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Instacart expands online SNAP acceptance to reach 96% of SNAP households with same-day grocery delivery

- Retail
Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced a series of retail expansions that will allow customers to use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to shop online for groceries for same-day delivery

Update on the farm bill

- Analysis
As IFPA launches a major campaign to preserve funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in the 2023 (whoops—2024) farm bill, it could be helpful to look back and see what is going on with it now.

NGA helps retailers with SNAP online purchases

- Retail
The National Growers Association Foundation has launched a website to answer retailers' questions about online SNAP purchasing.

USDA reports 30+% increase in food insecurity in 2022

- General News
USDA reports that household food security in the United States in 2022 grew nationally by 31% for all individuals and 44% among children

Kroger now accepts EBT payments for SNAP online grocery orders nationwide

- Retail
The Kroger Co. 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).

Ag secretary comments on 2022 Household Food Security in the U.S. report

- General News
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Economic Research Service released the Household Food Security in the United States in 2022 report, which examined American households’ ability to access sufficient food last year.

Instacart partnership to provide healthy grocery stipend for food insecure in Chicago

- General News
Wellness West, a coalition of Chicago's health and safety-net institutions, and Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced a new partnership that leverages the scale and convenience of Instacart to help food-insecurity and chronically ill individuals on the West Side of Chicago.

Food stamp spending fuels inflation, group says

- Featured
A government watch dog group says the massive expansion of the food stamp program under the Biden administration is a prime contributor to grocery inflation.

Instacart now accepts SNAP online in all 50 states

- General News
Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced that Electronic Benefits Transfer for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT SNAP) can now be used to buy groceries online via Instacart in every state, making Instacart the first and only online grocery marketplace to accept SNAP in all 50 states and Washington D.C.

Circana reports sharp decrease in household spending after COVID-era SNAP benefit cutoff

- General News
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), historically known as food stamps, has undergone recent changes, including the end of COVID relief benefits across the U.S. in March.