SALT LAKE CITY — As families struggle to figure out how to make ends meet without SNAP benefits in November, business owners are worried about the potential ripple effects.

"Anything that’s not essential would be categories that people could be saving more on and using that money to put food on the table,” said Jason Cook, an assistant professor at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, who researches the SNAP program.

"One in eight Americans are served by SNAP, and SNAP sales account for nearly 12 percent of grocery sales in the US,” explained Cook. “And for the individual family, SNAP accounts for roughly 8% of what they would spend on food, so it’s a big share. So, if you think about suddenly removing that, it’s going to have huge implications."

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