Know of any retail place with MREs who take EBT?

[Suck My Glock]

Ok,...so here's the situation;....

I'm on disability. I get by. I do OK. I'm not starving or anything. But the "helpful" socialists over at the Arizona Dept. of Economic Security submitted me for the EBT (food stamps) program and didn't bother even telling me about it. I figure they just assumed I would want to scarf up all the government programs, so they just went ahead and submitted me for them.

Anyway,...I never did receive my little EBT debit card in the mail like I was apparently supposed to,...so I had no idea I had the funds available to me. 4 months go by, and I get a letter from AzDES saying if I don't use my EBT, the funds will be reclaimed and disappear. I found this odd, since I was unaware I had any such EBT benefit. I go online and check the account,...and lo and behold I've got over $1,200 dollars that have accrued and at my disposal. Hmmmmm. I go ahead and order a replacement card for the one that never arrived.

I thought it might make sense to take advantage of this little windfall and stock the pantry with an eye towards disaster preparedness. Obviously, I can buy a lot of canned or freeze-dried stuff. Winco has a great selection of long-term basics in bulk. But I'd like to also get a few cases of MREs if I could. But I've only seen them at surplus stores and outdoors gear shops,...not anywhere that participates in the government EBT program. That's entirely understandable. But,....

So I figured among the various preppers on here, if there is such a place that could serve my purposes, somebody here would know about it.

Any suggestions?

[Crippledtrigger]

Sam's or costco.

[Lobo2087]

Yeah just use it to buy the food buckets

[Crippledtrigger]

Ok,...so here's the situation;....

I'm on disability. I get by. I do OK. I'm not starving or anything. But the "helpful" socialists over at the Arizona Dept. of Economic Security submitted me for the EBT (food stamps) program and didn't bother even telling me about it. I figure they just assumed I would want to scarf up all the government programs, so they just went ahead and submitted me for them.

Anyway,...I never did receive my little EBT debit card in the mail like I was apparently supposed to,...so I had no idea I had the funds available to me. 4 months go by, and I get a letter from AzDES saying if I don't use my EBT, the funds will be reclaimed and disappear. I found this odd, since I was unaware I had any such EBT benefit. I go online and check the account,...and lo and behold I've got over $1,200 dollars that have accrued and at my disposal. Hmmmmm. I go ahead and order a replacement card for the one that never arrived.

I thought it might make sense to take advantage of this little windfall and stock the pantry with an eye towards disaster preparedness. Obviously, I can buy a lot of canned or freeze-dried stuff. Winco has a great selection of long-term basics in bulk. But I'd like to also get a few cases of MREs if I could. But I've only seen them at surplus stores and outdoors gear shops,...not anywhere that participates in the government EBT program. That's entirely understandable. But,....

So I figured among the various preppers on here, if there is such a place that could serve my purposes, somebody here would know about it.

Any suggestions?

Oh, you can thank Obama for that too. When you sign up for anything now they automatically sign you up for everything available state and federal.

Just beware about the federal extras cause if you file taxes and they find out you have made too much they will come to take it back.

That doesnt include EBT as far as I know.

You probably have Obama phones and housing vouchers waiting somewhere too.