SNAP Shutdown Sends Walmart & Instacart Into Snackpocalypse
Brace your EBT cards, folks! Come this weekend, $8 billion a month in SNAP benefits vanish faster than a TikTok trend, leaving 42 million Americans scramblin' for snacks. Walmart, Aldi, Kroger are feeling the cold shoulder, while Instacart plays fairy godmother offering 50% off for SNAP users up to $50 and tossing $5 million to over 300 food banks. DoorDash isn't delivering just your mediocre chili dogsâthey're dropping a million free meals and waiving fees on 300,000 SNAP grocery orders. Gopuff is flexing with $10 million in groceries and zippy 15-minute delivery starting November 1. Albertsons fast-tracked $13 million in gift cards, and H-E-B donated a casual $6 million to Texas food banks and Meals on Wheels. Farmlink Project promises 10 million pounds of produce by Thanksgiving, which sounds like a veggie apocalypse rescue. Even Flashfood app downloads jumped 8x, probably because bargains are the new black right now. Amazon's still delivering 60 million meals and free delivery through 2028, proving corporate Americaâs hunger hustle is realâeven if it only replaces a fraction of missing SNAP funds. Eliza Blank of Farmlink says, 'We won't let a benefits crisis become a hunger crisis,' but if only she could say the same for empty grocery carts.
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SNAP benefits ghosting millions like a bad Tinder date, while Walmart & Instacart scramble to keep dinner alive with million-dollar handoutsâwho knew grocery store philanthropy was the new food fight?
SNAP shutdown means 42 million Americans suddenly play the world's cruelest game of 'Who Wants To Not Eat Tonight?' Corporate Americaâs hustle? Like putting a Band-Aid on a tomato sauce stainâstill messy but slightly less obvious.
Instacart's 50% off and DoorDash serving free meals sounds sweet until you realize itâs just the appetizer before a main course of empty EBT cards and grocery stores holding their breath.
Source: Axios | Published: 10/31/2025 | Author: Kelly Tyko
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