SNAP Benefits: Do Home Delivery Services Accept EBT Cards?

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal nutrition assistance program and provides benefits to eligible low-income individuals and families via an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. Said EBT card enables beneficiaries to purchase eligible food in authorized retail food stores. But do meal delivery kits accept EBT?

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Frugalreality.com pointed out that there are several reasons why some beneficiaries might need to find delivery kits, including the fact that the nearby grocery store isn’t well-stocked, or you are short on time to visit a crowded store. The delivery factor also can save on time and gas.

However, Top Box Foods seems to be the only meal delivery service that accepts EBT at the moment, according to Frugalreality.com, while its top competitors — Hello Fresh and Blue Apron — don’t accept EBT as a payment method. That means SNAP recipients have limited options because most meal delivery services don’t accept EBT cards.

But this might soon change as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a federal pilot program geared toward allowing states to add EBT cards as an online payment option so that grocery stores and meal delivery services can start accepting EBT and SNAP food stamps, Frugalreality.com reported.

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