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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What percentage of grocery store sales is attributable to SNAP?  How long will it be before grocery stores start going under?[/quote]

Depends on where you live. Rural America is hugely dependent on SNAP.

This story is about the cuts in the republican tax bill not cutting snap altogether. One store said 40% of sales were from SNAP

https://stateline.org/2025/06/02/gop-cuts-to-food-assistance-would-hit-rural-america-especially-hard/

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SNAP accounts for approximately 12% of total grocery sales in the U.S., though this percentage can vary significantly by store type and location. For some stores, especially those in low-income areas, SNAP can represent a much larger share of revenue, [b]sometimes exceeding 60%[/b]

This will certainly affect grocery store sales. Walmart is a big one. People will not “use their own money” when there isn’t any.

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Yes, there is “their own money” it’s just spent on other things. If snap goes away people would shift how they spend (waste) their money[/quote]

Things like electricity and housing? You are clueless about what it means to be poor in this country.
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This. More than half of SNAP benefits use it for less than a year. 2/3 are off within 2 years. The people who are on for years? Mostly likely to be elderly or disabled. For most people it’s a bridge. SNAP benefits are paltry for most families.

Op-Ed from a mom today who’s been on it twice.  The first time when her husband left her with her kids.  The second time when she lost her job while her child had cancer.

People complain about her using a special matching program for farmers markets after stretching elsewhere to cover the essentials.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/opinion/snap-shutdown-food-stamps.html

I guess she should have sold her car when her husband left or when she lost her job or when her kid had cancer rather  than sign up for SNAP.  Maybe she can work for rations. Definitely needs to get rid of her phone and probably her TV.

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The food stamp program has no nutritional standards, allowing participants to purchase any food or beverage product intended for consumption, except alcohol. As a result, data show that sizable portions of SNAP dollars purchase nonnutritious foods, such as sugary beverages and ultra-processed foods, which can lead to poor health.”[/quote]

Are you kidding me with this list? More than half of the items on that list are “healthy”.  I’ll grant you soft drinks are number one but 2 and 3 are milk and ground beef.  The horrors!

Poor people can’t win. Buy soft drinks you’re a welfare queen.  Buy peaches at a farmers market with matching funds to help local farmers, you’re a little too high and mighty.

Give me a break. [/quote]

I mean I would much rather people be buying farmers market veggies vs candy lol. [/quote]

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