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Green To Go Ordinance - Business Survey <br />Q17 Please add any additional comments about recyclable or compostable <br />container ordinances: <br />Answered:6 Skipped: 13 <br /># <br />RESPONSES <br />DATE <br />1 <br />We operate in multiple Minnesota cities, and believe a state rule is best for this type of thing. <br />4/26/2024 3:49 PM <br />2 <br />After the pandemic, labor shortage, inflation, labor costs up 25%, and how difficult it was to <br />4/16/2024 9:36 PM <br />navigate all of that, I am frustrated that you implement expensive products. I get it, but raising <br />sales tax and other decisions you make can put some out of business. <br />3 <br />Thus is The University of Northwestern St Paul <br />4/15/2024 8:42 AM <br />4 <br />These ordinances have little proven benefit and will certainly add costs to customers. With so <br />4/14/2024 2:44 PM <br />many families living paycheck to paycheck and the amount of credit card debt average <br />Americans are carrying soaring, this is the wrong time to pursue a green to go ordinance. <br />5 <br />Every day we serve roughly 120 meals to seniors through a combination of hot packed food, <br />3/26/2024 1:40 PM <br />individually bagged breads/buns/rolls, cupped fruit and/or desserts. We would need resources <br />to replace these options for our seniors. <br />6 <br />1 would be open to using something sustainable that was more economical than what is <br />3/25/2024 6:03 PM <br />currently offered. We have resisted raising our prices throughout the last 4 years, as we try to <br />offer our services at an affordable price point which is very hard to find anymore. Costs of <br />goods, taxes and wages continue to rise making it hard for small businesses to remain <br />profitable and worth the hard work it takes to operate a small business. <br />18 / 18 Page 69 of 97 <br />