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Walgreens and the grocery delivery specialist Instacart are teaming up to expand food access to millions of low-income Americans across the United States.The companies announced Tuesday that people who are on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, can now use their Electronic Benefit Transfer — or EBT — cards to purchase groceries online from Walgreens and have them delivered the same day by Instacart.
DoorDash begins accepting SNAP/EBT paymentsCurrently, most Walgreens stores only accept SNAP/EBT for in-person purchases. But now tens of millions of Americans who currently receive the monthly food assistance benefits will be able to shop for SNAP-eligible items online from more than 7,500 Walgreens stores nationwide.
White House to provide summer grocery money to 21 million kidsMore than 42 million people in the U.S. receive monthly SNAP benefits, according to figures from the Department of Agriculture. Eligibility is based on income. For example, a family of four would have to gross less than $3,007 a month to be eligible for benefits.
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