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, ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Of the 12 states that have been granted SNAP waivers so far, most will restrict the use of SNAP funds on purchases of soft drinks or sodas, and at least eight restrict the use of SNAP funds on ...

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

The new restrictions on what can and cannot be purchased will go into effect in 2026. The six new waivers bring the number of states that have sought to restrict SNAP purchases of junk food to 12.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed the waivers on Monday for Florida and five other states, allowing them to "amend the statutory definition of food for purchase" for SNAP ...

Colorado is the first blue state to have a waiver approved for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that limits the ability to buy soda and other sugary beverages, set to go into ef… ...