The world’s number one food delivery platform, Uber Eats, has selected SNAP to revolutionize the way grocery stores like Gopuff and Family Dollar, as well as Wegmans, offer their last-mile delivery services.
This Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that the app has teamed up with provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their budget for groceries so they are able to afford the nutritious food essentials to health and well-being.
Over the past few weeks, the California-based company told Ridesharing Forum that it “remains dedicated to addressing food insecurity and fostering inclusive communities.”
The groceries that are included on what SNAP has chosen for Uber Eats are:
- 7-Eleven
- ACME
- Albertson’s
- Andronico’s
- Balducci’s
- Cardenas Markets
- Carrs
- Cub Food
- CVS
- Dierbergs
- Duane Reade
- El Rancho
- El Super
- Fairplay Foods
- Family Dollar
- Fiesta Mart
- Food Bazaar
- Food Town
- FoodMaxx
- Giant Eagle
- Gopuff
- Harveys Supermarket
- Hy-Vee
- Jewel Osco
- King’s Food Market
- Los Altos Ranch Market
- Lucky Supermarkets
- Market District
- Meijer
- Morton Williams
- Pavilions
- Randall’s
- Safeway
- Save A Lot
- SaveMart
- Sedano’s
- Shaw’s
- Shoppers Food Warehouse
- Smart & Final
- Speedway
- Sprouts
- Star Market
- Stew Leonards
- Super King Markets
- Superlo Foods
- Tom Thumb
- Tony’s Fresh Market
- Vons
- Walgreens
- Wegmans
- Winn-Dixie
“This expansion gives SNAP recipients access to tens of thousands of new stores – from national chains to local grocers – all through the Uber Eats app,” stated Ofek Lavian, the co-founder and CEO of Forage, the company is in-charge of SNAP. “We’re proud to power the technology behind it, helping more families use their benefits with confidence and convenience.”
Uber in North America, meanwhile, stated they believe everybody deserves the convenience of deliveries with this growing lis of merchant partners, so they could continue to provide access to fresh food families and individuals need, particularly those individuals without access to reliable transport for whom such food deliveries are a lifeline.
The food delivery app likewise announced its customers could access vendors accepting SNAP payments on this platform by simply tapping the icon in there, too.
In other Uber news, small business owners claim the food delivery app is “ripping them off,” pointed out Australian news outlet 9Now.
Sydney’s Super Nash Brothers owners, Ross and Joe, stated: “It costs restaurants a lot of money, but it’s also costing customers a lot of money. About 18 months ago, they introduced ads on the platform. We didn’t participate in using those ads to start with, then we all of a sudden notice that our visibility and our orders dropped off from what they were previously,”
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