Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for grocery delivery in 2024 ( www.theverge.com )

Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps and healthcare benefits as payment for grocery delivery orders, the company announced Wednesday. It also plans to add a new AI assistant that it says will help grocery customers get better deals.

Anyone with a valid Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, which disburses funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps), will be eligible to use their funds to pay for grocery delivery through Uber Eats starting in 2024.

The app will also accept FSA (flexible spending accounts) cards and flex cards that are issued through healthcare programs like Medicaid’s Managed Care and Medicare Advantage plans. The move comes as Uber’s post-pandemic pivot to food delivery continues to bear fruit, reaching almost $11 billion in revenue in 2022, compared to over $8.3 billion in revenue in 2021 and $3.9 billion in revenue in 2020.

averyminya ,

I’m conflicted on this, it’s good to have options but its rough knowing that fees of delivery will be taking food away from people. That’s the tradeoff, I guess.

TheRtRevKaiser ,
@TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org avatar

Yeah, considering the compounding problems of transportation and food deserts in the US I think this could be helpful for a lot of people, but on the other hand I’m not wild about a company like Uber extracting profit from public assistance. Feels a little exploitative.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

If they’re like literally all the other services that already do delivery for EBT, they will waive the fees.

averyminya ,

Oh I wasn’t aware that was a thing, well awesome then! More accessibility is always good!

PotentiallyAnApricot OP ,

Wait, which services waive fees?? It would be great if those exist in my area. My location has ebt support via instacart, but the fees are definitely a huge out of pocket expense. EBT does not cover them.

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