Foodstamp and coupons

You are absolutely able to use coupons with food stamps.

I don't see why you could not do so

Yes, you can use coupons with food stamps

I've never heard of this before. I haven't been in the foodstamp program from many years, but as far as I know one is still allowed to use coupons.

I did for the brief time I was on them years ago. They ask you for coupons and deduct them, then they ask for method of payment. Perhaps there are some states that don't allow it? Or maybe it's some stores?

Marilyn - you were on an entitlement program that only those lazy people get?

Really.

You know that's not what I've said, Sharon. Why do you insist on lying all the time?

You can use coupons with food stamps. That rumor has been going around for years... so long, in fact, that when you receive stamps, which are now a card, some case workers will make a point of telling you that you can use coupons.
When we had to use food stamps, I became a coupon clipping madwoman... until I discovered that a lot of store brands without coupons (usually unavailable for store brands) were cheaper than name brands with them. After that, I focused more on looking more carefully at the price tag on the shelf. A lot of tags have the item price in bigger print, and then a per-unit (per-ounce, etc) price in smaller print on one corner. Doing that can save a lot of money, though sometimes it doesn't look like it because you end up buying a few bulk items (good if it's something you use a lot or that doesn't go bad, not so good if it's really perishable or rarely used in your house).

Store brands are cheaper than name brands without coupons- unless you learn to match sale prices with coupons. More often than not, generic items are only about $.20-30 cheaper than their store brand counter parts. I usually get name brand items on sale for the same price or cheaper before using a coupon. For instance, store brand cake mixes are $.99, and Betty Crocker cake mixes are $1.19. On sale, I can usually find them for $.88 or $.99. Then, I use a coupon for $.50, which makes it $.49 or $.38 a box. However, if my coupon doubles, which my store will double any coupon up to $.50 in value, making it worth a dollar), then I actually get paid $.01 or $.12 to buy name brand vs store brand.

Thank you for letting me know this is a rumor.

I do buy some genric brands when possible. But there are some that I just do not like the taste. I do what Princess Spanky Pants does and combine coupons when name brand things are on sale. I to have learned that I can save much money this way than by going generic.

I rarely find coupons which, even when doubled, take the name brand prices of most items down to the price of local store's brands. Maybe they are charging more for name brands here.
The only time I ever get name brand stuff is when an unusual sale comes along. Then, when I add a coupon, it's as cheap as the store brand.

Hannah, have you ever done a price book? Go from grocery store to grocery store comparing prices, and writing them down on the items you buy most often, both generic, and brand name. Then, start comparing the prices to the weekly ad's, and see if you can get the items cheaper at other stores.

Brand name should never cost that much more than store brand. I've lived in several areas, and used high end, middle class, and low income oriented grocery stores, and only in the high end was the different more than $.20-.30, and even then, it still wasn't huge.

we received food stamps for a couple months many many moons ago, and we could use coupons to help stretch the value of their worth...but that was back in the 80's
I had heard something like this, I think it was when they were switching over to the EBT cards...

I think it's a good thing for people to use them....sometimes when the month is longer than the money everything helps....

you might be referring to my comment that Target charged me for using my coupons. I need to find my receipt and go complain....they are so new to allowing you to use them to shop that their computers were probably just not right.

Otherwise I always use coupons with my food stamps, the thing is that you do pay sales tax on the coupon amount itself....like today I used $20 in coupons and paid .99 tax on them.

I'm sort of surprised that they don't have things set up yet so that it rings up properly when you use coupons with food stamps. However, I'm certain that they will sort things out shortly.

You can use the coupons with Foodstamps, but the foodstamps board will not cover the tax on those said coupons.

You can use food stamps. That is not correct, as a matter of fact, they cannot charge you any kind of tax at all, because you are paying with food for foodstamps unless the food is hot or prepared. If its not prepared or cooked, they are just being jerks and don't know what they are doing. I worked at Target for 100 years.

You should be able to use coupons with foodstamps. great post!

I agree !

Are you serious? I can't believe you can't use coupons with foodstamps, it would make them go so much further and would be teaching how to save. That is ridiculous!

From the comments I have received, you can in factuse coupons with foodstamps. The information I heard was wrong. Thats why I asked on here. I knew someone would know the correct answer..that makes me grateful.

You are absolutely able to use foodstamps with coupons my adult disabled daughter does all the time to stretch her budget!

Yes you can , what you get the change back..

I have no idea on the rules, but they should be able to use coupons. Every little bit helps and the government should want people to try and make the money they are giving away stretch.

I see you got an answer I was just going to say it was stupid if you couldn't.

We can use coupons with them here. Seems it would be discrimination if they didn't let you. :)

i use them with mine all the time it could depend on the store and state

you can use coupon and ebt every time,,,

I use coupons and my husbands discount (he works for Walmart and gets a discount on maybe 5% of the food items that they sell) with my foodstamps.

You already have your answer, but great post.

I used FS for many years in the past and I always used coupons with them.

You have the answer.

We have been able to use coupons on food stamps.