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Being elderly, disabled, alone, and with no car,
I have been using Walmart's grocery delivery and the Kroger (locally, Smith's) grocery delivery,
charging it to my credit card.
Today I saw I am able to use my EBT with Walmart grocery delivery online.
I've shopped Walmart "in store" a number of years and see their on line prices are comparable to their "in store" prices.
You do need to list a credit card where they can charge the delivery fee (if any) or any non food items.
Also, if you post your EBT info to Amazon, you can get Amazon PRIME at half price (about $6 a month) and use your EBT to buy groceries from the Amazon PANTRY. Look for 'EBT eligible', as the item must be sold and shipped by Amazon to qualify for EBT.
At this time you can not use EBT to buy food from Amazon's WHOLE FOODS Market or 'Amazon Fresh'.
There is no delivery fee with Amazon PRIME.
Although other grocers do delivery, Amazon and Walmart are the only two I am aware of which accept EBT.
Budi
(15,325 posts)servermsh
(913 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)servermsh
(913 posts)...but if you Google search for "FNS Launches the Online Purchasing Pilot", you can probably find the USDA website listing the states.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)will post
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/online-purchasing-pilot
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)You need a minimum $$ amount in the order to get the free delivery. I think it's $35.
This is true of any grocery order with PRIME.
choie
(4,111 posts)I help older adults apply for SNAP in NYC and ShopRite also offers the option of using an EBT card to pay for groceries online. There are some states that don't even have this option, unfortunately.