US EditionInstacart Pledges SNAP Help—Joining Doordash, Albertsons, Influencer Keith Lee And More (Updating List)
Instacart, DoorDash, and Gopuff provide discounts and free delivery to SNAP users amid funding lapse affecting over 40 million beneficiaries, including families and seniors.
- On Nov. 1, Instacart, DoorDash and Gopuff announced relief programs to aid SNAP recipients as 42 million Americans face a federal food benefits cutoff in the United States.
- The USDA warned SNAP won’t send benefits after Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown, halting $8.3 million per month in federal food assistance.
- To qualify, customers must link a SNAP EBT card and apply discount codes; Instacart offers 50% off up to $50 and expands Community Carts to more than 300 food banks as part of $5 million relief.
- Millions of families are bracing for empty EBT cards as SNAP pauses, prompting grocers, delivery apps and nonprofits to act quickly while corporate aid covers only a fraction of lost federal support.
- Nearly 62% of SNAP recipients are families with children, and more than two dozen attorneys and governors filed a lawsuit Tuesday, while a federal judge in Boston may order reserves used.
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Instacart, DoorDash, Gopuff and Zip are offering discounts to SNAP recipients getting cut off from food aid payments
Instacart said Friday it will offer customers who receive SNAP benefits 50% on their next grocery order to ease strain as the government prepares to cut off food aid payments. Instacart said any customer who placed an order in October using a SNAP/EBT card will be eligible for the discount, which will be available even if the government makes the payments as planned on Nov. 1. Instacart said it is also expanding the number of food banks it suppo…
Instacart, DoorDash and other companies offer discounts to SNAP recipients
Several big companies are reacting to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.
Instacart, GoPuff, DoorDash offer relief to SNAP participants amid government shutdown
Instacart, GoPuff, and DoorDash are stepping in to support SNAP participants, since millions of Americans may not receive their benefits in November. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it won’t use the SNAP contingency funding, which Congress has allocated for emergency scenarios, if the shutdown extends beyond Friday. However, two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must con…
Top food delivery apps providing discounts to SNAP recipients as government shutdown continues
Instacart said Friday it will offer customers who receive SNAP benefits 50% on their next grocery order to ease strain as the government prepares to cut off food aid payments.
Instacart, DoorDash, Other Companies Offering Discounts to SNAP Recipients
Multiple food delivery companies, such as DoorDash and Instacart, announced they will provide deep discounts or launch food assistance programs for customers who receive food stamps, as the program is slated to run dry on Nov. 1 due to the ongoing government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has warned that starting next month, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) won’t send benefits to people receiving assistan…
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