“We want to help low-income Americans put food on the table,” says Chen, whose company is based in Brooklyn. Shoppers enter their loyalty card number or, in many cases, their phone number, into the app. For example, Santa Clara County recently started a program of texting food stamp recipients about the app. Also a recent study conducted by the Harvard Business School showed that the app helped users avoid about a day of extreme hunger per month, according to Chen. “Users tell us it helps them stretch out the benefits through the month,” says Chen.

Source: Forbes December 24, 2017 17:48 UTC