Spectrum magazine

Spectrum

Spectrum is a bimonthly, magazine-style publication that covers all aspects of Pennsylvania's retail food industry. It provides legislative/regulatory updates, member activities, association news, a Buyer's Guide and advertisements from our Corporate Leadership Sponsors.

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Legislator spotlights

Legislator spotlight:
State Sen. Mario Scavello

What are your top three legislative priorities in 2021?  One thing I want to do is help the airports and create an incentive for properties around the airports (so that) for every job they create they get some sort of tax break. It doesn’t cost us anything. If they don’t create a job, they get nothing at all... Read more!
September/October 2021

Legislator spotlight:
State Sen. Pam Snyder

What are your top three legislative priorities in 2021? My top priority remains closing Pennsylvania’s digital divide by bringing high-speed broadband internet to every home across the Commonwealth. I’m also focused on protecting our energy jobs... Read more!
July/Aug 2021

Legislator spotlight:
State Rep. Dan Moul

What are your top three legislative priorities in 2021? Milk dating SB434 will put PA milk/dairy farms on the same playing field as surrounding states; removing PPE from the Farm Show building so we can use the building once again for it’s intended use... Read more!
May/June 2021

Member features

Turning a homemade classic
into a 100-year success story

The year Babe Ruth made headlines for breaking his third home run record, Bill and Salie Utz were preparing to knock it out of the park in the snack world. One hundred years ago in a small-town kitchen in Hanover... Read more!
September/October 2021

'Zero value in
wasted food'

The concept is simple enough. Globally, up to 40 percent of usable food is wasted a day. And yet, one in seven people don’t have enough to eat. So, connect the food to the people. Logistically, it’s a little trickier... Read more!
July/August 2021

A treasure between
tourist attractions

What’s the secret to making it in business more than a century? “Be nice, be fair, be productive,” said Mike Pronio, third-generation family owner of Pronio’s Market in downtown Hershey. “It’s simple.” Read more!
May/June 2021