KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — Grocery stores in some rural communities where families rely on food stamps are bracing for a loss of revenue as the federal government shutdown threatens food assistance.
Starting Saturday, an estimated 700,000 Tennesseans are at risk of losing their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits.
Ted Stank, a professor at the University of Tennessee and director of the Global Supply Chain Institute, said the issue won’t be supply, but demand…