claim: shoprite will lose about 300 employees "voluntarily and through layoffs" due to the beverage tax.
author: jeffrey brown
evidence_1: feb 21, 2017 ... two months into the city's sweetened-beverage tax, supermarkets and ... of six  shoprite stores in philadelphia says he expects to shed 300 workers this ... he  said he suspects he will lose about 300 people, which amounts to one-fifth of his  total workforce voluntarily and through layoffs in coming months.
evidence_2: shoprite will lose about 300 employees "voluntarily and through layoffs" due to  the beverage tax. — politifact pennsylvania on monday, march 13th, 2017.
evidence_3: feb 23, 2017 ... philadelphia's soda tax should serve as stinging reminder that tax ... jeff brown,  whose company manages six shoprite stores, painted a ... he said he suspects  he will lose about 300 people, which amounts to one-fifth of his total workforce  voluntarily and through layoffs in coming months. ... related articles.
evidence_4: feb 23, 2017 ... two months into philadelphia's soda tax, supermarkets and ... an owner of six  shoprite stores in philadelphia says he expects to shed 300 workers this spring.  ... we are confident that philadelphia city workers will be amazed by these ... of  his total workforce voluntarily and through layoffs in coming months.
evidence_5: dec 31, 2010 ... here's a look at companies that laid off workers in 2010. ... 17 that it will eliminate  120 positions in new york due to lack of new orders. ... its fredericksburg, va.,  facility in january, which will result in about 300 layoffs. .... those employees  losing their jobs, which includes insurance and retirement products, ...