Food Stamp Trafficking Discovered at Old Town Grocery
Pendleton Street convenience store removed from state's food stamp program.
Old Town Grocery and Carryout on Pendleton Street has been removed from the state’s food stamp program for the owner’s alleged illegal trafficking in Electronic Benefit Transfer cards. Beneficiaries of SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, use an EBT card, which look similar to a credit or debit card. The card and its accompanying PIN number are used each time a food purchase is made and the amount of the purchase is deducted from the card’s account. The store, located at 809 Pendleton St., is one of 15 Virginia retailers recently removed from the program, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. There were 13 retailers cited for trafficking, which is generally defined as exchanging Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP…
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Carl W.
8:41 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012
Why say "Thank you God bless?" Just cuz you go to church on Sunday doesn't give you the right to dismiss and belittle someone who has a well thought out and informed comment. Giving it up to God on Sunday, doesn't mean you can hate and shout people down mon-sat. Read what Doug said, his concerns are about safety, which is valid and the crime coming from the store, which is fact. And yeah I've … more ›