Cuts to the food stamp program could affect rural grocery stores that rely more heavily on low-income shoppers.

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A massive new tax and spending bill recently signed into law by President Trump includes cuts to SNAP, also known as the food stamps program. It's bad news for independent grocery stores because many of those stores see the bulk of their sales coming from SNAP dollars. Stephan Bisaha of Gulf States Newsroom reports from an Alabama grocer that is bracing for the cuts.

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STEPHAN BISAHA, BYLINE: About a 20-minute drive from Auburn University is Wright's Market in Opelika. It's an independent grocer, but really, it doesn't look all that different from your classic supermarket, just a bit smaller. It's got aisles packed with sw

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