Store Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible to accept SNAP benefits, a
store must sell food for home preparation and consumption and meet at
least one of the criteria below:
Definitions:
Perishable: foods that are fresh,
refrigerated, or frozen. Packaged or canned goods are not considered
perishable.
Staple Food: a basic dietary item
(e.g., bread, flour, fruits, vegetables, beef, chicken, fish, etc.).
Snack or accessory foods; such as chips, soda, coffee, condiments, and
spices, are not staple foods. In addition, you may not count ready to
eat, prepared foods as staple foods.
Variety: is defined
as different types of food. For example, your store has a variety of
dairy items if you sell milk, yogurt, and cheese on a daily basis. It
would not have a variety of dairy items if you only sold three versions
of milk (e.g., skim milk, evaporated milk, whole milk).
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