Marketplace - Nov. 12, 2008
Quest cards help local, low-income people
For decades, low-income people paid for their food with a ticket-like tender called "food stamps." Today, the stamps have been replaced with Quest cards. More than 148,000 people in Milwaukee have a Quest card, and although they are not required to, most grocery stores accept them. Some, however, do not. We wondered why.
Tags: food stamps, quest cards, SNAP, FoodShare Wisconsin, Hunger Task Force, WIC, Sherrie Tussler, The Outpost, Sendik's, grocery stores, low-income people