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Health Dept. partners with Jamaica supermarket for new SNAP program
BY ANGELICA ACEVEDO
Get the Good Stuff is a new program
that will off er SNAP users with
a dollar-for-dollar match of eligible
fruits, vegetables and beans at participating
supermarkets, including
Jamaica’s Fine Fare Supermarket.
For every $1 spent on eligible
fresh, frozen, canned and dried
fruits, vegetables and beans in SNAP
benefi ts, shoppers will get $1 added
to a program loyalty card. Th ey will
be able to use that card on the eligible
food on their next purchase.
Shoppers can also earn up to $50
in incentives on their Get the Good
Stuff card per day.
“Not only will this program make
it easier for New Yorkers to purchase
great fruits and vegetables,
but they can buy them in a way
that works best for them – fresh,
frozen or even canned,” said Kate
MacKenzie, director of the Mayor’s
Offi ce of Food Policy. “It is important
that program participants have
these choices to make it easier to
feed their families.”
Th e new program, which the
Health Department recently
announced, is available at three Fine
Fare Supermarkets. Th ey are located on
8945 163rd St. in Jamaica, Queens; and
459 East 149th St. and 3550 White Plains
Road in the Bronx.
Th ree Guys, located on 6502 Fort
Hamilton Pkwy. in Brooklyn, will also
participate in the program when it
launches in 2020.
“Th is is a great program and a winwin
for shoppers and small businesses,”
Photo courtesy of NYC Health Department
said Manny Diaz, the general manager of
Fine Fare Supermarket in Jamaica. “New
Yorkers who participate in SNAP have
more money to buy fruits and vegetables,
while neighborhood grocery stores like
mine get new customers and sell
more produce.”
People with SNAP benefi ts can
sign up for the program at the participating
stores’ customer service
desk. Once enrolled, they will be
able to earn incentives on SNAP
fruits, vegetables and beans without
added sugar, salt or fat.
Th e eligible food includes fresh
fruits and vegetables; frozen fruits
and vegetables without added
sugar, salt or fat; canned fruits, vegetables,
beans and lentils without
added sugar, salt or fat; and dried
beans and lentils.
“Th is program will help 1.5 million
SNAP recipients, including
families, seniors and individuals
with disabilities, stretch their benefi
ts to purchase healthy foods,
so that no family has to choose
between eating healthy and eating
enough,” said Steve Banks,
Department of Social Services
commissioner. “We applaud this
eff ort and look forward to its
expansion.”
Get the Good Stuff , according
to Health Department, is “one of
the only fully electronic nutrition
incentive programs in the nation.”
More than 1,850 people have enrolled
in the program since June 2019 and
more than $45,000 in incentives have
been distributed, according to the Health
Department.
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