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Officials with convenience store chains in Arizona said they hope to keep accepting food stamps from customers and do not expect to have must trouble meeting the new food-stocking requirements to do so. (Photo by Joe Crawford via flickr/Creative Commons)

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WASHINGTON - Convenience stores will have to start stocking a variety of "staple foods" alongside the snacks and fountain drinks if they want to keep accepting food stamps, under a little-noticed section of the farm bill.The provision, tucked into the nearly 1,000-page bill signed into law Friday by President Barack Obama, would require that stores increase the "depth of stock" in four of those staples: bread or cereals, vegetables or fruits, dairy products, and meat, poultry or fish.

By BY MAURO WHITEMAN February 11, 2014
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