1. Channel: Grocery

SNAP program cuts to hit some grocers hard

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Extra pandemic-related funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will reduce what beneficiaries can spend on groceries by an average of $95 a month. Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen said the cuts will create “a meaningful headwind for the balance of the year.”

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