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Three Kroger chains will now offer SNAP EBT payments

SNAP benefits can be used via app or when shopping online

Bill Wilson, Senior editor at Supermarket News

June 9, 2023

1 Min Read

Fred Meyer, Smith’s, and QFC, all owned by Kroger, will start taking SNAP EBT payments for orders online. The option will be offered at Fred Meyer and QFC stores in Washington state, Oregon, and Idaho, and at all Smith’s locations, reports Yahoo Finance.

The three chains had previously been accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at brick-and-mortar locations, but now shoppers can apply those benefits via the stores’ app and online. Customers will need to create an account with either option.

Kroger stores in Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee started taking SNAP orders over the internet back in April.

The latest debt-ceiling agreement that was signed by President Joe Biden over the weekend is expected to affect 750,000 SNAP welfare recipients ages 50 to 54.

 

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About the Author

Bill Wilson

Senior editor at Supermarket News

Bill Wilson is the senior editor at Supermarket News, covering all things grocery and retail. He has been a journalist in the B2B industry for 25 years. He has received two Robert F. Boger awards for his work as a journalist in the infrastructure industry and has over 25 editorial awards total in his career. He graduated cum laude from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a major in broadcast communications.

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