Snap Benefits Stop Nov. 1. This Portland Coffee Shop Is Serving Free Snap Breakfast 'Until Everyone’s Benefits Are Reinstated, Or We Go Broke Doing It'

Snap Benefits Stop Nov. 1. This Portland Coffee Shop Is Serving Free Snap Breakfast 'Until Everyone’s Benefits Are Reinstated, Or We Go Broke Doing It'

Snap Benefits Stop Nov. 1. This Portland Coffee Shop Is Serving Free Snap Breakfast 'Until Everyone’s Benefits Are Reinstated, Or We Go Broke Doing It' As the government shutdown enters its 26th day, America’s most vulnerable households are bearing the cost.  According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 42 million Americans will lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on November 1. Soon after the USDA posted that “the well had run dry,” Portland’s nonprofit coffee shop, Heretic Coffee, shared its own announcement.  “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 has been serving Portland for a little over two years.  “As a business that sells coffee and food, it didn’t feel right t…