Get More for Your Money
Through the EBT/SNAP Promotion
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) and Asheville City Market Downtown’s annual $5 for $5 EBT/SNAP program, which began early this year, will run through August 31. During the promotion, the first 50 SNAP customers at each Saturday Asheville City Market who make a minimum purchase of $5 in SNAP tokens will receive a free $5 bonus token.
EBT cards are swiped in exchange for tokens to spend with market vendors; credit and debit card purchases are also made this way. “Our customers with SNAP benefits are looking forward to an extension of the $5 for $5 bonus program,” says Asheville City Market Manager Mike McCreary. “Shoppers can purchase even more farm-fresh food when it’s at the height of its harvest this summer.”
The Downtown market is located at 161 South Charlotte Street and is open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through November, with special holiday markets beginning in December, and an indoor winter market that starts in January.
Asheville City Market also operates a South Asheville location, at 2 Town Square Boulevard in Biltmore Park Town Square, that runs Wednesdays 1-5 p.m; the South location, however, is not offering the bonus $5.
Asheville City Market began accepting EBT/SNAP payments in 2008 and has routinely led the Southeast in EBT sales at farmers markets. Other area tailgates also accept EBT/SNAP. You can learn if a farmers market near you accepts EBT/SNAP by visiting ASAP’s online Local Food Guide at www.appalachiangrown.org.
