Buy Groceries Online with Florida EBT Card for Delivery

Use Florida EBT Online

The wise Florida is supported by readers. When you make a purchase through a link on our website, we may earn you a membership commission without incurring any additional costs. You can read our full disclaimer here. Florida recently received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop online, including shopping on Amazon and Walmart. In this article, we will guide you step by step to understand how the program works and how to buy food online with a Florida EBT card.

We will also cover:

EBT Online Purchase Pilot Program
How to buy groceries online with a Florida EBT card
Frequently Asked Questions about Florida EBT Card

To learn more about the Florida EBT Online Grocery Purchase Program, please continue reading below.

EBT Online Purchasing Pilot Program

In 2017, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a pilot program for online EBT purchases. The program allows EBT cardholders to purchase groceries online for delivery or pickup. When the U.S.

Department of Agriculture first developed the pilot program, the following states in the program were approved:

New York
New Jersey
Alabama
Iowa
Oregon
Washington
Nebraska
Maryland

In addition, the following grocery retailers were approved to work with the states above to launch the program:

Amazon
FreshDirect
Safeway
ShopRite
Hy-Vee, Inc.
Hart’s Local Grocers
Dash’s Market

EBT Online Pilot Rollout

New York state was the first to actually implement the program, starting in April 2019.

This was followed by Washington in January 2020.

In March 2020, the states of Alabama, Iowa, and Oregon launched their pilot programs.

On April 1, 2020, Nebraska joined the list.

As of April 2020, only two of the original pilot states (Maryland and New Jersey) are yet to implement their program.

Finally, on April 13, 2020, California, Arizona, Idaho, and Florida were approved by the USDA to join the pilot.

Here is a list of all the states that have implemented the only SNAP EBT grocery online program and the grocery stores they are working with.

State	Merchant Name
Alabama Florida Iowa Nebraska New York Oregon Washington	Walmart, Amazon, and Wright’s Markets, Inc. Amazon and Walmart Walmart and Amazon Amazon and Walmart ShopRite, Walmart, and Amazon Amazon and Walmart Walmart and Amazon

Florida’s EBT Online Program

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved an online purchase plan for the Florida Food Stamp Program.

Then, on April 14, 2020, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), which is responsible for the food stamp program, announced that it will start a pilot program for SNAP recipients to buy food online using EBT cards.

SNAP participants in Florida are automatically eligible for this program. This means that Florida has been added to the pilot and will run a program with the states listed above that allows Florida EBT cardholders to purchase groceries online for delivery or pickup. The plan will initially start with Wal-Mart and Amazon.

The Florida pilot program will be launched for the first time on April 16, 2020.

Your expectations of Florida

Walmart said it will initially launch a trial at all five locations in Tallahassee on April 16, 2020. Then, on April 21, 2020, Walmart and Amazon will begin accepting online purchases at EBT in Florida.

What will happen in the future.

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) plans to expand the network of retailers participating in the pilot program in the coming months. This means that in the near future, more grocery stores in Florida will be added to EBT online shopping for delivery and pick-up planning.

How to buy groceries online with a Florida EBT card

Here is how to purchase groceries online for delivery or pickup via Walmart and Amazon.com.

How to buy Walmart groceries online with a Florida EBT card

At present, Wal-Mart only offers online grocery store purchases with EBT for roadside pickup, not delivery. Delivery options will be added soon.

If you have a Florida EBT card, you can now use your card to buy groceries and choose roadside transportation. You can only use the EBT card to buy qualified groceries, and you cannot use the money from food stamps to pay for shipping.

Step 1 – Go to the Walmart Grocery website

The first step to buying groceries online at Walmart is to visit the Walmart grocery website located at: www.grocery.walmart.com.

Step 2 – Find Walmart Store Near You

Next, enter your zip code to find the location of a nearby Walmart store. This is where you will pick up online grocery orders from.

Step 3 – Shop for Groceries Online

After selecting a Wal-Mart location, start shopping online for groceries by adding items that meet EBT requirements to the shopping cart.

After placing the product in the shopping cart, the system will ask you to log in to your Walmart account or create an account.

Step 4 – Check out and select shipping options

After logging in to Walmart, you can continue shopping until you have selected all the groceries you need. Next, click the “Check Out” button. The minimum purchase at Wal-Mart’s online grocery store is $30. You will not be able to proceed with checkout until this limit is reached.

After pressing the “check out” button, you will be taken to a page where you can “hold time” to pick up the goods. You will be provided with available time when picking up the goods. As shown in the figure below, choose a convenient pick-up time.

Step 5 – Checkout with your EBT Card

Next, you will be taken to the payment page where you will select “Pay with EBT at Pickup” option, as shown below.

Step 6 – Enter your phone number and place an order

The last step is to enter your phone number, check your order to make sure everything is fine, and then click the “Place Order” button to complete your order as shown below.

Congratulations, you have successfully placed an order with Walmart. Continue reading the pickup instructions.

Step 7 – Pick up and Pay with EBT Card

The final step in the process is to pick up your order and pay with your Florida EBT card. You need to bring your EBT card when picking up the goods at your chosen Walmart location.

Make sure to follow the pickup instructions in the text or email instructions.

Designated Pick-up Locations

As shown above, some locations of Wal-Mart have designated pickup locations. When you arrive at the pick-up location, you will park in the orange-marked reserved parking space for grocery pick-up customers.

After arriving at the scene, please call the designated number to remind your arriving personnel. You can also sign in through the Walmart Grocery app.

The staff will quickly retrieve the prepared orders and load them into your car. Wal-Mart employees will know that you are an EBT customer and will swipe your EBT card to pay for goods that meet EBT qualifications.

For any items that are not eligible for EBT, the affiliate company will use another credit/debit card to pay.

You will need to enter your EBT password to complete the delivery process.

Walmart Grocery Delivery

Walmart is currently working with USDA to enable online payments through EBT. In this way, EBT cardholders can purchase groceries online, use the EBT card to pay and use Wal-Mart’s grocery delivery service when available.

This will help eliminate all physical connections between employees and customers who wish to use SNAP benefits.

In addition, in areas where there is no Wal-Mart delivery option, using EBT for online payments can help eliminate the actual connection between employees and customers.

This is because all customers need to do is to pull the cart at the designated pickup location, and their groceries will be loaded into their car by the partner.

The following short video from Walmart provides an excellent explanation of how the online ordering, pickup and delivery process works.

We encourage you to watch.

How to Buy Amazon Groceries Online with Florida EBT Card

Amazon has obtained approval for an online purchase trial in Florida and has begun to provide delivery services for EBT card holders.

Cardholders in Florida can use its EBT to shop online and buy groceries. You cannot use EBT funds to pay for Amazon grocery deliveries.

However, if you buy groceries for $25 or more, you do not need to pay any shipping costs.

How it Works

To purchase groceries online using your Florida EBT card, please follow the instructions below.

Step 1 – Login to your Amazon account

The first step to buying groceries online on Amazon is to website and log in to your Amazon account. To log in, click here.

Next, click on the “Add your SNAP EBT card” link. You will be directed to a page similar to the following page to log in to your Amazon account. If you do not have an Amazon account, please click “Create Your Amazon Account” as shown in the screenshot below.

Once you have created your account, proceed by entering your email and password to sign-in.

Step 2 – Add your Florida EBT Card

After logging in, enter your Florida Food Stamp Card into your Amazon account here. TEnter the complete SNAP EBT card number and click “Submit”.

Next, enter your shipping zip code. This will tell you whether your postal code is eligible for shopping with the Florida EBT card.

After entering the card number and zip code, click the “Add your SNAP EBT card” button, as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 3 – Shop for Amazon Groceries Online

As an EBT cardholder, you have FREE access to Amazon Fresh when you add your SNAP EBT card.

Step 4 – Enter your PIN to Checkout

When you are done shopping and ready to check out, please proceed as usual. Select “EBT” as payment at checkout. After that, enter the 4-digit PIN of your Florida EBT card to place an order.

For help, see the screenshot below.

Please note that you cannot use food stamp discounts or EBT cards to pay for transportation or delivery costs.

If you don’t have Amazon Prime and want free shipping, make sure to meet the minimum free shipping requirements for each program.

You will have to use another payment method to cover any delivery costs. However, you can also sign up for the Amazom Prime discount for EBT cardholders and get free shipping on Amazon Grocery orders.

See the details below to learn how to get a 50% discount from the regular Amazon Prime monthly fee at a price of $5.99 per month.

Get Amazon Prime Discount for EBT Cardholders

Did you know that you can also purchase essential household items online on Amazon through Amazon Prime’s EBT card?

In addition, Amazon Prime membership allows you to ship free with grocery orders.

If you are not an Amazon Prime member, you can sign up with your EBT Card and get 50% OFF a membership.To learn how to sign up, continue reading below.

Discounted Amazon Prime Membership

As a Florida EBT card holder, when you register with an EBT card, you can get a 50% Amazon Prime discount. With Amazon Prime EBT discounts, you can get all the great benefits of Prime for a small fee.

For just $5.99 per month you get all these EBT Amazon Prime benefits:

One-Day FREE Shipping on millions of eligible Amazon items
Two-Day FREE Shipping on millions of eligible Amazon items
Access to instantly stream thousands of FREE Movies & TV Shows
Access to Unlimited FREE Prime Music streaming
FREE 2-Hour Delivery on Prime Now items

CLICK HERE to Sign up and Save with the Amazon Prime Discount for EBT Cardholders.

To learn more about Amazon Prime (including benefits and special benefits), please refer to our post on Amazon Prime Discount for Florida EBT.

Florida EBT Card FAQs

Below is a list of our Florida EBT card grocery stores that shop online the most.

Walmart FAQs

Is SNAP/EBT payment available at all grocery pickup locations?

SNAP EBT payment is accepted at most locations where Wal-Mart’s grocery pickups. However, automatic collection points or pick-up points that are not in Walmart stores will not accept SNAP EBT payments.

When picking up groceries, what items can I buy with SNAP EBT?

You can buy items that are on the approved food stamps list. See the current list of SNAP-eligible food items.

Can I use WIC?

No, Wal-Mart currently does not support the use of WIC in grocery pickup.

Amazon FAQs

Do I need a credit or debit card to shop on Amazon?

No; you don’t need a credit or debit card to shop with your EBT card on Amazon.

However, when you want to pay for items that are not on the list of eligible food stamps or SNAP funds are exhausted, it is helpful to have a credit or debit card.

What should I do if I do not have a credit or debit card and use cash to purchase items?

If you do not have a credit or debit card, but want to use cash to purchase items that do not meet SNAP requirements, you can use gift cards or Amazon Cash.

With Amazon Cash, you can pre-deposit funds into your Amazon account through authorized retailers. To learn more, please visit Amazon Cash.

Can I check out using multiple payment methods?

Yes. At checkout, you can use multiple payment methods, such as SNAP EBT card and credit card.

If your shopping cart has products or shipping charges that do not meet SNAP requirements, you need to do this.

However, only one SNAP EBT card can be used per order.

Florida EBT FAQs

Will more grocery stores be added to the list in the pilot?

For example, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) plans to expand the network of retailers participating in the pilot program in the coming months.

To find out when more retailers accepted for online grocery shopping, check here for updates.

How can I check my Florida EBT card balance?

You can check your Florida balance online, in person or over the phone. To complete your Florida EBT card balance check, please call 1-888-356-3281 or visit the Florida ebtEDGE website here.

When will my Florida EBT benefits be deposited into my account?

In Florida, food stamp rights will be deposited into the EBT card account from the 1st to the 28th of each month. The payment time depends on the 9th and 8th digits of the case number (reading backward), the 10th digit drops. The schedule is as follows:

If the 9th and 8th digit of your Case number is	Benefits are deposited on the
00-03	1st of the month
04-06	2nd of the month
07-10	3rd of the month
11-13	4th of the month
14-17	5th of the month
18-20	6th of the month
21-24	7th of the month
25-27	8th of the month
28-31	9th of the month
32-34	10th of the month
35-38	11th of the month
39-41	12th of the month
42-45	13th of the month
46-48	14th of the month
49-53	15th of the month
54-57	16th of the month
58-60	17th of the month
61-64	18th of the month
65-67	19th of the month
68-71	20th of the month
72-74	21st of the month
75-78	22nd of the month
79-81	23rd of the month
82-85	24th of the month
86-88	25th of the month
89-92	26th of the month
93-95	27th of the month
96-99	28th of the month

*Provide cash benefits from the first to the third day of each month.

If you receive benefits for any month on a weekend or holiday, your benefits will still be available on that day.

If you do not receive SNAP EBT benefits, please contact your local county SNAP office.

Can I ask someone to help me make purchases with an EBT card?

Ask your local county food stamp case worker for information about setting up an authorized representative (AR).

AR will have a separate card with his or her own account number and PIN. AR will have access to your entire EBT benefit account.

How to use the Florida EBT card summary to buy groceries online

We hope this post about whether you can use the Florida EBT card to buy food online is helpful.

If you have other questions or need help shopping online on Amazon or Walmart with the Florida EBT card, please keep these in the comments section below.

Be sure to check out our other articles on Florida food stamps and EBT, including Florida Disasater food stamps, how to check Florida EBT card balances and more!