The bit about SNAP and farmers markets is important.
Fortunately, not only do most of the local farmers markets accept food stamps, several will *double* your stamps.
Basically, at the main "desk" (table) you pay them X in food stamps and they give you 2X in scrip for that market.
Saves everybody in the market needing to have POS terminals that can handle the cards, and encourages you to come back to spend any "leftover" scrip.
Me, I just shop carefully, and use the last of the scrip each trip for something that costs a bit more than the remaining scrip, and pay the balance in cash.
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Date: 2021-11-22 04:22 pm (UTC)Fortunately, not only do most of the local farmers markets accept food stamps, several will *double* your stamps.
Basically, at the main "desk" (table) you pay them X in food stamps and they give you 2X in scrip for that market.
Saves everybody in the market needing to have POS terminals that can handle the cards, and encourages you to come back to spend any "leftover" scrip.
Me, I just shop carefully, and use the last of the scrip each trip for something that costs a bit more than the remaining scrip, and pay the balance in cash.