This article will provide you with a detailed list of grocery stores that accept EBT online. Over the years, your EBT cards cannot be used for online grocery ordering and grocery delivery. But currently, the programs have been approved by the USDA. This means that EBT cards can now be used for online grocery ordering and delivery through select participating retailers.
Your EBT card is like a debit card that allows the cardholder to purchase food approved by USDA list, from grocery stores and other merchants that are approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to accept food stamps.
USDA Online EBT Pilot Program
The United States Department of Agriculture, which oversees the foods stamps program initiated the Online Purchasing Pilot in January 2017 with some selected retailers for the initial launch of the EBT Online Purchasing Pilot.
The approved governmental or nonprofit organizations provide food delivery services to elderly or disabled persons who are unable to go grocery shopping. The participating organizations accept EBT payments from SNAP recipients who were elderly or disabled and in need of grocery delivery services.
Below is a list of grocery stores that accept EBT online and participate in the USDA’s Online Purchasing Pilot.
Grocery Stores That Accept EBT Online For Delivery
FreshDirect.com
- Pilot Status: Approved and accepting EBT for online ordering and delivery
- Delivery Area: Bronx, NY zip codes 10454 and 10455
- Minimum Purchase: $30
- Payment Method: Order must be paid with EBT only. It cannot be split with credit, debit, or another form of payment.
- Fees: No taxes, surcharge, or delivery fee
To learn more about Fresh Direct’s participation in this new pilot program, visit their website.
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ShopRite
- Pilot Status: Approved and accepting EBT for online ordering
- Delivery Area: Online shopping with in-store pick-up is available at all ShopRite locations. However, online shopping with delivery varies by location. The following states have some ShopRite locations that do offer
- home delivery: Maryland, New Jersey, and New York
- Minimum Purchase: No minimum purchase
- Payment Method: For pick-up orders, choose a payment method when checking out online. Bring your EBT card and ID to the store for payment when you pick up your order. For delivery orders, you may pay online or choose pay on delivery. If you choose to pay on delivery, you must be present when your order is delivered, and you must have your EBT card available so the payment may be processed.
- Fees: Pick-up and delivery fees vary by store location. Find your local ShopRite store.
Walmart Stores, Inc.
- Pilot Status: Approved and accepting EBT for online ordering and in-store pickup only, no delivery. Currently, only stores in participating zip codes are eligible to participate. The list of zip codes and participating stores is available on Walmart Grocery Help.
- Delivery Area: No delivery.
- Minimum Purchase: According to a Walmart customer service representative, the minimum purchase amount is $30
- Payment Method: Enter your EBT card information upon checkout and make sure to bring your EBT card and your ID with you when you pick up your order in store.
Fees: Normal taxes will apply
Amazon
- Pilot Status: Approved but not yet accepting EBT as a means of payment. But Amazon.com currently offers EBT Cardholders over 50% discount on Amazon Prime membership.
- Delivery Area: Not yet known
- Minimum Purchase: Not yet known
- Payment Method: Not yet known
- Fees: Not yet known
- According to this page of Amazon’s website and an Amazon customer service representative, Amazon does not currently accept EBT as a form of payment. The customer service representative did not have a date as to when Amazon will begin participating in this pilot program.
Dash’s Market
- Pilot Status: Approved but not yet accepting EBT
- Delivery Area: Not yet known
- Minimum Purchase: Not yet known
- Payment Method: Not yet known
- Fees: Not yet known
- The implementation of online payment with an EBT card has been delayed. There is no confirmed date regarding when EBT payments will be accepted, according to a Dash’s Market customer service representative.
Hy-Vee, Inc.
- Pilot Status: Approved but not yet accepting EBT
- Delivery Area: Not yet known
- Minimum Purchase: Not yet known
- Payment Method: Not yet known
- Fees: Not yet known
- According to Hy-Vee’s website, they are currently unable to process EBT payments for online shopping.
Hart’s Local Grocers
- Pilot Status: Approved but not yet accepting EBT
- Delivery Area: Not yet known
Minimum Purchase: Not yet known - Payment Method: Not yet known
- Fees: Not yet known
- Hart’s Local Grocers is working with New York State to implement a system to accept EBT cards for online ordering, but they are not currently set up to do so, per Hart’s customer service representative. Hart’s hopes to be participating in the pilot sometime in 2019.
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Safeway, Inc.
- Pilot Status: Approved but not yet accepting EBT
- Delivery Area: Not yet known
- Minimum Purchase: Not yet known
- Payment Method: Not yet known
- Fees: Not yet known
- According to Safeway’s website, they are currently not accepting EBT payments for online orders.
Wright’s Markets, Inc.
- Pilot Status: Approved but not yet accepting EBT
- Delivery Area: Not yet known
- Minimum Purchase: Not yet known
- Payment Method: Not yet known
- Fees: Not yet known
- Wright’s Markets is not yet accepting EBT cards as a form of online payment, per a Wright’s Markets customer service representative. It is unknown when they will implement online ordering using EBT cards.
Grocery delivery for purchases made with an EBT card isn’t common, but the USDA is working on making grocery stores that accept EBT online delivery available. In case you don’t need delivery, check out the list of grocery stores that accept EBT.
Randy Thomas
So my SS was cut from 1532/mo to 1145/mo because some back taxes that the IRS said I still owe, but didn’t bother to show me. My SNAP was cut from 21/mo to 15/mo at the same time and I really dont understand that move. I get a decrease in SS and a decrease in SNAP (but really!! 15/month, would not feed my ant farm. Thanks for the 30 dollar min order for groceries, Now that ive been decreased to 15/month I can rest easy and hungry knowing that I wont ever miss a delivery,.