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Title: Soft Drinks No. 1 Purchase by Food Stamp Recipients; $357,700,000 From 1 Grocery
Post by: HAPPY2BME on November 25, 2016, 11:04:30 AM

Soft Drinks No. 1 Purchase by Food Stamp Recipients; $357,700,000 From 1 Grocery Chain

By Terence P. Jeffrey | November 22, 2016

(CNSNews.com) - Soft drinks were the top commodity bought by food stamp recipients shopping at outlets run by a single U.S. grocery retailer.

That was more than they spent on any other “food” commodity—including milk ($253,700,000), ground beef ($201,000,000), “bag snacks” ($199,300,000) or “candy-packaged” ($96,200,000), which also ranked among the top purchases.

(http://www.cnsnews.com/s3/files/styles/content_100p/s3/commodities_ranking-sc-1.jpg?itok=t8ZcM25N)

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/357700000-1-grocery-chain-soft-drinks-no-1-purchase-food-stamp

Title: Re: Soft Drinks No. 1 Purchase by Food Stamp Recipients; $357,700,000 From 1 Grocery
Post by: HAPPY2BME on November 25, 2016, 11:08:57 AM

PepsiCo’s CEO said the election of Donald Trump as president was terrifying her employees.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/11/13/massive-stewardship-fail-pepsico-ceo-tells-trump-supporters-to-take-their-business-elsewhere/comment-page-4/