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- Hello and welcome to the
iGeorgia Food Stamps YouTube
channel, today we're gonna
talk about the 10 surprising
things you didn't know you
could buy with food stamps.
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let's get right into it.
First I wanna explain how the
food stamp purchase works.
So the rule around food stamps
is that you can only use your EBT card
to buy foods that you
can take home to prepare.
That is what the USDA
designed food stamps for.
So that means that you cannot buy hot food
that you can consume at the premise.
You can only buy foods that
you are taking home to prepare.
But we get a lot of questions around foods
that people are not sure about.
That's why we've created
this list of 10 things
you didn't know you could
buy with food stamps.
The first one is energy drinks.
So we're talking about
Red Bull and all the other
energy drinks that are in the stores.
There's only one rule
that you have to remember.
Look on the nutrition label
if there's a nutrition label
on the can then you can use
your food stamps to buy it.
If there's no nutrition
label you cannot use
your food stamps to buy an energy drink.
The second one is seafood we
get questions about lobster,
shrimp, yes you can use your food stamps
to buy all those items
on the seafood list.
Third coffee, the problem
with coffee is that you cannot
buy hot coffee like Starbucks coffee
or go to Dunkin' Donuts and buy coffee.
You can only go to the store
and buy packaged coffee
that you're gonna take home and make.
So as long as it's coffee
that you're going to make home
you can use your food stamps to buy it.
The fourth item is fountain
soda and Slurpee's.
Yes you can use your food
stamps to buy those also.
And then another question
that we get a lot is candy.
And yes you can use your
food stamps to buy candy.
Next one of the interesting
things that people don't know
is that in select cities
and states you can actually
buy Subway sandwiches
with your food stamps.
So that's something that people ask us
a lot about and yes you can do that.
Then we have deli items
the issue with deli items
is that as long as it's cold deli items
you are allowed to use
your food stamps to buy.
So what do we mean by that you
can buy sushi, salads, subs,
and sandwiches as long as they are cold
and you are taking it home to eat.
Next we have steak and yes you can
use your food stamps to buy steak.
And then we have birthday cake.
The issue with birthday
cake is that there are rules
around how much the cake can cost.
So we encourage you to go to our website
and see our full article on that.
But yes you can use your food
stamps to buy birthday cake.
And then finally pre-made pizza.
As long as it's pre-made
and cold that you are taking
to go bake at home you can use
your food stamps to buy it.
So these are the 10 items that you
can use your food stamps to buy.
Once again, thank you for watching.
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