Grocery stores are bracing for how federal cuts to food stamps will affect their businesses.
Grocers who accept food assistance payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the majority of their sales are going to take the greatest hit with the federal passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The massive spending and tax bill cuts $186 billion from SNAP, known as CalFresh in California, over the next decade.
Lupe Lopez, owner of Arteaga’s Food Center, said the ramifications will be far reaching. She has five locations in Santa Clara County — three in San Jose, one in Santa Clara and one in Gilroy…