You can tell. I always can when I’m in line.
They separate out the food that qualifies from the items that don’t.
“They separate out the food that qualifies from the items that don’t.”
They haven’t had to do that for many years. You might be thinking of WIC.
I know that in my local Winco store in California they had to put up a sign telling people using welfare they could not use their cards to take more than $40-$50 (I forget exactly) in “cash back” on their card, and that the store was not a bank. I sometimes use my debit card to take $100 extra out for convenience if not close to the bank. I don’t think welfare cards, which replaced food stamps, should be used to take out cash...it should only be designated for food. Too much scamming of the system.