New Super Stores Slightly Expanded Purchasing Power for Participants in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Michael Ollinger

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2021, vol. 2021, issue 07

Abstract: Federal spending for the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) totaled $60.4 billion in fiscal year 2019. Through the Nation’s largest food and nutrition assistance program, low-income participants can redeem benefits to buy food items at super stores, supermarkets, grocery stores, and other types of food retailers approved by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, which administers the program.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.312215

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