Local grocers and corner stores face strain as shoppers lose SNAP assistance
Just over a year ago, Ryan Sprankle welcomed President Donald Trump to one of the three family-owned grocery stores near Pittsburgh. At the time, Trump was campaigning and spoke with Sprankle about the rising costs of groceries, even picking up a bag of popcorn during the visit. Today, Sprankle’s message is quite different. If Trump or other lawmakers were to visit now, he’d express concern over the delayed distribution of SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, which has negatively
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