A Portland Coffee Shop Offered Free Breakfast To Snap Recipients. Supporters Responded By Raising $75K In Two Days
A Portland Coffee Shop Offered Free Breakfast To Snap Recipients. Supporters Responded By Raising $75K In Two Days
A Portland Coffee Shop Offered Free Breakfast To Snap Recipients. Supporters Responded By Raising $75K In Two Days According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 42 million Americans will lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on November 1. Once this reality was made clear, Portland coffee shop Heretic Coffee announced it would feed vulnerable members of the community in response. “If your SNAP benefits are running out, then breakfast is on us,” the coffee shop wrote on October 26 in a now viral social media post. “NO ONE should have to worry about their next meal. Portland fam, we know it’s not much, but we’ll do our best to keep you fed. Starting November 1st, each day 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.” Heretic Coffee Co. in Portland, Oregon. Photo courtesy of Heretic Coffee Co. After Heretic Coffee made its announcement, one Threads user replied: “Sorry, but you will be bankrupt in a week.” “We responded with ‘Much rather go bankrupt feeding our people than selling coffee while …