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41 Best Places To Use Your SNAP Benefits

May 13, 2025

4 min Read

Written by Caitlyn Moorhead

Edited by Zoey Quach

Chicago - Circa April 2022: SNAP and EBT Accepted here sign.

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If you are one of the many families who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, you might have wondered about where you can use them beyond your neighborhood grocery store. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), SNAP benefits on your Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card are eligible to be used at any authorized retail food store in the U.S., including the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam.

When so much information about food costs, tariffs and grocery bills is floating around in confusion, it’s good to know exactly where you can go to use your SNAP EBT cards. The best way to find out all of the retailers near you that will accept your EBT card for payment is to use the SNAP Retailer Locator. Here a where you can use your SNAP benefits, including popular fast-food restaurants and participating retailers.

Best Retailers and Grocery Stores for SNAP

Besides the stores listed below, hundreds of places such as online retailers, restaurants and supermarkets accept SNAP benefits as payments, many of which are probably near you. For example, besides 7-Eleven, many other convenience stores will accept SNAP payments. Though the current White House administration has made noise to make your SNAP application more difficult, there have been no major changes thus far in 2025.

So, if you are eligible for SNAP, having an outline or map of where to go can help you stick to your budget, or even come in under it. Here are some popular places that may make applying for SNAP a good fit as you shop there anyway:

Costco
Kroger
Dollar General
Family Dollar
Dollar Tree
Piggly Wiggly
Walgreens
Albertsons
CVS Pharmacy
Safeway
7-Eleven
Target
Publix
Rite Aid
Trader Joes
Walmart
Aldi

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Online Retailers That Accept SNAP Benefits

Not everyone prefers to go into stores to shop, and some stores allow SNAP-eligible people to use their benefits for online orders. The following is not an exhaustive list and not every location of each store listed will accept an EBT card for online orders (though many of the stores above also allow for online ordering options).

Verify whether you can pay with your SNAP benefits in advance of placing an order. Also, note that your SNAP benefits are only authorized to pay for eligible food items, so delivery fees and other associated charges will not be covered.

Instacart
Walmart
Amazon
BJ’s Wholesale Club
Food Lion
Publix
Safeway
Albertson’s
Von’s
ShopRight
Stop & Shop
Hy-Vee
H-E-B

Various smaller grocery chains and independent stores are also offering consumers the option to pay for their online grocery orders with their SNAP benefits, including Giant Eagle, Giant Food, Save Mart, FoodMaxx and Lucky Supermarkets. Check with your favorite local grocery store or even farmers market to see if it will accept your SNAP benefits for online orders or visit the USDA’s list, which is organized by state.

Best Places To Eat With Your SNAP Benefits

You can also use your SNAP benefits at some restaurants through the Restaurant Meals Program. But you have to meet certain qualifications and live in a state that participates in the RMP to do so. The program was created for people who cannot prepare food for themselves or who do not have a permanent home to store and prepare food.

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Restaurants that participate in the RMP program will vary by state and location. Each state is allowed to choose which restaurants and how many restaurants they want to participate in their state’s RMP. For example, some of the participating restaurants and popular national picks include the following: