[slumber1]

There has to be more to this story. This only happened in two places and they’re both in Louisiana?

I'm pretty sure these programs are run at the state level. This incident was a Lousiana problem, not a nationwide problem. Also standard procedure in these cases are for the retailer to limit purchases to $50. Walmart chose not to do that so they are on the hook for the loss. I seriously doubt they will join the state in seeking to recover losses since EBT purchases are probably a significant portion of their business

[sheana]

All food stamps are run at the state level. Then the state hands it down to the county welfare departments.

[blueunicorn6]

I believe that there were more states than just Louisiana that had EBT problems. Even if it was just Louisiana, why only two places where this happened? Why didn’t this happen everywhere in Louisiana? Somebody worked the system.