86 Stores That Accept EBT/Food Stamps/SNAP (Local & Online)

Woman buying groceries at a store that accepts EBT

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) allows recipients to use government benefits to purchase groceries using an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card.

Each month, the government will load a set amount of funds onto your EBT card based on your income level and household size.[1] You can then use your EBT card like a debit card to shop at a variety of stores.

Below, we list the stores that accept EBT and explain more about how EBT works.

We gathered this information by contacting customer service representatives for each store and viewing the USDA’s list of approved SNAP retailers.

What Can You Buy With an EBT Card?

You can use an EBT card to buy food for home consumption (as previously reported). Eligible foods include bread, cereal, fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, dairy products, and seeds or plants that produce food.

Your benefits will reload monthly; see our list of EBT deposit times by state.

You can’t use your EBT card to purchase everything that a grocery store sells, however.

Your SNAP benefits aren’t valid on beer, wine, liquor, cigarettes, tobacco, pet supplies, household supplies, or hot/prepared foods.[2]

Can You Use Your EBT Card Outside of the Issuing State?

EBT cards are “interoperable” — meaning you can use them outside of your home state. Because SNAP is a federal benefits program, all states must accept it (as previously reported).

One exception is if your issuing state offers the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP), which allows certain EBT recipients to buy hot meals at participating restaurants.[3]

If you qualify for the RMP in your state, you may not be able to purchase hot foods outside your county or state. Find out more about this program in our research on restaurants that take EBT.

Can You Use EBT Online?

The USDA has run several pilot programs to test the use of EBT cards for grocery delivery. Though you can’t use EBT online at all of the stores in our list below, your local store may participate in a pilot program.

For more information on EBT grocery delivery options, see our related research on using EBT online and EBT food delivery.

Some stores also accept EBT for curbside grocery pickup; see our list of grocery stores that take EBT for curbside services.

Stores That Accept EBT/SNAP/Food Stamps

The following grocery stores, superstores, and other stores accept EBT.

Independently-owned stores and farmer’s markets may also accept EBT — our list only includes national and regional chains.

Keep in mind that while EBT is widely accepted at grocery stores, select locations may not accept it; you may want to call the store you plan to visit or bring a backup payment option.

Note: This list is long; you can more easily find stores in your state that take EBT by using the Ctrl+F keyboard shortcut (Command+F on Mac) to search for your state’s two-letter abbreviation.

99 Ranch Market logo

99 Ranch Market

Acme Market logo

Acme Fresh Market

Albertsons logo

Albertsons

  • Locations: AZ, AR, CA, CO, ID, LA, MT, NV, NM, ND, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY
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ALDI logo

ALDI

  • Locations: AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV; see our dedicated research on ALDI’s accepted payment types.
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BI-LO

Big Lots logo

Big Lots

  • Locations: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY
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BigY logo

Big Y

BJs Wholesale Club logo

BJ’s Wholesale Club

  • Locations: CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, VA
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Braums logo

Braum’s

Bravo Market logo

Bravo Supermarkets

Brookshires Food logo

Brookshire’s

CashSaver logo

Cash Saver

Costco logo

Costco

  • Locations: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI
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Country Fair logo

Country Fair

CVS logo

CVS

  • Locations: All 50 states and the District of Columbia
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Dillons logo

Dillons

Dollar General logo

Dollar General

  • Locations: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WV, WI, WY
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Dollar Tree logo

Dollar Tree

  • Locations: All 50 states and the District of Columbia
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ElSuper logo

El Super

Fareway logo

Fareway Store

Festival Foods logo

Festival Foods

Food 4 Less logo

Food 4 Less

Food City logo

Food City

  • Locations: AZ, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, TN, TX, VA, VT
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FoodDepot logo

Food Depot

FoodGiant logo

Food Giant

Food Lion logo

Food Lion

  • Locations: DE, GA, KY, MD, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV
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Foodland logo

Foodland

Fred Meyer logo

Fred Meyer

The Fresh Market logo

The Fresh Market

  • Locations: AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MA, MS, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA
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Fresh Thyme Market logo

Fresh Thyme

Frys Food Stores logo

Fry’s Food

Giant Eagle logo

Giant Eagle

Giant Food logo

Giant Food

Gordon Foodservice logo

Gordon Food Service

  • Locations: FL, IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, PA, TN, WI
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Grocery Outlet logo

Grocery Outlet

Hannaford logo

Hannaford

Harps logo

Harp’s Food Store

Harris Teeter logo

Harris Teeter

Harveys logo

Harvey’s Supermarkets

H-E-B logo

H-E-B

HMart logo

Hmart

  • Locations: CA, GA, IL, MA, MD, MI, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA
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Hy-Vee

Hy-Vee

Ingles logo

Ingles Markets

Jewel Osco logo

Jewel-Osco

King Soopers logo

King Soopers

Kmart logo

Kmart

Kroger logo

Kroger

  • Locations: AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MI, MO, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV
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Lowes Foods logo

Lowes Food Store

Lidl logo

Lidl

Luckys Market logo

Lucky’s Market

Market Basket logo

Market Basket

  • Locations: AZ, LA, MA, ME, MI, MT, NC, NH, OH, TN, TX, WA, WI
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Meijer logo

Meijer

Pay Less Super Markets logo

Pay Less Super Markets

Pick n Save logo

Pick ‘n Save

Piggly Wiggly logo

Piggly Wiggly

  • Locations: AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MN, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV
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Price Chopper logo

Price Chopper

  • Locations: AR, CT, IA, KS, MA, MO, NH, NY, PA, VT
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Publix logo

Publix

QFC logo

QFC

Raleys logo

Raley’s

Ralphs logo

Ralphs

Randalls logo

Randalls

Rite Aid logo

Rite Aid

  • Locations: CA, CO, CT, DE, ID, MA, MD, MI, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VT, VA, WA
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Safeway logo

Safeway

  • Locations: AK, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, HI, ID, IN, MD, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, VA, WA, WY
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Sam's Club logo

Sam’s Club

  • Locations: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, WY
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Save A Lot logo

Save A Lot

  • Locations: AL, AR, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV
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Schnucks logo

Schnucks

Shaws logo

Shaw’s

ShopRite logo

ShopRite

Smart and Final logo

Smart & Final

Smiths logo

Smith’s Food and Drug

Sprouts logo

Sprouts Farmers Market

Stater Bros logo

Stater Bros. Market

Stop and Shop logo

Stop & Shop

  • Locations: AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MS, NC, NJ, NY, RI, TN, TX, VA, WA
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Target logo

Target

  • Locations: All 50 states and the District of Columbia
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Tom Thumb logo

Tom Thumb

Tops Friendly Markets logo

Tops Friendly Market

Trader Joes logo

Trader Joe’s

  • Location: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI
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Vons logo

Vons

Walgreens logo

Walgreens

  • Locations: All 50 states and the District of Columbia
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Walmart logo

Walmart

Wawa logo

Wawa

Wegmans logo

Wegmans

Weis Markets logo

Weis Markets

Whole Foods logo

Whole Foods

  • Locations: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI; see our research on the Whole Foods EBT policy.
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Winco Foods logo

WinCo Foods

Winn-Dixie logo

Winn-Dixie

Looking for other types of stores that accept EBT? See our lists of bakeries that take EBT and gas stations that accept EBT.

Stores That Don’t Accept EBT

Most grocery store chains accept EBT; we found no major national or regional grocery store chains that don’t accept it. However, EBT policies do vary among smaller grocers.

Grocery stores must apply for SNAP program approval and must submit to monitoring to ensure that they follow federal EBT rules. Approved stores must also have the appropriate equipment and training to process EBT cards.[4]

For larger stores, the extra business outweighs the costs associated with becoming an EBT-approved retailer, but smaller grocers may choose not to participate.

Note that discount and closeout stores that do not have a particular focus on groceries, such as Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, typically can’t accept EBT unless located in an area where SNAP clients have limited grocery store access.[5]

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  • Chloe

    Does Ranch99 accepts EBT card?

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      First Quarter Finance | Laura Bachmann

      Hi Chloe,

      Did you mean 99 Ranch (that’s the closest that came up in my searches)? Yes, 99 Ranch does take EBT cards.

  • B.B.

    Does the new Lidl grocery stores accept EBT cards?

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      First Quarter Finance | Laura Bachmann

      Hi BB,

      Lidl accepts EBT cards at all of our store locations when swiped as a Debit Card during purchase.

  • Jeanie

    can my ebt card be used at Costco?

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      First Quarter Finance | Kathleen Wilson

      Hi Jeanie,
      You’re in luck. Looks like you can indeed use your EBT card at Costco. You can’t use it at costco.com or the Costco car wash or gas station though.

  • Oliver

    Does Price Rite and Hannaford Food accept EBT?

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      First Quarter Finance | Rebecca Turley

      Hi Oliver,

      Yes, both Price Rite and Hannaford accept EBT.

  • Patty

    Can you use EBT at Whole Foods to purchase a cold food platter in Georgia? I’ve used the card before at another grocery store.

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      First Quarter Finance | Laura Bachmann

      Hi Patty,

      You can see this article on Whole Food’s EBT policies for more info. Whole Foods takes EBT in every state. There are certain departments at Whole Food you cannot use EBT to purchase from. These are: beer, flower/floral, wine, whole body, and pets. I’d guess your cold food platter is not from one of those, so yes, you should be able to use EBT for it.

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