South Carolina SNAP gets a grocery aisle test at checkout

Key points

• USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service published a September 15, 2026 Federal Register notice for South Carolina’s SNAP demonstration project.
• The documented food-chain link is SNAP eligibility at grocery checkout, where benefit rules can determine which purchases a SNAP card can cover.
• The supplied record names no companies, brands, retailers, lobbyists, contract awards, funding amounts, or ownership interests.
• No effective date, comment deadline, product list, restaurant impact, farm impact, price estimate, or health outcome is established by the evidence provided.

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