By Antonio D. French
Filed Wednesday, February 22 at 7:01 AM
A tipster has reported that there is a one-man picket line right now outside of City Grocers, 920 Olive St. in downtown. The man is protesting the fact that downtown's only grocery store does not accept EBT cards (food stamps). This is something we reported back in October.
We'd love to have a picture. Email it to editor@pubdef.net
UPDATE: The man is gone. But his struggle continues...
UPDATE 2: He came back. And someone sent us some photos. Click here to see all four.
2 Comments:
Serves them right. What do they have to lose by accepting EBT? Their food is still overpriced, so they're not likley to attract throngs of EBT shoppers.
It's ironic because the wage paid by City Grocers is not high enough to keep the employees off of EBT!
But I guess it's okay if EBT users are in their proper subordinate places of serving the middle class, and bad if they are on a peer level with the better-off shoppers.
9:44 AM, February 22, 2006
But a lot of grocery stores in poor areas are overpriced too. Exactly like City Grocers. And they don't all have good quality. People on EBT buy the overpriced food because they can't always get to other places to shop. City Grocers could compete and make money off food stamps in spite of its high prices.
2:37 PM, February 22, 2006
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