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In Indiana, where Forsythe's company has six stores, for example.

Forsyth says customers trying to buy items that they used to be able to purchase with their benefits are complaining when they can't anymore.

In a statement, USDA said the department wants to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent on foods that support, quote, healthy and nutritious lifestyles.

Tatiana Andreeva, who teaches food policy at the University of Connecticut, says.

Chris Reedy, chief revenue officer at the cashback app Ibotta, says there's some early evidence that self-identified SNAP shoppers did change their shopping habits in the states that got waivers to implement the restrictions.

Reedy says there's been a similar pattern for candy purchases.

The USDA is also trying to increase access to healthier foods in stores that accept SNAP.

By early November, all SNAP retailers will need to carry at least seven options in each of the staple food categories—dairy, vegetables or fruits, grains, and protein.

And more of those items offered will have to be perishable.

This might have less of an effect at the larger grocery stores where most SNAP purchases happen and most SNAP dollars are spent.

But Shelley Verplug at the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy says meeting the requirements could be a challenge for smaller stores.

There might be some new administrative costs and just hassle factors to participate in the program.

They may decide it's not worth participating in.

which in turn could cause problems for SNAP recipients in areas where a supermarket may be far away.

Those that may lack vehicles or may be constrained in their mobility, if they were using quite a bit of their benefits at smaller stores and those smaller stores end up leaving the SNAP program, it could really impact their access.

Verplug adds that with changes to eligibility requirements and fewer people receiving SNAP benefits, there's less spent by SNAP participants.

And that just makes the program less attractive to stores to participate in for that reason, too.

Back at Modo Inc.

headquarters, Rob Forsyth worries if stores stop accepting Snap, that'll be a disservice to vulnerable Snap recipients.

He thinks most of Modo's convenience stores will be able to adapt to the changes.