I'm not 100% familiar with the sugar tax. The one from the UK? That's what a web search came up with. You would have to define junk food. It could be done via the nutritional content of the food, that way repacking would not be effective. Soda would be easy, that is already defined. I'm sure Kroger isn't breaking the law. I don't have one by me so I dunno exactly what foods they are. Like a rotisserie chicken? Those are actually a good value, even though it could be since as a prepaired food under the law. However why would be disallow a purchase of a food like that, but allow candy bars? I'm not sure how the school lunch attempt applies here. I was never for that, it ended up in a lot of food being thrown out. Current EBT abuse isn't a reason for disliking this. However maybe more of an effort should be made to clamp down on that current abuse, or perhaps we need a more fundamental program change. I'm not a fan of EBT at all, why not change it to a voucher system, where it is very clear what you can get with each voucher.