Receiving an EBT card is one of the best ways to spend your food stamps at the convenience stores and supermarkets of your choice. But, sometimes, families need to pay for something that is outside the allowed products. This seems outright impossible, right? Well, not really. We present to you processes that will allow you to get cash from SNAP and EBT food stamps.
Technically, the cash gotten does not come from your food stamp balance, it will just be a voucher for your purchases, so to speak!
So, where do you shop?
Ibotta
Having an EBT card doesn’t prevent you from using rewards shopping mobile apps like Ibotta. This will allow you to make your weekly or monthly purchases and get cash and not only in one but in hundreds of different stores.
As the Ibotta service focuses on claiming offers and rewards by uploading your receipts, you can use the application without problems with your SNAP EBT card to receive free money that will help you to buy other products or perhaps save on your purchases.
Costco
Costco shoppers can earn reward checks of up to $ 1,000 using their EBT cards. This strategy is a bit more complicated than the previous one and requires a little more patience, at least so you can see the results. However, larger families will find it a very effective way to raise money to make the most of the benefits of food stamps.
Use your next tax refund or maybe some savings to buy an executive membership at Costco. This membership will offer you a reward of 2% returns on all purchases you complete in the store. To give you an idea, a family that receives about $ 550 per month in food stamps can earn up to $ 11 per month for shopping at Costco with their monthly food stamps.
This translates to $ 132 a year in extra money and just for using the EBT and SNAP food stamp card. You can use that money to buy items that are not allowed by SNAP, such as disposable diapers and wipes.
Walmart
Walmart Savings Catcher is no longer available to EBT card users. Until recently, you could use the application to make your purchases and get the extra money that would be deposited on a gift card.
Why is it no longer available? This is because of Walmart’s limited payments to Walmart Pay. Therefore, you will not be able to pay with your EBT card and receive extra money for it.
Walmart customers who were already participating in the Walmart Savings Catcher and who receive SNAP benefits on their EBT cards can contact the company’s Customer Service Center for details on how they can continue to participate in the program.
