Midnight grocery lines a sign of continued tough times for growing ranks of the lowest-income
By APWednesday, October 6, 2010
Summary Box: Midnight grocery lines
THE SCENES: Shoppers line up at grocery stores at midnight when food stamps and other benefits are deposited into their accounts, crowding stores when many people are home sleeping.
WHY THEY’RE THERE: After scrimping to make it through the month, shoppers go out in the middle of the night because they don’t want to wait any longer to restock their pantries.
THE BIG PICTURE: It’s unusual this far into an economic recovery for government benefits rolls to still be hitting all-time highs, a sign of the stress that low-income Americans still face.
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