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New rules for stores accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments will require them to stock more kinds of foods. The program is also called SNAP or food stamps. But advocates say convenience stores and small markets that serve places like Hazelwood without a full-service grocery store could be at risk of losing the ability to accept SNAP payments. This would cost them a significant part of their revenue and deprive SNAP users access to food.

Giant Eagle store on wheels will accept EBT June 2023 Community Voices By Lutual Love, Pastor of Praise Temple Deliverance Church The Giant Eagle mobile market. Photo courtesy of Giant Eagle For three years, P.O.O.R.L.A.W, the Greater Hazelwood Coalition Against Racial and Ethnic Disparities and Praise Temple Deliverance Church have worked to address food apartheid in our area. Now, in partnership with Hazelwood Initiative and Arts Excursions Unlimited, the Giant Eagle Mobile