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it s pitch black, it s midnight, they aren t shopping in the middle of night because they want to, because they have to. they re out of food and just moments ago got their monthly allotment of food stamps. it s a brutal waiting game for a growing number of american families. so many people are shopping the instant they get their assi assistan assistance, it s changes the way walmart, the nation s largest retailer, does business. carol johnston, senior vice president of store operations for walmart. a few years back we started seeing customers were literally sometimes at midnight, really showing up in our stores. reporter: the first of the month? on the first of the month. reporter: that s when james and jessica shop. part of the nearly 46 million americans 15% of the population, that depend now on federal assistance for food. but they re not chronically poor. they re a working couple. last year, the couple made $48,000 a year, today they make

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