Food stamp recipients will be able to use online delivery services to buy groceries under a two-year pilot program that just launched in New York.
Food stamp recipients will be able to use online delivery services such as Amazon and Walmart to buy groceries under a two-year pilot program that just launched in New York state.
"People who receive SNAP benefits should have the opportunity to shop for food the same way more and more Americans shop for food — by ordering and paying for groceries online," said USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue."As technology advances, it is important for SNAP to advance, too, so we can ensure the same shopping options are available for both non-SNAP and SNAP recipients."
Participants in the pilot program won't be allowed to use their food stamp benefits to pay for service or delivery fees. "As we expand participating areas throughout the life of the pilot, Amazon believes the program will dramatically increase access to food for more remote customers and help to mitigate the public health crisis of food deserts," Kristina Herrmann, an Amazon director in charge of the company's participation in the USDA pilot, wrote in a blog last week.
SNAP participants in states participating in the pilot will be able to order groceries online and pick them up at Walmart locations. A Walmart official said the retailer giant is making nearly 275 grocery pickup stores in the states eligible for the pilot.
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