USDA Expands SNAP Online Shopping In the Southeast

Online grocery shopping is a vital tool for addressing nutrition security

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in partnership with states, territories and retailers across the region, continues to expand opportunities for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, participants to conveniently shop online for groceries. More than 150 additional retailer chains are now offering online shopping to SNAP participants, representing thousands of actual stores. In collaboration with state agency and vendor partners, USDA has expanded the availability of SNAP online purchasing to 49 states and the District of Columbia, providing more than 99% of all SNAP participants with access to online purchasing.

“Online grocery shopping is a convenient, safe, secure, way to shop for food while saving SNAP participants time and money,” said Stacy Dean, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services. “Expanding the diversity of our online shopping retailers is a critical component of our nutrition security goal to provide better access to healthy, safe, affordable foods.”

New SE retailers added in May:

  1. Freshfields Farm (2 stores in FL)
  2. Compare Foods Supermarket DBA AJP Enterprises, Inc. (6 stores in NC)
  3. Lake Region Supermarket Inc. DBA Lake Region IGA (1 store in PA)
  4. Whole Foods (33 stores in FL, 483 stores across the US)

New SE Retailers added in August

  1. New SE Hometown Markets (1 store in AL)
  2. Opie Drive-Thru Grocery (1 store in SC)

SE Retailers added in August:

  1. Froogel's Cost Plus Foods (1 store in MS)
  2. Autry Greer Cash Savers (11 stores in AL, 5 stores throughout FL and MS)
  3. Hornbacher's (6 stores in ND, 2 stores in MN)
  4. KVAT Food City, "Food City" (11 stores in VA, 92 stores throughout AL, GA, KY, and TN)

 USDA is actively providing technical assistance to all stakeholders who are interested in offering SNAP online purchasing, and is dedicated to bringing a more diverse, broader range of new grocers online, with a focus on smaller, independent stores.

For more information about the program and the full list of retailers approved to provide SNAP online purchasing, visit the SNAP online webpage. USDA also recommends visiting your local retailer’s website to find out whether grocery delivery is available for your location.

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, also known as ARP, provided $25 million for EBT modernization that can be used through fiscal year 2026. As part of that commitment to modernization, USDA has taken the following actions:

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service leverages its 15 nutrition assistance programs to ensure that children, low-income individuals, and families have opportunities for a better future through equitable access to safe, healthy, and nutritious food, while building a more resilient food system. Under the leadership of Secretary Tom Vilsack, FNS is fighting to end food and nutrition insecurity for all through programs such as SNAP, school meals, and WIC. FNS also provides science-based nutrition recommendations through the co-development of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. To learn more, visit www.fns.usda.gov and follow @USDANutrition.

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