Double Up Food Bucks

Developed by the national nonprofit Fair Food Network, Double Up Food Bucks matches SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) dollars spent on fresh fruits and vegetables. It allows families with SNAP benefits to buy more healthful foods, helps local farmers and grocers gain new customers, and keeps more food dollars within the local economy.

Using Double Up Food Bucks

Using Double Up Food Bucks

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) is a nutrition incentive program that matches the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to enable EBT cardholders to purchase more fruits and vegetables. Shoppers will receive a matching credit for every dollar spent on fresh produce. The program doubles the value of fruits and vegetables by giving EBT cardholders a $1:$1 match for purchases on qualifying produce items, up to $20 per day.

Shoppers with SNAP benefits are eligible to participate in DUFB.

Fresh fruits and vegetables in their natural state with no added sugar, salt, or preservatives are eligible for this program. Edible plant starts and seeds are also eligible. (Canned and frozen items, bagged salad kits with dressing, and fruit cups or juices with added sugar are not permitted. Self-service salad bars also are not permitted.)

Once your account set-up is complete, and you receive your Food For All discount card, please present your FFA discount card at checkout for the cashier to scan to associate your transaction with your DUFB account. Our point of sale system will automatically track purchases of eligible produce items when you use your SNAP card to make purchases of eligible produce items. Double Up Food Bucks have to be earned before they can be redeemed. The program works as a $1 for $1 match. When you spend $1 on fresh produce with your EBT card, you earn $1 to spend on fresh produce on your next visit.

There is a limit of earning $20 per day per customer. Customers do not earn DUFB credit on items that were purchased using DUFB credit.You will not be able to accrue more than $1,000 of DUFB credit.

There is no limit on the amount of DUFB that can be redeemed in a single transaction.

To redeem DUFB benefits, ask your cashier to apply any (or a specific dollar amount of) eligible benefits before tendering your transaction. During checkout, please provide your Food For All discount card so the cashier can look up your DUFB account and apply eligible benefits.

Yes, customers can return produce purchased with DUFB points. It will add points to their balance. Refunds must be given as returned DUFB points or an exchange of produce.

Your DUFB credits at First Alternative Co-op will only expire if your account remains inactive for over one year. The DUFB program is grant-funded and may not be guaranteed to continue indefinitely.

This is a state and federal funded program only available to EBT cardholders to ensure they have the opportunity to use their benefits to purchase more fruits and vegetables. Cost is often listed as one of the primary challenges facing food insecure households when asked about barriers to eating fruits and vegetables at home.

You can earn DUFB with any state’s EBT card, but the benefits can only be redeemed at the specified participating retailers. 

No, grocery stores and farmers’ markets operate separate DUFB programs. Visit https://doubleuporegon.org/ to learn more about how DUFB works at Oregon farmers’ markets. Your DUFB earned through the Co-op will only be able to be redeemed at both of our store locations in Corvallis. 

No, Farmers’ Market vouchers can not be used at the grocery store. Farmers’ Market DUFB vouchers can be redeemed at any participating DUFB farmers’ market across the state. 

No, at this time, DUFB benefits at grocery stores must be redeemed at the same grocery store at which they are earned. In other words, DUFB benefits earned at the Co-op must also be redeemed at the Co-op, and can not be spent at a farmers’ market or a different grocery store.