Waiting for midnight, hungry families on food stamps give Walmart 'enormous spike'

[phantom power]

At the stroke of midnight, a growing number of Americans are lining up at Walmart not to cash in on a holiday sale, but because they’re hungry.

The increasing number of Americans relying on food stamps to survive the sluggish economic recovery has changed the way the largest retailer in the United States does business.

Carol Johnston, Walmart’s senior vice president of store development, said that store managers have seen an “enormous spike” in the number of consumers shopping at midnight on the first of the month. That’s typically when those receiving federal food assistance have their accounts refilled each month.

http://rockcenter.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/28/9069519-waiting-for-midnight-hungry-families-on-food-stamps-give-walmart-enormous-spike

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. Food stamp day was damn near a holiday for my kids...

they each got to pick one item of 'junk' for the month. fun times

[MisterP]

2. behold! the price of cheap

[KamaAina]

3. Midnight In The Produce Section Of Good And Evil

:eyes:

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. ..

from the article:

Reeder knows that her family’s government assistance is deposited at exactly 4:12 a.m. on the first of the month. Using the debit card that holds their government assistance feels embarrassing at times, she said.

“I actually have my little technique I use. I take my palm of my hand and I kind of cover the card with the palm of my hand so that you can’t see the top of it when I’m swiping it, so the person behind me in line doesn’t, they don’t see food stamps,” Reeder said.

:cry: