DoorDash, restaurants offer free help as SNAP funding lapses during shutdown

DoorDash, restaurants offer free help as SNAP funding lapses during shutdown

Businesses are working to minimize the potential damage from SNAP benefits not going out at the beginning of November due to the federal government shutdown.DoorDash said it will waive delivery and service fees for partner food banks, food pantries and grocers.No one should go hungry in America - period, said Max Rettig, Vice President and Global Head of Public Policy at DoorDash. Millions of families are worried right now about how theyll put f…

DoorDash Launches Crisis Plan As Millions Expected To Lose SNAP Benefits

As the government shutdown continues, more than 40 million people in the U.S. are set to lose access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. As a result a food delivery company launched an “emergency food response” to support those in need throughout next month. DoorDash said it plans to deliver roughly one million free meals through its food bank partners, waive fees for 300,000 snap recipients ordering groceries from partici…

DoorDash Launches Emergency Food Response as SNAP Funding Crisis Threatens Millions

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — With federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at risk due to the ongoing government shutdown, DoorDash has announced a nationwide Emergency Food Response aimed at preventing millions of Americans from going hungry. The initiative, launched Sunda