Summary
Several companies, including Instacart and DoorDash, are offering discounts and other financial help to people who get SNAP (food assistance) benefits as the U.S. faces a potential cut in these payments. These companies aim to help SNAP recipients by providing grocery discounts and waiving fees.
Key Facts
- Instacart will offer a 50% discount on grocery orders to customers who used a SNAP/EBT card in October.
- Instacart is increasing its support for food banks from 100 to 300, costing $5 million.
- Gopuff will provide $50 worth of free groceries to SNAP recipients in November, spending up to $10 million.
- DoorDash will waive fees for 300,000 SNAP recipient orders and deliver 1 million meals from food banks for free.
- Zip Co. will offer no-fee installment payments for groceries to SNAP recipients if government payments stop.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to pause SNAP payments on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.
- DoorDash has over 2.4 million customers using a SNAP/EBT card with their accounts.
