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Food stamps: Where you can use your SNAP benefits

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Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can use their benefits at most grocery stores, including in major chains such as Amazon.

Food stamp recipients can use the SNAP Retailer Locator to find a store that accepts the benefits, which includes stores such as Giant and Safeway.Some stores, including Amazon, Aldi via Instacart, Giant, and certain Safeway locations in Washington, D.C., allow residents to use their SNAP benefits to order food items online and then have them delivered to their residences. However, SNAP benefits cannot be used for delivery charges.

Shoppers can use their SNAP electronic benefits transfer cards to buy food items such as fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy products, bread, cereals, seeds, and plants used to produce food. Other foods, such as snacks and non-alcoholic beverages, can also be purchased using SNAP benefits.

 

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