Food Stamp Use Hit Record 40.8m In May

The number of Americans receiving food stamps rose to a record 40.8 million in May as the jobless rate hovered near a 27-year high, the govt reported yesterday.Recipients of SNAP subsidies for food purchases jumped 19% from a year earlier and increased 0.9% from April, the US Dept of Agriculture said in a statement on its website.

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