A new report shows gains in combatting poverty and food insecurity could be eroding after federal pandemic aid which boosted food-stamp benefits expired this year
“Circumstances for low-income households can still be pretty harsh, and SNAP can play a vital role,” said Ed Bolen, director of SNAP state strategies at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a left-of-center think tank. “When that boost goes away, households are having to make ends meet with less.”
Conservative economists and policymakers have said that generous SNAP assistance isn’t appropriate given the nation’s persistently hot labor market, with some arguing that the program keeps too many people out of the workforce.of Census Bureau and other public data found that the majority of households receiving SNAP benefits are already working and that the program’s participation rate tracks changes in poverty levels much more closely than unemployment.
Morning Consult also polled consumers about their cost-saving strategies for grocery purchases. Among other findings, 53% of low-income households said they often or sometimes ate less food to cope with grocery expenses, compared with 52% of middle-income and 44% of upper-income respondents. The report found that more affluent households were more likely to buy in bulk. Additionally, 79% of middle-income consumers and 74% of lower-income ones have opted for generic or store brands, part of a broader trend of shoppers trading down for cheaper products to skirt price hikes on many premium labels.
But even buying in bulk typically “requires more disposable income available to spend upfront,” said Baig. Lower-income shoppers may be “missing out on those benefits of being able to save per unit when you only have a certain amount of money to allocate.”
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