Now the GOP should immediately get these items removed from the list of items Welfare recipients can purchase.
They won't because they have already accepted the premise that the government should subsidy people's food. If they even restrict the program they'll get called names and immediately vote to fund the program even more.
That is partially why food prices are high. It's because food is heavily subsidized by government and crony-capitalists are lobbying government to exempt their products from regulation.