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Numerator, a data and tech company serving the market research space, has published a SNAP Trip Tracker to understand longitudinal trends in SNAP / WIC usage and how SNAP shopping trips have changed in terms of frequency, composition, and location.

Numerator, a data and tech company serving the market research space, has published a SNAP Shopper Scorecard to analyze how retailer selection and spending differs between SNAP and Non-SNAP households, and identify the relative importance of the SNAP shopper group for each particular retailer.

I believe that the coming years will see a prolonged campaign in both parties and in broad swaths of society to create obstacles to purchasing junk food and fast food. Here's why.

How would Americans react to measures ending SNAP eligibility for junk food?

Some statistics are hard to believe. But that doesn’t mean they’re not true.

In an ongoing effort to make fresh food more accessible, Meijer announced today an expansion of its Flashfood program, making it the first retailer nationwide to accept SNAP benefits through the app that allows customers to purchase surplus close-dated food at a deep discount.

The USDA Food and Nutrition Service is partnering with five states to test mobile payment technology in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP.

Biden administration proposals for expanding the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP, aka food stamps) jibed pretty well with the moonshot goals announced by the International Fresh Produce Association last summer.

The National Grocers Association Foundation has been awarded a $5 million grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service to establish a technical assistance center that will guide grocers through the process of implementing online Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) grocery purchasing.

It’s estimated that 1 in 4 Californians—roughly 10 million people—struggles with food insecurity.