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 Rep. Matthew Bradford

What are your top three legislative priorities in 2022? My priority is properly funding our public schools. For decades, Pennsylvania has failed to provide schools the funding they need for success, which leads to gross inequities between districts and... Read more!
July/August 2022

Legislator spotlight:
State Sen. Dan Laughlin

What are your top three legislative priorities in 2022? Right now, my No. 1 priority is Senate Bill 690, my open primaries bill. We potentially lost some very good legislators in the House and Senate in this primary cycle, and I believe this Senate Bill 690... Read more!
May/June 2022

Legislator spotlight:
State Rep. Morgan Cephas

What are your top three legislative priorities in 2022? My top three legislative priorities include health equity and increasing access to care, including improving maternal health outcomes, education and workforce development and affordable housing... Read more!
March/April 2022

Member features

Preparing for a threat
anywhere, anytime

It’s been nearly four months since a shooting at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, N.Y., became the latest high-profile, gun-related incident in a grocery store, killing 10 people and injuring others. A growing number of lone wolf-style attacks across the country have... Read more!
July/August 2022

Taking a healthy approach
to a volatile oil market

It’s hard to miss the headlines—edible oil production and pricing is headed down a slippery slope. Droughts, low production, the Russian/Ukrainian war, rising prices, increased demand for biofuel usage and other complications are making a major impact on edible oils... Read more!
May/June 2022

Navigating the
supply chain storm

The state of retail in 2022 might be described best in one word: pivot. With just the first quarter in the books, retailers face lingering effects of COVID, complications of labor shortages, rising fuel prices... Read more!
March/April 2022