SNAP here is a lifesaver. At our public market, you can buy tokens. If you use your benefits to buy them, every $5 token comes with an additional $2 voucher. So you not only get a 40% bonus, but prices on most foods there are significantly cheaper than grocery stores, even Aldi. So it is far, far more efficient to do your own shopping there.

I've seen people give my better half the absolute worst look in the world when using benefits - on rare occasions - to buy salmon or a small steak. But her medical situation is so messed up that there are very few things she can eat that actually provide her with the nutrition she desperately needs, and sometimes that's all her stomach can handle. Thankfully, she's the type of person who will absolutely tell someone off in the middle of a store if she feels she's being judged.