Panera said : " Shaich lived on the amount a food - collector gets each week . Shaich thought he knew about hunger , but this opened his eyes to real problem . He drank water and ate carbs , lost energy and admits it was only a week , not his life . In the SNAP challenge , you live on a food and beverage budget of $ 4.50 a day , the average amount a recipient of food stamps gets in benefits . Shaich says hunger is not ` ` their '' problem , it 's ours as a society .
Panera said : " Shaich lived on the amount a food - collector gets each week . Shaich thought he knew about hunger , but this opened his eyes to real problem . He drank water and ate carbs , lost energy and admits it was only a week , not his life . Shaich says hunger is not ` ` their '' problem , it 's ours as a society .