SNAP

National Grocers Association (NGA) Applauds Congressional Action to Protect Grocers and SNAP Participants in FY 2025 Agriculture Appropriations Bill 

July 21, 2024 National Grocers Association

A proposal dropped from the final bill would have created a five-state pilot to significantly limit the types of foods covered under SNAP, forcing grocers to examine hundreds of thousands of food items to determine which qualify and which don’t. The proposed pilot program would have allowed five state governments to pick winners and losers in the grocery sector, harming the 42 million SNAP participants who have diverse nutritional needs. …

Add Milk! Program Expands in 500 Meijer Stores Across the Midwest

July 16, 2024 The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)

Midwest retailer Meijer recently doubled the Add Milk! program discount it offers to SNAP-eligible participants – upping it to 40 percent off any brand or size of low-fat or non-fat milk. A community event held at Meijer store in East Lansing, Mich., marked the expansion of the program. U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) was in attendance. …

Meijer Doubles Milk Discount for SNAP Participants

July 8, 2024 Meijer

Midwest retailer Meijer is doubling the milk discount it offers SNAP-eligible participants – upping it to 40 percent off any brand or size of 1 percent or fat free milk – in its ongoing effort to increase access to healthy foods and beverages. …

Forage and DoorDash Partner to Scale SNAP/EBT Payments for On-Demand Grocery Delivery 

June 26, 2024 Forage

Forage’s seamless integration, enhanced reliability, and dedicated SNAP experts help to accelerate the USDA authorization process for merchants on DoorDash, reducing the time it takes for them to start accepting SNAP/EBT on the app. Through this partnership, consumers can order SNAP-eligible groceries from more merchants while using their SNAP benefits on DoorDash. …

IDFA Applauds SNAP Dairy Nutrition Incentives Program Included in Senate Republicans’ Farm Bill Framework and Other IDFA Priorities

June 19, 2024 The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)

The Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act currently has 8 bipartisan co-sponsors in the Senate and 15 bipartisan cosponsors in the House. The program would expand the HFMI projects—a 2018 Farm Bill program currently testing best practices for incentivizing milk purchases among SNAP beneficiaries in 19 states—to include a wide variety of nutritious milk and dairy products.  …