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Saturday, April 11, 2026

Minnesota has had and has a variety of food shelf business models. One at least more gracious toward patrons, while another was gracious toward management.

https://minneapolimedia.town.news/g/coon-rapids-mn/n/373674/coon-rapids-mn-weekly-friday-food-distribution-coon-rapids-operates-under (opening image)

https://alphanews.org/minnesota-food-bank-ceo-steps-down-as-legislators-question-her-721k-salary/ (closing paragraph) 

In the second incident, the boss resigned after Republican legislators questioned the size of nonprofit paychecks. There are charitable people, and charity begins at home types in an ill-regulated mix.

UPDATE: The former food bank director re the second link has a Linked-In page. https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonotoole

It appears the second linked item is/was politically motivated; see, also this coverage. Operatives and allies of the party not holding the executive branch at the time reported were the main complainants.

Whether a large scale foodbank can be operated as the small one noted in the first linked item is unlikely. As to scale of operation and scale of management paychecks, one might consider private sector super markets of the same scale as the foodbank in question. At a guess, private sector supermarkets are less generous to employees.