A growing number of U.S. states are redefining the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Recently, the USDA approved new waivers for six additional states, bringing the ...

The commonwealth joins a throng of states that are changing the rules around Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

Six more states received waivers this week from the Trump administration to ban soda and candy purchases from public food ...

Grocery stores accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in 12 states will soon have to accommodate new ...

USDA and HHS signed six state waivers to ratify qualifications for SNAP purchases on "unhealthy" foods in West Virginia, Florida, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas which will start in 2026 ...

For brands, SNAP restrictions reveal which categories are most exposed, and how they can adapt to pricing, pack and promotional strategies to retain SNAP households, according to Sally Lyons Wyatt, ...

At least 12 states have received federal approval to restrict recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he is "very open" to the idea of requesting a federal waiver to prevent SNAP benefits from being ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks at an event Aug. 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C., where U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins signed six Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) state ...

Waivers would allow states to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase certain processed food and beverages ...

State Waiver Expansion Accelerates The six new waivers join Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Arkansas, Idaho, and Utah, which implemented similar reforms earlier this year.

Earlier this summer, though, state officials split soda and hot food into separate waiver requests. This week, in an announcement that featured U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal ...