SNAP
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federally funded program that provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford the nutritious food, like fresh fruits and vegetables, essential to health and well-being.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Online Purchasing Pilot allows households in participating States to use their SNAP benefits to purchase groceries online from authorized, participating retailers.
Nearly a dozen retailers are currently going through the approval and testing process for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Online Purchasing Pilot.
A USDA pilot program designed to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to buy groceries online could expose them to unwanted data collection and manipulative online marketing.