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this is an actual problem

Chicago grocers are severely affected by reductions to SNAP: ‘We need to bail out this industry’In Illinois, the implications threaten not only individual households but also the viability of the Chicago area’s independent authorized SNAP retailers.www.chicagotribune.compublic health guy

another point: grocery stores operate on razor-thin profit margins, so what happens when they suddenly lose the revenue they get from SNAP? (they close)