If you have any questions or issues about this store, please contact your local WIC clinic.Īs a reminder, you need to being your WIC ID folder with you as it contains your checks/vouchers, information about the WIC program etc. You can see an example of the price tag in the image below. While shopping, look for the WIC sign on the price tag, this verifies that food item is WIC approved. You can also verify by looking for a sign out front that states they sell WIC approved foods. Before going shopping, it is recommend you call this location to verify they still accept North Carolina WIC, as their status may change from time to time. We provide the WIC phone number, address and hours of operation for this location.

To see what specific foods you can purchase, view the NC WIC food list. This vendor is allowed to sell food using your North Carolina WIC benefits.

If adopting a corporate policy to implement a federal nutrition assistance program presented a sustainable business practice, discount stores could radically improve access to healthy food and beverages for low-income communities.View details for Cherry Food Mart, a WIC approved store in Charlotte NC. Thousands of discount stores sell food and operate in low-income urban and rural areas with insufficient access to healthy food.

How does WIC-authorization affect the sales of other non-WIC approved items? Do sales patterns vary by tender (SNAP, cash, credit)?.

How does WIC-authorization affect the sales of healthy foods and beverages? Do sales patterns vary by tender (WIC, SNAP, cash, credit)?.

What are the barriers and facilitators to WIC-authorization experienced by the stores?.

Interested in learning if this could be an economically viable corporate policy, the chain partnered with researchers at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to evaluate three key questions: In spring 2017, a discount variety store chain began piloting WIC-authorization for 10 of its stores in North Carolina. By becoming WIC-authorized, these stores would be required to carry a certain number of healthy food items, which can improve food access in low-income communities that may lack a full-line grocery store. In response to research on food deserts across the country, scholars and public health practitioners are encouraging limited service food stores, like discount stores, to expand their healthy food selections and accept SNAP and WIC benefits.

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