the late 9s and the late 99s, fifth saw their incomes increase by %, The result is that by the late 99s, average $,4 a year. For the richest fifth, it was poverty line in 999. Figure : New York State Department of Labor, 4. and Wages, New York State and Counties, 9- (ES2 series). Accessed on-line in March 4 at Figure 2: Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,. Pulling Apart: A and Policy Priorities. Available on-line at Village, it was $4,236. That s three times the city median of $38,. And it s even higher In 999, the average person in Chelsea and the West Village spent $2, on groceries every year. That s significantly higher than the average for the city as a whole, and is % higher than the average for Washington Heights ($,3 per person per year). 2 Table : Source for Self Sufficiency Wage: Pearce, Diana with Jennifer Brooks,. The Self Sufficiency Standard : National Low Income Housing Coalition, 3. Out of Reach 3: America s Source for : Wenzler, Diane with the Public Benefits, 3. Food Stamps. New York, NY: Community Service Society. Source for s: 4 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. Federal Register, 3 February, 4, Vol. 69, No., pp Table 2: Shopping list comparison conducted by staff of the Brennan Center for Justice, December 3, at a Survey conducted over a three-week period in July, 3. Survey targets were retail stores in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village areas. Over employees of gourmet grocers were surveyed. Many of 2 Analysis of Census data conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The sample is workers aged 8-64, who worked more than hours in the past year in the food store industry in New York City. 3 Moshe Adler. 3. Unionization and Poverty: The Case of New York City Retail Workers. Working Paper No. 2. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 4 National Grocers Association with Financial Management Solutions, 3. Points of Impact: NGA Retail Operations Survey 2-3. Survey of 68 food retailers. Available online at : Neuborne, Ellen, Go Upscale: Gourmet Trend Feasts on Food Variety, Safety. USA Today, April, 996, pg..b. 6 Barry Janoff, Natural Resources. Progressive Grocer, March, V. 9, Issue 3, pg.. Marian Burros, Natural Food is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural. New York Times, 2 June,, Sec. F. 2, p.. 9 Based on Barry Janoff, op.cit. and National Grocers Association Specialty Foods Survey 3. Survey of 4 for gourmet grocery workers. Contact us at Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Median Income for New York City in 999. Accessed through April 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Summary File 3, Matrices P9, P9, P92, P93, PCT9, PCT6, and PCT6. 2 Source: Claritas E-Connect Consumer Expenditure Data for Food at Home, 3. Accessed through April 4.

9 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 4 Tel West 43rd Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 36 Tel meet. I work 4 to Gourmet New York City s food retail industry is booming. And with more than, workers, it s a Between 99 and, employment in the private sector overall rose by %. But growth in food stores was even stronger, at %. And gourmet grocery stores grew the fastest of all, more than doubling over this time period. (See Figure.) But many grocery store owners take the low road and offer only bad jobs. For the private sector as a whole, average annual earnings grew by % between 99 and But in the food store industry, average annual earnings actually declined by 9% over this Cashiers, stocking clerks, food preparers, janitors these hard working people are the The following information is based on a survey of over workers in gourmet grocery stores I have been working hours a week, but at $ an Figure. Change in and Earnings in New York City 99 Poverty wages, and no pay increases: The average reported wage was just $., and cashiers started at $6. that s $3, a year working full-time. The highest wage was $9.. At many of the stores, workers did not receive annual pay increases. had to wait -2 months to become eligible. Long hours and no over-time pay: Full-time workers often had to work up to 6 hours per % 2 % % - The majority are adults (% are age 2 and over), trying to support their families. Most work full-time (4%) and depend on these jobs for their livelihood. The majority have finished high school ().2 their taxes. But $6. to $8. an hour isn t nearly enough to support a family. These workers Table : What does it cost to live in New York City? $22. $. $.63 with two renting a $9.6 $8.84 children is $ $24. In lower Manhattan, it s $.. NYC is $.63. their household income is $9,36 per year, or $9.6 after taxes. The federal poverty line is set at $8,4 never came. And over 4 years of work, my salary increased a mere $3.. José Luis, Former Gourmet communities of your land. Deuteronomy 24:4 in 2, about $. billion in public benefits four and earns $6.6 an hour. At this poverty $2.9 $4. lb. Cold Cuts $6.6 $2.6 $.9 $6. $9. $4. by more than % a year in the past five years.6 from the late 9 s to the late 99 s % in our economy averaging around % ( con t.) Between the late 9s and the late 99s, fifth saw their incomes increase by %, The result is that by the late 99s, average $,4 a year. For the richest fifth, it was poverty line in 999. Figure : New York State Department of Labor, 4. and Wages, New York State and Counties, 9- (ES2 series). Accessed on-line in March 4 at Figure 2: Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,. Pulling Apart: A and Policy Priorities. Available on-line at Village, it was $4,236. That s three times the city median of $38,. And it s even higher In 999, the average person in Chelsea and the West Village spent $2, on groceries every year. That s significantly higher than the average for the city as a whole, and is % higher than the average for Washington Heights ($,3 per person per year). 2 Table : Source for Self Sufficiency Wage: Pearce, Diana with Jennifer Brooks,. The Self Sufficiency Standard : National Low Income Housing Coalition, 3. Out of Reach 3: America s Source for : Wenzler, Diane with the Public Benefits, 3. Food Stamps. New York, NY: Community Service Society. Source for s: 4 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. Federal Register, 3 February, 4, Vol. 69, No., pp Table 2: Shopping list comparison conducted by staff of the Brennan Center for Justice, December 3, at a Survey conducted over a three-week period in July, 3. Survey targets were retail stores in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village areas. Over employees of gourmet grocers were surveyed. Many of 2 Analysis of Census data conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The sample is workers aged 8-64, who worked more than hours in the past year in the food store industry in New York City. 3 Moshe Adler. 3. Unionization and Poverty: The Case of New York City Retail Workers. Working Paper No. 2. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 4 National Grocers Association with Financial Management Solutions, 3. Points of Impact: NGA Retail Operations Survey 2-3. Survey of 68 food retailers. Available online at : Neuborne, Ellen, Go Upscale: Gourmet Trend Feasts on Food Variety, Safety. USA Today, April, 996, pg..b. 6 Barry Janoff, Natural Resources. Progressive Grocer, March, V. 9, Issue 3, pg.. Marian Burros, Natural Food is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural. New York Times, 2 June,, Sec. F. 2, p.. 9 Based on Barry Janoff, op.cit. and National Grocers Association Specialty Foods Survey 3. Survey of 4 for gourmet grocery workers. Contact us at Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Median Income for New York City in 999. Accessed through April 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Summary File 3, Matrices P9, P9, P92, P93, PCT9, PCT6, and PCT6. 2 Source: Claritas E-Connect Consumer Expenditure Data for Food at Home, 3. Accessed through April 4.

10 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 4 Tel West 43rd Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 36 Tel meet. I work 4 to Gourmet New York City s food retail industry is booming. And with more than, workers, it s a Between 99 and, employment in the private sector overall rose by %. But growth in food stores was even stronger, at %. And gourmet grocery stores grew the fastest of all, more than doubling over this time period. (See Figure.) But many grocery store owners take the low road and offer only bad jobs. For the private sector as a whole, average annual earnings grew by % between 99 and But in the food store industry, average annual earnings actually declined by 9% over this Cashiers, stocking clerks, food preparers, janitors these hard working people are the The following information is based on a survey of over workers in gourmet grocery stores I have been working hours a week, but at $ an Figure. Change in and Earnings in New York City 99 Poverty wages, and no pay increases: The average reported wage was just $., and cashiers started at $6. that s $3, a year working full-time. The highest wage was $9.. At many of the stores, workers did not receive annual pay increases. had to wait -2 months to become eligible. Long hours and no over-time pay: Full-time workers often had to work up to 6 hours per % 2 % % - The majority are adults (% are age 2 and over), trying to support their families. Most work full-time (4%) and depend on these jobs for their livelihood. The majority have finished high school ().2 their taxes. But $6. to $8. an hour isn t nearly enough to support a family. These workers Table : What does it cost to live in New York City? $22. $. $.63 with two renting a $9.6 $8.84 children is $ $24. In lower Manhattan, it s $.. NYC is $.63. their household income is $9,36 per year, or $9.6 after taxes. The federal poverty line is set at $8,4 never came. And over 4 years of work, my salary increased a mere $3.. José Luis, Former Gourmet communities of your land. Deuteronomy 24:4 in 2, about $. billion in public benefits four and earns $6.6 an hour. At this poverty $2.9 $4. lb. Cold Cuts $6.6 $2.6 $.9 $6. $9. $4. by more than % a year in the past five years.6 from the late 9 s to the late 99 s % in our economy averaging around % ( con t.) Between the late 9s and the late 99s, fifth saw their incomes increase by %, The result is that by the late 99s, average $,4 a year. For the richest fifth, it was poverty line in 999. Figure : New York State Department of Labor, 4. and Wages, New York State and Counties, 9- (ES2 series). Accessed on-line in March 4 at Figure 2: Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,. Pulling Apart: A and Policy Priorities. Available on-line at Village, it was $4,236. That s three times the city median of $38,. And it s even higher In 999, the average person in Chelsea and the West Village spent $2, on groceries every year. That s significantly higher than the average for the city as a whole, and is % higher than the average for Washington Heights ($,3 per person per year). 2 Table : Source for Self Sufficiency Wage: Pearce, Diana with Jennifer Brooks,. The Self Sufficiency Standard : National Low Income Housing Coalition, 3. Out of Reach 3: America s Source for : Wenzler, Diane with the Public Benefits, 3. Food Stamps. New York, NY: Community Service Society. Source for s: 4 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. Federal Register, 3 February, 4, Vol. 69, No., pp Table 2: Shopping list comparison conducted by staff of the Brennan Center for Justice, December 3, at a Survey conducted over a three-week period in July, 3. Survey targets were retail stores in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village areas. Over employees of gourmet grocers were surveyed. Many of 2 Analysis of Census data conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The sample is workers aged 8-64, who worked more than hours in the past year in the food store industry in New York City. 3 Moshe Adler. 3. Unionization and Poverty: The Case of New York City Retail Workers. Working Paper No. 2. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 4 National Grocers Association with Financial Management Solutions, 3. Points of Impact: NGA Retail Operations Survey 2-3. Survey of 68 food retailers. Available online at : Neuborne, Ellen, Go Upscale: Gourmet Trend Feasts on Food Variety, Safety. USA Today, April, 996, pg..b. 6 Barry Janoff, Natural Resources. Progressive Grocer, March, V. 9, Issue 3, pg.. Marian Burros, Natural Food is Big, and Sometimes Even Natural. New York Times, 2 June,, Sec. F. 2, p.. 9 Based on Barry Janoff, op.cit. and National Grocers Association Specialty Foods Survey 3. Survey of 4 for gourmet grocery workers. Contact us at Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Median Income for New York City in 999. Accessed through April 4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Summary File 3, Matrices P9, P9, P92, P93, PCT9, PCT6, and PCT6. 2 Source: Claritas E-Connect Consumer Expenditure Data for Food at Home, 3. Accessed through April 4.