This week, senators introduced what they're calling the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act, which would make the supermarket staple an eligible purchase under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.
Idk if it may be different in other states, but in California all taxes, including recycling CRV, are waived when using SNAP. It wouldn’t make sense for food money paid by taxes to just go back into the pool of taxes. The only returnable bottles I have seen are over at the grocery store across the street from me, and they require coming back to that same store with a receipt, so I don’t think I could redeem them for free cash.
Idk if it may be different in other states, but in California all taxes, including recycling CRV, are waived when using SNAP. It wouldn’t make sense for food money paid by taxes to just go back into the pool of taxes. The only returnable bottles I have seen are over at the grocery store across the street from me, and they require coming back to that same store with a receipt, so I don’t think I could redeem them for free cash.