We accept many forms of payment—all major U.S. and Canada credit and debit cards, EBT cards at participating stores in select states*, China UnionPay, Google Pay, and Apple Pay. At this time, Instacart doesn’t offer an Instacart-specific credit card. Show For quick and convenient checkout, you can save your preferred payment method to your account. We're sorry for the inconvenience as we're currently not able to accept:
*For a full list of participating stores and states that accept EBT cards, check out our SNAP via EBT card article (U.S. only). Add a payment methodYou can add payment methods at any time—before, after, or while placing an order. To add a payment on the Instacart website—
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For help adding an EBT card to your account, check out this Managing your EBT card on your account article (U.S. only). If you need to update a previous payment method, you must remove it from your account and then add it again with the correct payment information. Remove a payment methodTo remove a payment method on the Instacart website—
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For help removing an EBT card from your account, check out this Managing your EBT card on your account article (U.S. only). Change payment for an orderEveryone makes mistakes. When you realize too late that you’ve picked the wrong form of payment, you can move the charges on orders you’ve already placed to a different payment method. Here’s how—
Please note—we’ll need to issue a refund for the original form of payment before the new charges apply to the updated form of payment. This could take 5-10 business days to process. Dive Brief:
Dive Insight:Once the expansion is complete, shoppers in 38 states and Washington, D.C., will be able to buy groceries with their EBT cards from more than 4,000 stores through Instacart. Since the federal government’s SNAP online pilot launched two years ago, Amazon and Walmart have dominated as the main, and oftentimes only, options in the eligible states, but Instacart is quickly catching up. While initially limited to a handful of retailers, the USDA opened up its SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot last spring, prompting an onslaught of grocers applying. Instacart first rolled out EBT online payments in partnership with Aldi starting late last year and then with Food Lion earlier this year. Currently, 47 states and Washington, D.C., allow retailers to offer SNAP online purchasing — granted that they go through the process set by USDA. Instacart’s new SNAP online partners add to the growing diversity of grocers offering the online payment option. Now, 24 states have at least one local or regional retailer offering SNAP online in addition to Amazon, Walmart and/or Aldi, according to the USDA’s website. Grocers like Kroger, Hy-Vee and H-E-B also allow EBT payments through their click-and-collect services. With its more than 60 grocery partners, Instacart is uniquely positioned among e-commerce firms to rapidly expand access to SNAP online purchasing. Small and medium-size grocers have often gravitated toward outside technology companies for setting up their online presence. When it comes to the SNAP online process, those firms have played an outsized role in helping to develop, integrate and test the new capabilities for SNAP online, along with navigating government requirements and streamlining the consumer experience. E-commerce providers have told Grocery Dive that the first retailer integration with SNAP online is usually the most challenging. Instacart now has five grocery companies on its list. Instacart has continually tied its expansion of SNAP online to food insecurity, which was worsened by the pandemic. Hunger advocates and researchers have said growing the number of stores offering EBT online payments can help address hunger. However, delivery fees and lack of access to brick-and-mortar stores are still barriers. In announcing the expansion to the three grocery companies, Instacart said it will waive delivery and pickup fees for the first three orders from each SNAP customer through June 16. Earlier this week, the USDA announced its extending Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits to low-income families with children to the summer months. The move will cover around 30 million children by adding the value of meals kids aren't receiving at school, around $6.82, onto users' EBT cards. Can I use EBT for grocery delivery in Florida?SNAP customers may use their EBT cards to purchase groceries online, reducing the risk of getting COVID-19 with curbside options and delivery. Starting Tuesday, all Florida SNAP customers can use their EBT cards to purchase online groceries through Walmart and Amazon.
Does Florida Publix accept EBT?Publix is a major grocery store chain that operates throughout the southeastern U.S. and participates in the WIC program as well as the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) program. Publix accepts EBT card payments at all locations through self-checkout or the regular checkout lane.
Does Instacart take EBT in Florida?Instacart has received approval from the U.S. government to accept EBT SNAP as a payment method on EBT SNAP-eligible items in select states. Currently, customers with a valid EBT SNAP card in all states except Alaska, Louisiana and Montana can use their SNAP funds on Instacart, per government regulation.
Does Publix take EBT in Georgia?It is considered the largest employee-owned company in the world. Publix operates throughout the Southeastern United States, with locations in Florida (781), Georgia (186), Alabama (65), South Carolina (58), Tennessee (41), North Carolina (30), and Virginia (8). Publix stores accept EBT Cards.
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