Samantha Christmann
Business Reporter and Columnist at Buffalo News
Follow me on Threads @xSamxC Telling your story in the pages of The Buffalo News for nearly two decades.
Articles
-
1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Samantha Christmann
Starbucks workers at a café at 6707 Transit Road in Lancaster are the latest at the coffee giant who have voted to join the union. Baristas voted 12 to 2 this week to join Starbucks Workers United. They join 11,000 unionized Starbucks workers at 570 stores across the country who have organized. It has been more than three years since Starbucks workers at the Elmwood Avenue store organized the company's first union, and the workers still do not have a contract with the coffee corporation.
-
2 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Samantha Christmann
Wegmans has bolstered its reputation as a “great place to work” with the results of another new survey. In a Careerminds poll of 3,023 workers, Wegmans came out on top as the state’s most coveted workplace.
-
2 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Samantha Christmann
BY SAMANTHA CHRISTMANNApril 7, 2025Survey: Wegmans is New York's most coveted workplaceWegmans has bolstered its reputation as a “great place to work” with the results of another new survey. In a Careerminds poll of 3,023 workers, Wegmans came out on top as the state’s most coveted workplace.
-
3 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Samantha Christmann
Cannabis entrepreneurs are hoping for a small change in state tax law that could make a big difference in their bookkeeping. At the crux of the issue is a misalignment between the tax collection cycle and the time it takes for distributors to collect their money from retailers. Distributors are able to give retailers 30 days to pay their taxes, but operators have to file and pay their taxes within 20 days of the end of each quarter.
-
3 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Samantha Christmann
A new store turning heads in the Town of Tonawanda is taking the thrill of the treasure hunt to the next level. It's a "bin store" called Daily Deals and here's how it works: Owners buy merchandise by the truckload from brokers − sight unseen − who sell merchandise that has been returned to stores like Amazon, Target and Temu. Bins around the store − they actually look more like raised garden beds − are filled with the merchandise and, on Fridays, everything in the bins costs $12 each.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 2K
- Tweets
- 16K
- DMs Open
- Yes
Workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have been on strike for over two years. Please support these brave union members by contributing to their holiday fund: https://t.co/tzr36L5fHW
The Cannabis Farmers Alliance is suing the state Office of Cannabis Management and state Cannabis Control Board, alleging that the botched rollout of the legal cannabis market across New York has left small pot growers in “severe financial distress.” https://t.co/5Pq2mLKPgp
The NYS attorney general has announced an election protection hotline. Program it into your phone now: 1-866-390-2992
