Alabama Grocer 2023 Issue 3.indd

The exclusion of independent grocers from healthy benefit programs widens the uneven playing field with dominant food retailers, and it means many customers are essentially prohibited from spending money in their own communities. The last thing anyone should be told is where they can and cannot shop for groceries.

Independent grocers - who play a vital role in fulfilling their communities’ nutritional needs and, in many regions, are the only convenient source of fresh food and other necessities - must have every tool at their disposal to ensure those most in need can feed themselves and their families.

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Robin Strickland Evans Meats robin@evansmeats.com

Eu Ro Wang Guac euro@guactechnologies.com

Drew Davis hi seltzer drew@hiseltzers.com

Denise White H.J. White Company Inc. dwcirclew@aol.com

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