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The Atlantic Americans Can Soon Buy Groceries Online With Food Stamps – The …The AtlanticA new program will allow low-income families to purchase goods that they might not have access to locally. But is it a miracle or a mirage? More: continued here

The Atlantic Americans Can Soon Buy Groceries Online With Food StampsThe AtlanticLast week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an ambitious-sounding pilot program that will give participants in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—best known by the colloquial term “food stamps”—a way to purchase their … More: continued here

UPI.com USDA report shows 10 percent of food stamps go to buying soda …UPI.comAside from meat, Americans on food stamps spend the largest portion of their grocery budget on soda, a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found.and more » More: continued here

Minneapolis Star Tribune Food stamp enrollment rises sharply among elderly in state …Minneapolis Star TribuneNumbers of those 65 and older getting food stamps have almost doubled. More: continued here

Cambridge News Cambridge Post Office branch could be affected by strike action next week – here's what you need to knowCambridge NewsA Cambridge Post Office branch may be affected by strike action next week, it has been revealed. The Post Office is reassuring customers that the vast majority of its …

Omaha World-Herald Number of Nebraskans on food stamps rises for second year in a row, bucking national trendOmaha World-HeraldDarnell Marion and Michele Martin shop for Martin's disabled son, Tyrone, and also do some of their own shopping at Phil's Foodway on Thursday. According to Martin, most of Tyrone's disability check …

The Sun Post Office staff to push ahead with festive five-day walkout after union offer is rejected by companyThe Sun“The rejection of our offer demonstrates they intend to press on regardless with a closure / franchise programme that will mean the Post Office will cease to exist in the High …

UPI.com USDA report shows 10 percent of food stamps go to buying sodaUPI.comPlastic bottles of Coca Cola line grocery store shelves in every store in America, just one of hundreds of sugary soft drinks slugged down by U.S. consumers every day. A new study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture …

New York Daily News Proposed Tenn. law bans food stamp recipients from buying junkNew York Daily NewsA conservative Tennessee lawmaker wants more government oversight — for food stamp recipients' diets. State Rep. Sheila Butt introduced a bill Thursday that would ban shoppers from buying junk food, sweets and other high-calorie …

Food stamp enrollment swells among elderly MinnesotansMinneapolis Star TribuneThe U.S. food-stamp program, created five decades ago to stave off hunger among impoverished families, is undergoing a remarkable resurgence among a generation of older Minnesotans. Squeezed by rising living costs and depleted retirement funds, … More: continued here