Starting next year, users will be able to pay for fresh groceries using their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from right within the Uber Eats app.
Cool, add another middleman into the price of a poor person’s food.
I had the same concern that I voiced in a different post, but apparently many EBT accepters waive the fees for their service.
That said, I’m sure there’s still some creep somewhere, likely tips. If Uber does that in the first place, lol
Uber Eats barely pays it’s drivers enough to cover operating expenses. Virtually all of a driver’s net income is from tips.
Most UE drivers won’t even accept grocery orders because they take more time, effort, and pay less than fast food.
Even without the fees things via these services are usually marked up vs the grocery store.
How is this not strictly a good thing? SNAP users will have another option for food access, and while it’s one that is hand to really justify financially in most cases, Uber is not holding a gun to their head and saying “Buy your groceries with us or die”. I’m not going to be so bold as to tell every SNAP user that I know better than they do about how best to get their food. Ultimately, people generally know best for themselves how to meet their own needs, and if someone thinks a delivery is the best use of their resources, who am I to overrule that?
Yes, there will always be some incredibly unwise people who spend their entire allowance Uber Eats’ing Pringles or something, but ultimately, I don’t see the point of having arbitrary restrictions on what people do with their own resources.
Likely because folks who scrimp and are not on foodstamps get angry at folks who get food stamps and don’t scrimp. Ive had the same feeling being at a grocery store and seeing someone with foodstamps buying items that I can’t afford and had been tempted to get. If foodstamps where universal it would likely mostly get rid of this feeling. I mean folks like me would still scrimp to save money for things but since we would be getting the same food allotment it would not feel like we were being looked over for our life needs. That being said it would likely lead to more food stamp selling type of thing although that is great for scimper folks who would let go of cash to get more or better groceries.
A good move from Uber Eats.
The boomers are going to love playing this one up.
