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Amazon, Walmart now offering grocery delivery to SNAP recipients

Walmart and Amazon are now accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, commonly known as food stamps, for online grocery delivery in New York.

Signs for Amazon Go are seen outside the grocery store's location on June 16, 2017 in Seattle, Washington.
Signs for Amazon Go are seen outside the grocery store's location on June 16, 2017 in Seattle, Washington.
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Walmart and Amazon are now accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, commonly known as food stamps, for online grocery delivery in New York. It’s part of a Department of Agriculture pilot program that aims to give low-income communities better access to healthy food.

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