Minnesota food shelves fear they won't have enough to offer if SNAP benefits run out

Hunger is coming to Minnesota, local food banks warn, as SNAP benefits are scheduled to run out in days if the federal government shutdown does not end.

Forty-two million people will lose benefits nationwide , including more than 440,000 Minnesotans, on Saturday.

Local food banks are bracing for a surge in demand , fearing they won't have enough food to offer.

The Food Group is a Minnesota nonprofit that works with and administers grants to food banks statewide.

"This is really an unprecedented situation. We have food shelves who have already been at capacity with high grocery prices, seeing over 9 million visits last year," Sophie Lenarz-Coy, executive director of The Food Group, said.

Without SNAP benefits, one of the only options is food shelves, which many SNAP recipie