“Pennsylvania is home to nearly one million small businesses accounting for 98.2 percent of the state’s businesses and 46.9 percent of its employees. Yet, like elsewhere in the country, a broken supply system across industries is preventing small businesses – and thus local economies – from reaching their potential.
Last week’s launch of Philadelphia Anchors for Growth & Equity (PAGE), an initiative to increase local purchasing by large institutions, marks a critical step in replacing this system.
To understand what’s broken and why institutions are key to the solution, let’s look at the food industry as a prime example – and one I happen to know well.”
Read more here: https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2018/12/07/why-we-should-buy-into-philadelphias-latest-buy.html
