Paige Cognetti Doesn’t Offer SNAP at her grocery store
A new story is out that exposes Paige Cognetti for not offering SNAP benefits at her grocery store, despite saying she supports SNAP and fights for the working class.
Cognetti makes up to $1 million in annual revenue from the store, which allows her to buy ritzy vacation homes.
Cognetti is another liberal Democrat looking out for herself, not the working class.
Read more below.
Washington Free Beacon
Ethan Barton
September 29, 2026
Scranton, Pa., mayor Paige Cognetti, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s Eighth Congressional District, released a campaign ad on Tuesday accusing corporations of exploiting the “little guys” by price gouging groceries. Yet her husband’s gourmet food store, which reviewers have described as “expensive” and “upscale,” doesn’t accept food stamps, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
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Caravia’s shelves are lined with ritzy items, including farm-fresh and organic foods, at price points that are impractical for the working class. Even its frozen pizzas are top-notch, featuring “organic spinach and tomatoes.” The store is also valued at more than $1 million and brings in between $100,000 and $1 million in annual revenue, according to Cognetti’s financial disclosures.
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In her ad, Cognetti, who did not return a request for comment, also promised to “make the big guys pay their fair share.” Yet her financial disclosures show Caravia is registered as an S corporation, a type of tax structure commonly used to reduce payroll tax burdens. Under that arrangement, the owner collects a portion of his income as a salary, which is subject to payroll taxes, and the rest as profit distributions, which are not.
Caravia’s refusal to take food stamps is just the latest incident to raise questions about Cognetti’s efforts to portray herself as a champion of blue-collar voters. Running to unseat Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R., Pa.) in a swing district, Cognetti is also worth between $533,000 and $2.3 million, not counting real estate assets, according to her financial disclosures.
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