Amazon's Latest Grocery Experiment Involves Accepting Food Stamps

Style Magazine Newswire | 1/13/2017, 12:59 p.m.
Online grocery shopping will soon be a reality for a lot more families. Amazon, FreshDirect and other online grocers will …

Source: Mashable.com

Online grocery shopping will soon be a reality for a lot more families. Amazon, FreshDirect and other online grocers will now accept food stamps in a pilot program done in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The two-year program for families participating in SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, will start this summer. Families in parts of Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington will be eligible for different vendors.