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Publicly-owned grocery stores could be valuable tools in helping residents burdened by rising food costs and those potentially facing the loss of benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Breadon said. Food prices in August 2025 were more than 3% higher than in August 2024, according to USDA data, and prices are expected to continue to rise in 2026. At the same time, SNAP benefits are set to be disrupted by the Trump-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed into law earlier this year.

(Kush Desai, a deputy White House press secretary, told me that the leaked report should be disregarded as "speculative literature.") But MAHA boxes are also referenced in the budget request that President Donald Trump sent Congress in May. In that document, MAHA boxes full of "commodities sourced from domestic farmers and given directly to American households" are proposed as an option for elderly Americans who already get free packages of shelf-stable goods from the government.

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"Snap still lags on all three fronts: sitting closer to users inclined to buy their product, offering varied marketing strategies, and demonstrating a clear return on ad spend."

"It's going to impact everyone, not just grocery stores. The amount of money that the food stamps represent is huge, and that amount of money stays in the community."

The current Budget Reconciliation Bill, referred to as Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill,' would cause around seven million people to lose or see a reduction in SNAP benefits.

Food and housing are absolutely related," NYC Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park tells City Limits. "When people are in a choice between paying for food or paying rent, people are going to naturally choose food."

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"The Trump Administration is moving to collect data retained by the states, a move NPR calls unprecedented, focusing on tens of millions of people using federal food aid."

Snap's all-new Specs leverage advanced machine learning and AR capabilities, positioning themselves as a powerful tool for integrating digital experiences with the physical world.

Meta's Ray-Bans showed the market's appetite for smart glasses, prompting Snap to innovate its AR Specs with AI tech, ensuring enhanced user experiences in everyday life.

"The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is vital, serving about 41 million people, including nearly half who are children, in their fight against hunger."