Using Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards, which are pre-loaded monthly, SNAP recipients, commonly called food stamps, head to their nearest Walmart, ShopRite, Target, Costco, or Dollar Tree, among others, to purchase what the USDA considers "staple foods." But what is actually on that list of items SNAP recipients can buy
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