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Locally owned Farm Fresh Market in south Kansas City’s Red Bridge Shopping Center is seeing and feeling the impacts of the pause in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that began Nov. 1 amid the government shutdown.
Locally owned Kansas City grocery store sees decline in sales amid SNAP pause
In fact, the store and its partners — El Mercado Fresco and World Fresh Market — will hand out 500 free grocery bags to families in need on Sunday. Ten locations across the three partners locations will hand out 50 bags to 50 families each…