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Supervalu properties chasing food stamp users

Supermarkets around the country moving their opening hours, adding products and revamping merchandise assortments to grab a share of the nearly $72 billion per year in food stamps doled out by the federal government. Bloomberg says Eden-Prairie-based Supervalu is leading this charge.
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Supermarkets around the country moving their opening hours, adding products and revamping merchandise assortments to grab a share of the nearly $72 billion per year in food stamps doled out by the federal government. Bloomberg says Eden-Prairie-based Supervalu is leading this charge.

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