Community Food Services NAICS 624210

Nov 12, 2025 - Progress Made On Restoring SNAP Funding

• The US Senate passed continuing resolution legislation to fund the federal government through January. The legislation must also be passed by the House of Representatives, then signed into law by President Trump. The federal government shutdown has suspended the distribution of food stamp benefits to low-income families via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program. Congress must enact interim or full-year funding appropriations for agencies and programs whose continued operation depends on annual appropriation acts. When Congress fails to enact interim or full-year appropriations, it may enact short-term measures, known as “continuing resolutions” to keep the government funded for a few days, weeks, or months at previous levels until final budgeting decisions are made.
• Groceries got more expensive from June 2024 to June 2025 in every category tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and community food services may see greater demand as a result. The 3% increase in the cost of food during the period is greater than the overall inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index at 2.7%. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased in price by 5.6% (egg prices alone rose 27.3%). Nonalcoholic beverages are 4.4% more expensive. Fruits and vegetables increased in price by 0.7%. Almost 90% of American adults said that they're stressed about the cost of groceries, according to a July poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

• The $3.4 trillion One Big Beautiful Bill signed into law includes $186 billion in cuts over the next decade to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Demand at community food services may increase as a result. The law will also require more Americans who receive food stamps through SNAP to work to keep their benefits. The bill would broaden the existing work mandate to enrollees ages 55 to 64 and parents of children ages 14 and older, as well as to veterans, former foster youth, and people experiencing homelessness.
• Community food service industry employment and average wages for nonsupervisory employees decreased slightly during the first seven months of 2025, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Personal income, an indicator of demand for community food services, increased moderately in 2024, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Demand for community food services is likely to decrease as personal income increases.