On October 27, 2025, the United States Department of Agriculture announced that 42 million Americans would lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Since then, approximately 5 million Americans have lost access to SNAP benefits following federal policy changes enacted in 2025.
The same day last October, Heretic Coffee in Portland, Oregon responded with its own announcement.
“If your SNAP benefits are running out, then breakfast is on us,” the coffee shop wrote on October 26 in a viral social media post…