I'm looking for a list of grocery stores that do not honor EBT/welfare.
I intend on giving them the lion's share of my grocery business from now on.
One of my favorite stores is Trader Joe's and I assumed they did not accept EBT. However, it appears they started to recently. So I need to redirect my money to a different store.
Interestingly, my google-fu is weak, or Google doesn't want me to know if a list of EBT-hating grocers exists. I can't find one.
Aside from the election, I just watched a woman this last weekend go through the Safeway line. Hispanic woman, with a child with her. Speaking only spanish, couldn't answer any questions from the clerk in english. The clerk then processed the EBT card that the hispanic woman had and read the name on the receipt, then said loudly for all of us in line to hear, "Thank you, Mrs. Deborah Robertson!"
No, the name didn't come from a Safeway club card. I watched the transaction since I was right behind her. The hispanic woman didn't use a club card. Just an EBT card. Which is quite probably fraudulently obtained via identity theft.
It appears the whole world is pizzy at CostCo for not accepting food stamps, though the article below is from 2008. I may have to renew my membership there.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/why-doesnt-costco-accept-food-stamps/Anyone know of any others?