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Small Grocers and Convenience Stores Feel an Impact as Customers Go Without SNAP Benefits

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "SNAP isn't just a social safety net for families.
52% : A stalled economic engine Etharin Cousin, a former director of the United Nations World Food Program and founder of the nonprofit Food Systems for the Future, said the cutoff of SNAP benefits had immediate impacts on grocers and convenience stores of all sizes, most of which operate on slim profit margins of 1% to 2%.
45% : His Kittanning, Pennsylvania, store gets 25% of its revenue from SNAP, but customers who don't get government assistance also are worried about the shutdown, according to Sprankle.

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