When grocery store owners Mike and Dani McGinty learned last week that the feds were putting the kibosh on their plans to help hungry Oregon families reeling from the government shutdown , the couple took a leap of faith.

The McGintys, who own the McMinnville Grocery Outlet, tried to offer a 10% discount to all SNAP recipients whose food-assistance money had been frozen. But when the feds told them no, they came up with a go-around: Extending the offer to all customers.

“Now there’s a catch to it, and I need your help as a community,” Mike McGinty announced in an Oct. 31 video posted to Facebook . “If you do not need a discount, please do not ask for it.”

But if you do, “Take it. Ask for it.”

Six days into the offer, McGinty told The Oregonian/OregonLive Thursday that the honor

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