HedgeyeRetail Visual: SNAP/FDO Update

08/09/12 10:55AM EDT

Latest data shows modest uptick in the percent of Americans benefitting from food stamps (otherwise known as SNAP – Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) to about 15%. Don’t be fooled. The year/year growth rate is actually declining at an accelerated rate. At the current trajectory, it should go negative by October.


We think that growing SNAP participation has been a significant tailwind for dollar stores over the last 5-years. The absence of which we think is something that will temper their top-line growth rate on the margin. We remain bearish on FDO.  

HedgeyeRetail Visual: SNAP/FDO Update       - SNAP



 

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