This just made my day. Ive been saying for 20 years this is what we should do. President Trump wants to drastically cut the amount of food stamps handed out and instead provide boxes of food much like Blue Apron or Hello Fresh does. This way people aren't wasting food stamps on unhealthy garbage like chips, pretzels, soda, and candy. It also will net the families more food because they wont be able to irresponsibly waste food stamps on high value items such as tenderloin steaks, scallops, crab meat, and leg of lamb. If they want that kind of food, then get a job, or if working, get a second job or increase skills and get a raise. We will also save money because we can buy in bulk and distribute the food. We can get 1 million cans of kidney beans for a lot less per can than 1 million SNAP recipients each buying a can in the grocery store.
This will also remove the excuse that poor people have to buy expensive ready to cook food, and soda at convenience stores because they live in a food dessert. The food will be brought to them
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...ients-will-get
Of course all the major grocery stores hate it because they will lose a lot of money over it. Boo Hoo Hoo. I only wish he wanted to totally eliminate the program and distribute all SNAP aid in the form of direct food, and all food should be generic branded. No Kraft, Heinz, Kellogg, etc...