DoorDash offers insight of Denver customers using SNAP for deliveries [Video]

DENVER (KDVR) — Over 1.1 million people have added their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance/Electronic Benefit Transfer cards to their DoorDash accounts since the cards were first supported on the platform in 2023, the company announced Tuesday.

Many of the purchases made with those cards in Denver have gone to low-income communities or food deserts, the company reported.

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Since supporting the use of SNAP/EBT cards on the app, DoorDash has determined that many deliveries using that payment method have gone to communities of color, residents living in food deserts and low-income communities. According to DoorDash, the app connects residents with essential goods and improves access to food.

In Denver during 2023, DoorDash completed SNAP deliveries to thousands of consumers. Of these:

To help these customers stretch those benefits further, DoorDash is supporting orders to a dozen additional grocery stores, …