SAN FRANCISCO — Instacart has expanded its acceptance of the Electronic Benefits Transfer for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT SNAP) to all 50 states. The company said it is the first and only online grocery marketplace to achieve this feat, which it calls a significant move towards ensuring greater access to affordable and nutritious food
Low-income consumers tend to be underappreciated and misunderstood. But a recent study by the customer data science company dunnhumby suggests that grocers should consider paying more attention to their customers who are Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. SNAP recipients spend more of their money on food than people with higher incomes, according to dunnhumby,
NEW YORK – Regional supermarket operators Meijer and Bashas’ separately announced they are now accepting online payments by shoppers enrolled in SNAP, the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program. Meijer said this week it had added the capability at all of its Michigan locations, and would soon extend the service to SNAP shoppers in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
SAN FRANCISCO — Instacart is partnering with Aldi on a pilot program that will allow Electronic Benefit Transfer and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT SNAP) participants order fresh food and pantry staples from Aldi via Instacart’s same-day delivery and pickup services. The multi-phased launch will begin in the coming weeks with more than 60 Aldi
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) in a lawsuit concerning the confidentiality of store-level sales data provided to the government by retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The case stemmed from a 2011 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by a Sioux Falls,