Harmons, the Utah-based chain of grocery stores, is joining a citizen campaign aimed at overturning recent changes to the state’s tax laws.
The grocer announced Thursday that its 19 Utah locations would host signature gathering beginning on Saturday for the referendum effort, which launched after lawmakers approved a package of reforms in December that cut the state’s income tax while raising the sales tax on food.
“Food is essential and should be affordable,” Bob Harmon, the company’s chairman, said in a prepared statement. “Increasing the tax on food hurts everyone, but especially those in our community who are already struggling.