This week, senators introduced what they're calling the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act, which would make the supermarket staple an eligible purchase under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.
Basically. We have a few grocery stores that have restaurants and put their left over food in a cooler to buy when they close (8pm). You can’t use snap until they relabel it and stick it in the cooler thing. Same food but because it isn’t handed to you it’s snap approved.
If you don’t have a fridge, or a stove, that “no prepared food” rule makes it very expensive and extremely wasteful to eat.
It also increases reliance on chips and soda, which a lot of places are trying to (or have) banned on SNAP without addressing the issue of “good” food being a hard to manage with countless restrictions on purchases.
ah, yes, the rule of “you can’t buy 2lb of tasty cooked protein for $7 but you can buy 2lb of uncooked tasteless meat for $7.99/lb”
Basically. We have a few grocery stores that have restaurants and put their left over food in a cooler to buy when they close (8pm). You can’t use snap until they relabel it and stick it in the cooler thing. Same food but because it isn’t handed to you it’s snap approved.
If you don’t have a fridge, or a stove, that “no prepared food” rule makes it very expensive and extremely wasteful to eat.
It also increases reliance on chips and soda, which a lot of places are trying to (or have) banned on SNAP without addressing the issue of “good” food being a hard to manage with countless restrictions on purchases.
Plus, with a slow cooker, instant pot, or just a stove, you can make delicious broth from the leftovers and upgrade your next couple meals.