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re: What people on food stamps buy vs what people not on food stamps buy
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:27 am to BluegrassBelle
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:27 am to BluegrassBelle
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But that’s also going to require holding corporate feet to the fire for those who are largely subsidized by paying low wages because their workers can qualify for SNAP.
I’m down for both
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:27 am to stout
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Blame the USDA for not updating it. That is the most recent report.
Sure, and now I’m blaming you for posting it as if it has any use for the points your trying to make
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:31 am to stout
We still have an intricate network of food banks and food pantries were surplus items, mostly canned and dry goods, are managed and given away.
The people on food stamps are using these too. So this chart may not be accurate as to diet or eating habits. Food stamp families may hit up the food bank for a few boxes of staples and then go to the grocery store to get their crab legs, steaks, vegetables, etc.
We KNOW poor people in this country are fat and there's only one way to get fat.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:33 am to stout
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Walmart is really the only place that does that, and what they actually do is reduce their hours so the workers can still get food stamps and also so the workers do not get full-time benefits. Walmart is the largest beneficiary of food stamps, both coming and going.
As a grocer that makes sense. Kroger, Amazon are both also guilty though. Especially when you get into what they pay for folks in their distribution warehouses/lines.
Here in Kentucky, a large portion of folks work for all three of those corporations. Especially in rural areas where distribution centers are built.
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That being said, you have to be careful or you end up like Cali where they raised the minimum wage and in exchange, there are just fewer of those jobs overall and the price of everything skyrocketed
It’s definitely a balance. And I admittedly don’t have the answers for it. Just wanted to point out it’s not as simple as “get a job and get off SNAP”. Especially if the recipients are older/disabled or have children (kids make up something like 40% of SNAP).
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:36 am to BluegrassBelle
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Especially when you get into what they pay for folks in their distribution warehouses/lines.
That won't be an issue for very long. Leaked documents this week show Amazon is going to replace like 90% of warehouse staff by 2030, and internal emails show they are trying to strategize how to deal with the fallout.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:38 am to stout
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Looks like SNAP households are much more beef focused, vs chicken in non SNAP households.
That line also inlcudes Seafood.....
they are also buying crabs, crab legs, shrimp.......
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:38 am to AUFANATL
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and then go to the grocery store to get their crab legs, steaks, vegetables, etc.
Why are they eating crab legs and steak while non-SNAP households, who pay for their benefits, are having to eat more chicken because it's cheaper?
Doesn't seem fair no matter how you rationalize it with the food bank excuse.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:42 am to stout
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I guess if you are on SNAP, fruits and vegetables are like poison to you
Fruits and vegetables ARE poison. Along with any sort of processed food item and sugar/high fructose corn syrup laden beverages of course.
Ruminant meat is the most nutrient dense food source on the planet, next to eggs. Eat beef, lamb, goat, etc. Carnivore is the way to go.
This post was edited on 10/29/25 at 8:45 am
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:43 am to stout
The fruit and dairy variance is interesting, SNAP households need to set up their parfait game.
Also the coffee variance was interesting. Mild but there. Guess they don’t need coffee cause they ain’t getting up for work.
Also the coffee variance was interesting. Mild but there. Guess they don’t need coffee cause they ain’t getting up for work.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:50 am to stout
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That won't be an issue for very long. Leaked documents this week show Amazon is going to replace like 90% of warehouse staff by 2030, and internal emails show they are trying to strategize how to deal with the fallout.
Another common stout L
They’re using robotics in new facilities in lieu of humans, not retro fitting at scale.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:52 am to stout
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Why are they eating crab legs and steak while non-SNAP households, who pay for their benefits, are having to eat more chicken because it's cheaper?
Link? (From this decade)
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:52 am to stout
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Why are they eating crab legs and steak while non-SNAP households, who pay for their benefits, are having to eat more chicken because it's cheaper?
Because it's a two way welfare street. The government pumps hundreds of billions of dollars into a commercial chain that includes a wide swath of industries - retail, shipping, distribution, farming, manufacturing, fishing, animal husbandry, etc... Just about everything touches the food chain in some form or fashion.
These people like a guaranteed income stream just like the poor people like guaranteed meals to eat.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:57 am to AUFANATL
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Because it's a two way welfare street. The government pumps hundreds of billions of dollars into a commercial chain that includes a wide swath of industries - retail, shipping, distribution, farming, manufacturing, fishing, animal husbandry, etc... Just about everything touches the food chain in some form or fashion. These people like a guaranteed income stream just like the poor people like guaranteed meals to eat
IYO: does this excuse 42 million Americans requiring SNAP benefits to feed themselves?
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:57 am to AUFANATL
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Because it's a two way welfare street.
Could you expand on your thought process here? How is it a two-way street when the primary beneficiaries are corporations and the SNAP recipients, but those paying the taxes are left out?
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These people like a guaranteed income stream just like the poor people like guaranteed meals to eat.
Man, just imagine if we put everyone on SNAP!
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:00 am to The Torch
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people also sale their food stamps then buy cigarettes and booze with the money
There isn't much you can reasonably do to curb the secondary market
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:03 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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They’re using robotics in new facilities in lieu of humans, not retro fitting at scale.
I guess long-term workforce shrinkage through attrition and reduced hiring isn't an issue
Plus, you are wrong as usual:
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It has also started retrofitting old warehouses, like one in Stone Mountain near Atlanta, which will need as many as 1,200 fewer employees after it is automated, according to internal documents.
LINK
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:04 am to stout
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Plus, you are wrong as usual:
You don’t know what at scale means
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:05 am to stout
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That won't be an issue for very long. Leaked documents this week show Amazon is going to replace like 90% of warehouse staff by 2030, and internal emails show they are trying to strategize how to deal with the fallout.
The larger issue will be where will those people work when that happens?
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:05 am to Mingo Was His NameO
You don't know what proof of concept is
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:06 am to TheMollusk
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Fruits and vegetables ARE poison.
My case and point about the larger issue being how Americans eat in general.
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