SNAP Healthy Fluid Milk Incentive Program Expands to Additional 575 Stores in 16 States with Award to Auburn Hunger Solutions Institute

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released grant-approval to significantly expand the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Projects (HFMI)—a program established by Congress in the 2018 Farm Bill and one of the Department’s key nutrition incentive programs for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

BJ’s Wholesale Club Now Accepts SNAP via Instacart for Same-Day Delivery

November 6, 2023 Instacart

BJ’s customers can enter their SNAP card information as a form of payment on their Instacart profile, making it easy to use SNAP benefits when shopping on Instacart. They can also split the payment at checkout and use both their SNAP card and other payment methods to complete their weekly shop in one order. 

Kroger Expands Fresh Food Access with EBT Payment Acceptance for SNAP Online Grocery Orders Nationwide

October 27, 2023 Kroger

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today announced it now accepts EBT payment for digital Pickup and Delivery orders across Kroger Family of Stores, expanding customer access to fresh, healthy foods under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Homesome Partners with Forage to Accept EBT SNAP Payments Online

September 22, 2023 Forage

Homesome, the all in one e-commerce platform, today announced a partnership with payments processor Forage to launch SNAP as a payment method. Through this partnership, Homesome plans to launch SNAP with LaBonne’s Markets and expand to additional merchants over the next 12 months. 

FMI Endorses Senate Legislation Banning SNAP Processing Fees

July 24, 2023 FMI

FMI – The Food Industry Association welcomed the introduction of the Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions (EBT) Act (S. 2449) by Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Peter Welch (D-VT), Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to prevent the levying of processing and other related fees on grocers for purchases made with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.