General Discussion

Grocery stores; convenience stores, Walmart, Target, Mom and Pop stores. Yep most of them are Republicans, too.

We’re talking about $400/ month SNAP benefits on average in Texas. Folks are looking at their budgets asking where do we cut?

Yeah soooo flea markets, Goodwill stores, fast food (if anyone can afford it right now), Thanksgiving, and, yes, even Christmas will also be affected.

Food banks near me are ramping up and, sadly, turning away some people. A food drive for laid off Federal workers saw several cars turned away because the pantries were out of food.

My neighborhood is full of both active duty and retired military. There are lots of folks hurting here.

We loaded up our vehicle yesterday with canned fruit, vegetables, pasta meals, and hamburger helper type meals. Canned goods at our Walmart are on sale for $0.50/ can. $30 was quite a bit. The pantry folks were thrilled!

PS our Walmart has a Thanksgiving meal on sale for $37.12. This includes frozen Butterball turkey, stuffing mix, canned corn, canned green beans, canned pumpkin, frozen pie shells, evaporated milk, gravy packets, cream of mushroom soup and fried onions.

Better believe I jumped all over that, too!😬