Kroger lost $12 billion to Walmart and Amazon in one year — now 3,000 workers are losing their jobs as SNAP cuts hit

Sylvester Plumbar and his wife, Shelia, check out at Kroger in Houston. More than five million people have lost access to food assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, since President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year, PBS reports. The effects are starting to be seen in the grocery industry. Back in May, industry analysts predicted this wouldn't just hurt families, overwhelm food pantries, and strain food budgets to the breaking point — it could decimate local economies.