Food Aid Recipients Go Online to Amazon, Walmart to Avoid Virus

Americans getting federal food aid during the coronavirus pandemic are flocking to a pilot program that lets them buy groceries online in more than a dozen states.

The need for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to shop online has skyrocketed as they have been trying to maintain social distancing to avoid exposure to Covid-19 since the outbreak started spreading nationwide in January. Enrollment in SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, has also climbed as more than 26 million Americans, thrown out of work, seek unemployment benefits.

“As more and more people move towards online shopping for groceries during this pandemic, ...