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EPISODE · Nov 6, 2025 · 6 MIN

Raleigh restaurant owner Anthony Rapillo discusses offering free food as SNAP benefits end

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Anthony Rapillo owns four restaurants between Cary and Raleigh. He's getting ready to open three other spots in the Triangle. When he heard that more than 580,000 across the state were impacted by SNAP benefits ending, he decided to step in to help. He is now offering free food, once per week, to SNAP recipients at V Pizza, La Taqueria and Flour and Barrell. Rapillo joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss how he’s trying to help people.

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