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Arizona grocery jobs, wages fall faster than any other state as shoppers cut back

By Luisa Santos Martinez

Economists say Arizona’s steeper declines warrant attention.

“We did see in Arizona that about 175,000 people lost SNAP. So we believe that there is a correlation here,” said Joseph Palomino, director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress.

Palomino said the concern is what happens when fewer SNAP dollars circulate in the economy.

“We’ve cut all these people off of SNAP, it lowers their purchasing power. And then that leads to potentially that grocery store having to pull back on wages or employment,” he said.

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