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Operators push for EBT acceptance at restaurantsOperators push for EBT acceptance at restaurants

Lisa Jennings, Executive Editor

July 25, 2011

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With the recession swelling the ranks of Americans receiving federal assistance to feed themselves and their families, a growing number of restaurant operators are throwing their support behind a program that would allow those most in need to use such benefits in restaurants.


Once known as the Food Stamp Program, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, offers financial assistance to help those on limited incomes buy food. Typically, the benefit comes in the form of an Electronic Benefit Transfer, or EBT, card, which can be used like a debit card to pay for groceries.


SNAP’s goal is to help those who qualify buy fresh food to prepare home-cooked meals. But within the program is an option for the homele...

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About the Author

Lisa Jennings

Executive Editor, Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality

Lisa Jennings is executive editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She joined the NRN staff as West Coast editor in 2004 as a veteran journalist. Before joining NRN, she spent 11 years at The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis, Tenn., most recently as editor of the Food and Health & Wellness sections. Prior experience includes staff reporting for the Washington Business Journal and United Press International.

Lisa’s areas of expertise include coverage of both large public restaurant chains and small independents, the regulatory and legal landscapes impacting the industry overall, as well as helping operators find solutions to run their business better.

Lisa Jennings’ experience:

Executive editor, NRN (March 2020 to present)

Executive editor, Restaurant Hospitality (January 2018 to present)

Senior editor, NRN (September 2004 to March 2020)

Reporter/editor, The Commercial Appeal (1990-2001)

Reporter, Washington Business Journal (1985-1987)

Contact Lisa Jennings at:

[email protected]

@livetodineout

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-jennings-83202510/

 

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