US EditionSmall grocers and convenience stores feel an impact as customers go without SNAP benefits
Delayed SNAP benefits during the government shutdown affected 42 million Americans and caused sales drops of up to 10% at small grocers and convenience stores, experts said.
- Recently, Liz Abunaw, owner of Forty Acres Fresh Market in Chicago, saw a customer put back a full cart due to SNAP delays hurting her store and customers.
- At the end of October, the Trump administration froze funding for SNAP, affecting food access for 42 million Americans, with recipients redeeming a little more than $96 billion in 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported.
- Sprankle says his Kittanning store gets 25% of revenue from SNAP, cutting overtime for 140 employees as shoppers spend less and turn to food banks.
- The nonprofit said it stocks produce at 110 convenience stores and supplies 50 food pantries, which doubled or tripled orders, forcing more purchasing.
- Experts note the program's economic impact exceeds dollars spent as Etharin Cousin said SNAP benefits flow directly into neighborhoods, stores, regional distributors and community jobs.
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Small Grocers and Convenience Stores Feel an Impact as Customers Go Without SNAP Benefits
A little more than a year ago, Ryan Sprankle welcomed President Donald Trump to one of the three grocery stores his family owns near Pittsburgh. Trump was on the campaign trail; they talked about high grocery prices, and the Republican nominee picked up a bag of popcorn.
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Small grocers and convenience stores feel an impact as customers go without SNAP benefits
Some small grocery stores and neighborhood convenience stores are eager for the U.S. government shutdown to end and for their customers to start receiving federal food aid again.
With SNAP in flux, Hartford grocer worries of economic impact
For the past year and a half, the Grocery on Broad has helped fill a gap for residents of Hartford’s Frog Hollow neighborhood. In an area known as a “food swamp,” where food can be purchased but quality and healthy items are limited, the nonprofit grocery store has become a key source for fresh produce, meat and pantry staples, enabling families to buy foods they once needed to travel out of Hartford to get. But the first week of November saw …
What the SNAP freeze means for Detroit grocers
by KOBY LEVINOutlier Media This story was originally published by Outlier Media. Customers at Grace Food Market in Detroit are buying fewer groceries since the start of November — if they show up at all. “They used to come in and get a basket, now they walk in and grab two or three necessities by hand,” owner Samer Khemmoro said. Detroiters sharply cut their food spending in the first week of the month after funding for Supplemental Nutrition …
Food retailers also feeling the pain from SNAP benefit cuts and delays
Independent grocers and small food retailers nationwide are facing financial strain as the ongoing federal shutdown stalls SNAP benefit payments, cutting off a major revenue stream that fuels their local economies. In 2024, SNAP redemptions exceeded $96 billion, much of it flowing directly into supermarkets, corner stores and supply chains operating on razor-thin margins. Grocery owners like Ryan Sprankle near Pittsburgh and Liz Abunaw of Chicag…
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