Instacart, DoorDash, Gopuff among companies offering discounts to SNAP
recipients
[November 01, 2025] By
DEE-ANN DURBIN
Instacart said Friday it will offer customers who receive SNAP benefits
50% on their next grocery order to ease strain as the government
prepares to cut off food aid payments.
Instacart said any customer who placed an order in October using a SNAP/EBT
card will be eligible for the discount, which will be available even if
the government makes the payments as planned on Nov. 1. Instacart said
it is also expanding the number of food banks it supports through online
food drives from 100 to 300.
The San Francisco-based grocery delivery company said both programs
amount to $5 million in direct relief.
“As SNAP funding faces unprecedented disruption and food banks brace for
longer lines, we’re focused on practical, immediate solutions: helping
families who use SNAP stretch their grocery dollars and helping food
banks stock up to support their communities,” said Dani Dudeck,
Instacart’s chief corporate affairs officer.
Instacart is one of several big companies reacting to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s plan to freeze payments to the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.
Gopuff, a Philadelphia-based company that provides fast delivery of food
and other convenience items, said it will provide $50 worth of free
groceries in November to customers who have a SNAP/EBT card connected to
their Gopuff account. Gopuff said it will spend up to $10 million on the
program.
San Francisco-based DoorDash said it would waive service and delivery
fees for an estimated 300,000 orders for SNAP recipients in November.
DoorDash said Friday that 25 grocery companies, including Sprouts,
Dollar General, Giant Eagle, Stop & Shop, Winn-Dixie, BJ's Wholesale
Club and ShopRite, are partnering with DoorDash to cut those fees.
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An instacart logo and an instacart webpage are shown in this
photo, in New York, on Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
 DoorDash said it would also deliver
1 million meals from food banks for free. The company said more than
2.4 million of its customers have a SNAP/EBT card linked to their
DoorDash account.
Zip Co., a “buy now, pay later” app that lets users set up
installment plans to pay for purchases, said Friday it will offer
temporary, no-fee installment payment options for SNAP recipients
who need help buying groceries if the government doesn't make
payments on Nov. 1. Eligible customers need to fill out a form in
the Zip app, the company said.
Zip, which is based in Australia, said it was partnering with
Forage, a company that processes government payments for retailers.
Zip said it has 4.25 million active users, but it wouldn't say how
many are SNAP recipients.
Instacart does not disclose how many of its customers receive SNAP
benefits. The company began accepting online SNAP payments in 2020.
It offers discounted memberships for SNAP recipients and zero
delivery fees on orders over $35.
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