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SNAP benefits don't pay for rotisserie chicken. A bipartisan bill might change that (abc7.com)
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[–] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Here in CA the only restrictions are hot food and alcohol (and hot food is restricted only if you aren’t homeless), but in my birth state my sister had to only buy specific brands of certain allowed foods. It’s nuts.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    And it should be noted that even that hot food rule isn't even followed outside of grocers. The reason you can used food stamps at fast food and restaurants is because they technically sell the food to you uncooked then cook it for you for free. It's a stupid restriction everyone knows it is but we still do the whole dance and pony show.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I see the “EBT accepted” signs/flags at a lot of fast food places here but I had assumed it was the same as the hot food rule for grocery stores! ie, homeless only. So dumb, but I’ve had people here on the fediverse insist to me that the poors should get the bare minimum subsistence through food stamps and nothing else.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    Honestly the whole no hot food thing just comes across as Reaganite drivel to me. Historically most food charity things only gave out hot or cooked food since it was easier and cheaper to just do a bulk of pasta, donuts, or bread since then you could make it with demand and not have to break it up according to how many people may or may not come in. Sure there's some worry about cost but just give the businesses a tax incentive or something to have lower EBT prices.

    IDK this whole thing about hot vs cold food just comes across as arbitrary and stupid. I get alcohol and maybe food over a certain price depending on different factors but as a whole the restrictions seem stupid.

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