Never heard of it.
They are officially approved foods that persons with EBT cards ( formerly known as food stamps) can buy.
They include items such as milk, eggs, yogurt, peanut butter and canned tuna.
In other words, they are the food staples that all of us have stocked up on.
WIC is the Women, Infants and Children program. Welfare.
WIC is essentially a redundant add-on to SNAP (food stamps.)
The SNAP card can be used to purchase anything & all the junk food you like.
The WIC vouchers, OTOH, spell out specific foods, specific brands, and exact quantities of ostensibly “healthy” foods and specific types of baby formula allowed, for children & mothers too ignorant to know how to choose healthy food with SNAP.
The brands change from month to month, in order to give rival food producers an equal shot at the government cash. 25 oz Kellogg last month, 20 oz Post this month.
The vouchers designate quantity you’re allowed, based on family size.
I cashiered in a grocery for awhile. Ringing up WIC vouchers was a royal pain.
Invariably the customer would choose wrong brands or sizes, and it wouldn’t ring up.
Had to hold up the line while she went back to get the right items.
Plus, we kept the baby formula locked up bc it’s expensive & targetted by shoplifters, so I’d need to call a manager to get it.
9 out of 10 WIC customers also had a SNAP card for the rest of their groceries.
WIC’s main function, of course, is to provide thousands of cushy jobs & lucrative pensions to still another layer of government leeches.