Double Up Food Bucks™


For each dollar of fresh produce SNAP customers purchase using their EBT Bridge Card and yes account at participating Family Fare and VG’s Grocery locations, an equivalent amount of dollars will be earned and placed on their yes account for a future purchase, up to $20 per day. Shoppers can then redeem the dollars for free fruits and vegetables.

SpartanNash, the first leading major food retailer to offer SNAP customers easier, affordable access to healthy fruits, vegetables

Cover of the Double Up Bag Stuffers guide


Click the image above to download Double Up bag stuffers for Family Fare and VG’s Grocery (available in both English and Spanish).

Administered by Fair Food Network and offered at 44 SpartanNash corporate-owned stores throughout Michigan, the Double Up Food Bucks produce incentive program is a national model for healthy food initiatives with support from federal, state and private sources.

The Double Up Food Bucks program enables Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to earn free produce when they buy fresh fruits and vegetables with their SNAP benefit at participating retailers.

In partnership with Fair Food Network, SpartanNash has offered the Double Up program at select Family Fare stores since 2014, expanding the program to VG’s Grocery for the first time in 2017. In total, 44 SpartanNash corporate-owned stores in Michigan participate in Double Up Food Bucks (see below for full list of participating stores), making it easier than ever for SNAP store guests to take advantage of the program – and double their buying power when it comes to fresh fruits and vegetables.

For each dollar of fresh produce SNAP customers purchase using their EBT Bridge Card and yes account at participating Family Fare and VG’s Grocery locations, an equivalent amount of dollars will be earned and placed on their yes account for a future purchase, up to $20 per day. Shoppers can then redeem the dollars for free fruits and vegetables.

For more specifics on how the program works at a SpartanNash store near you, visit shopfamilyfare.com or shopvgs.com.

SpartanNash is the largest grocery retailer to offer the program in Michigan, investing in the technology to easily activate the program with customers’ yes accounts. The Double Up Food Bucks program exemplifies the company’s commitment to Social responsibility by providing SNAP customers with easier and more affordable access to healthy produce as well as supporting our local communities and Michigan farmers.

Double Up is available in more than 150 farmers markets, farm stands and other retailer outlets, as well as more than 100 full-service grocery stores, including many SpartanNash independent customers.

For more information on the Double Up Food Bucks program, visit Fair Food Network.

Want a chart showing which fruits and vegetables are available in Michigan during which months? Want more information on how to store, prepare, cook or preserve Michigan’s great fruits and vegetables? Check out MSU Extension’s Michigan Availability Guide and Michigan Fresh Fact Sheets.

Family Fare

WESTERN MICHIGAN

  • Grand Rapids – 1225 Leonard NE
  • Grand Rapids – 1415 E. Fulton St.
  • Holland – 1185 S. Washington
  • Holland – 993 Butternut Dr.
  • Kentwood – 6127 Kalamazoo SE
  • Sparta – 565 S. State St.
  • Wyoming – 2900 Burlingame Ave. SW

SOUTHERN MICHIGAN

  • Albion – 1406 North Eaton
  • Dowagiac – 56151 South M-51
  • Hastings – 902 W. State Street
  • Lakeview – 45 East Columbia
  • Marshall – 15900 W. Michigan Ave.
  • Paw Paw – 847 S. Kalamazoo Ave.
  • Pennfield – 1603 Capital NE
  • Urbandale – 1525 W. Michigan Ave.

NORTHERN MICHIGAN

  • Boyne City – 430 N. Lake St.
  • Cadillac – 602 S Mitchell
  • Cheboygan – 992 S. Main
  • Gaylord – 829 W. Main
  • Gladwin – 1204 State St.
  • Grayling – 2470 S. I-75 Business Loop
  • Harrison – 1570 N. Clare Ave.
  • Houghton Lake – 3561 W Houghton Lake Dr.
  • Kalkaska – 784 S. Cedar
  • Lewiston – 5105 County Road 612
  • Mancelona – 619 N. Williams
  • Manistee – 1057 US 31 South
  • Midland – 2026 N. Saginaw
  • Mio – 305 Morenci Ave.
  • Oscoda – 5463 N. Huron Rd.
  • Rogers City – 100 S. Bradley Hwy.
  • Roscommon – 409 N. Fifth St.
  • Rose City – 2626 N. M-33
  • St. Ignace – 699 US 2
  • Standish – 533 S. Main St.

VG's Grocery

EASTERN MICHIGAN

  • Caro – 1520 W. Caro
  • Clio – 710 S. Mill
  • Davison – 8503 Davison
  • Fenton – 18005 Silver Parkway
  • Genesee – 7461 N. Genesee
  • Howell – 2400 W. Grand River
  • Marine City – 6764 S. River
  • North Fenton – 1390 N. Leroy
  • Owosso – 1341 N. M-52