The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) published a proposed rule to define “variety” and update the staple food stocking requirements for small format retailers, like convenience stores, participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailers. While this proposal expands the staple food varieties retailers can count in the protein category, it significantly restricts what retailers are allowed to count in the grains category and it limits what retailers can count in the dairy category.
To help NACS provide strong comments on the proposal, we need your feedback on what your store currently carries and what challenges you may face in implementing the proposed rule as written.
This survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. Thank you for your participation!
