""This is $2.19 and this is $1.59," she says, "so I'm going to buy this.""
""I'm at the point where I am shopping for deals at three different stores," she says. "So I'll come here because this is cheaper than Stop & Shop, but some of the items at Price Rite are cheaper than here, and Walmart is [cheaper for] the cleaning stuff I just shop around.""
""They'll have to settle for what I can give them," she says."
A Springfield shopper is reducing her grocery spending and shopping across multiple stores because of concern that federal food assistance benefits may be cut. She compares prices closely, substitutes cheaper meals like rice and beans, and skips preferred items for the children she cares for. Forty-two million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and approximately 250,000 retailers accept those benefits. Some grocery stores can absorb potential losses if SNAP lapses, but stores heavily dependent on SNAP, such as one Save A Lot where SNAP makes up about 65% of sales, face greater vulnerability.
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