Ohio Dollar General removes boards from windows after worries of loss of SNAP benefits

Ohio Dollar General removes boards from windows after worries of loss of SNAP benefits

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Dollar General store on South High Street in downtown Columbus has removed boards that it put up as central Ohioans prepare to lose food assistance. With approximately 180,000 central Ohioans slated to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the store initially boarded up its windows as a measure of [...]

Dollar General boards windows, then changes course

The store was supposedly preparing for looting when SNAP funding ran out at the end of the month

Downtown businesses puzzled after local store boards up windows, then takes them down

When boards went up overnight at the Downtown Columbus Dollar General – also referred to as DGX – along South High Street, nearby restaurants, bars and retailers certainly couldn’t help but notice. The plywood appeared Oct. 27, a move the store manager initially told the community was directed by Dollar General as a precaution against… Source