I would like to know where the one Dummie is getting bread for 77cents a loaf. I'm paying well over $1... I do by Nature's Own or Merita(the big local bakery), but they are among the cheaper brands at either WalMart or Kroger.
Personal hygiene products are ridiculously priced, so are household cleaning or laundry supplies...unless you buy them at the dollar stores or Big Lots, but I don't know if they take food stamps for anything. I HATE buying laundry stuff - it's so damn expensive!!!!

$668/month for a family of 4 is probably doable particularly if one pays attention to sales, and uses coupons. (can one use coupons on food stamps?)
As far as "training" to know what is nutritious....there are a lot of people that do not understand nutrition. They have never learned it growing up, had it in school, or learned it from any other source. It should be a mandatory requirement (along with drug testing) that people who receive food stamps, should have to attend a couple of classes to learn about nutrition, healthy eating, buying food on a budget, some quick, easy, nutritious menus. First time home buyers getting some FHA loans are required to attend classes on the responsibilty of home ownership, budgeting, etc...why shouldn't food stamp/etc recipients be required to do something similar?
If the complainers spent just a quarter as much time looking for a job as they do complaining about lousy benefits, they would have more than enough money to supplement the food stamps. There are jobs that they could do for people, IF they wanted to take the effort to find the jobs, and actually work. Most Lowe's and Home Depots allow day laborers to wait at their stores in the mornings, to see if buyers(contractors) are looking for additional help. Lots of small, independent lawn care/landscaping contractors are always looking for help. At least around here...people who are willing to do a day of hard labor work, are hard to find.
We've had a wonderful man working for us since a week ago Sunday. He worked that Sunday, last week M-F, and has been here since M....6 hrs a day, for $50/day. He has moved huge boxes all over the place, furniture, and out in the yard yesterday and today. He then goes to work at his real "job" - busing in a Mexican restaurant -from 3 until 11pm. But that's the difference between someone who wants to earn money, and someone who wants to sit back and complain that the world isn't
giving them enough.