WalMart will have to pay for hundreds of thousands of dollars of groceries bought by Louisiana food stamp recipients after a computer glitch gave them unlimited funds on their government-issued credit cards.The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, which oversees the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card program in the state, said WalMart could have instituted an emergency $50 limit for each customer, but chose not to - and as a result, the retail giant must foot the sizable bill.It comes after dozens of welfare families with EBT cards picked the shelves bare in stores in Springhill and Mansfield on Saturday and walked away with up to ten shopping carts filled with meat and other groceries - in a spending frenzy described by local officials as 'worse than Black Friday'. At 9 p.m. when cards started working again, customers left their carts sprawled out all over the store Emergency Benefits Transaction cards (EBT) have designated amounts of funds that under-financed individuals can use to buy food each month

When Walmart employees noticed EBT cards weren’t showing spending limits, they called the corporate office and were advised to allow shoppers to use the cards anyway. Other stores in the towns temporarily closed or stopped accepting EBT cards. called in police to help control the chaotic crowds of shoppers who'It was definitely worseIt was worse than anything we had ever seen in thisThere was no food left on any of the shelves, and no meat left. The grocery part of Walmart was totally decimated,' Springhill Police Chief Will Lyn told ABC News. Word spread across the towns about the loophole and hundreds of families flocked to the two Walmart stories. Chief Lyn said he saw some families ring up bills up more than $700. The average monthly food stamp allotment in Louisiana is $136 per person. 'I saw people drag out 8 to 10 grocery carts,' Lyn said. An entire line of full food carts were left unattended after food stamps went back online on Saturday night

WalMart stands by its decision to let families take advantage of the loophole. A spokeswoman said whatever money the company lost from the spending sprees won't have animpact on the corporate bottom line.'We did make the decision to continue to accept EBT cards during the outage so that they could get food for their families,’  Walmart representative Kayla Whaling told KSLA. lack of card limits was due to a power outage during a routineichiban sushi menu pa maintenance test by Xerox, an EBT vendor. jiro dreams of sushi fish market government-funded amounts of money catered to each individual'sjiro dreams of sushi los angeles movie times

There were no arrests made that night and witnesses told KSLA that the incident was a 'natural human' response to free food. One EBT Card carrying woman takes advantage of the glitch by stocking up on her favorite apple juice Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield were cleared in an EBT glitch and stores were forced to stop selling food From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., a frenzy of shoppers filled their carts to the brim with as much food as they could get their hands on.umi sushi menu mitchamWhen the cards came back online at 9 p.m., people abandoned their carts full of food in the middle of the Walmart and left as they didn't have the money to pay.sushi garden menu anchorageOne woman who tried to ring up $700 worth of food only had .49 cents on her card. running sushi online spiel

She was held by police for ‘stealing’ but was let go on the condition that she would give the food back to Walmart.After the stampede Walmart had to stop selling food at 9 p.m. Their shelves were stark and both empty and full carts were left all over the store.A spokesman for Walmart told KSLA that the company continued selling to shoppers 'so that they could get food for their families.'When asked by KSLA whether or not Walmart would somehow be refunded for the loss of produce, Walmart representative Kayla Whaling responded that they were, ‘fully engaged and monitoring the situation and transactions during the outage.’sushi grade fish market denverUsted debe recibir sus beneficios de SNAP/cupones para alimentos en la misma fecha cada mes. Esta fecha está basada en el último dígito de su número de Seguro Social (SSN), como se indica a continuación: Para usar su tarjeta, deslícela por la máquina que se encuentra en caja, introduzca su número de PIN y luego presione Enter.

Si la máquina de la tienda no funciona, pídale al empleado que le llene un comprobante o recibo de pago manual. Usted puede consultar el saldo de sus beneficios de SNAP en el recibo de la caja registradora después de una compra o llamando a la EBT Customer Service line (línea de Servicio al Cliente de EBT) al 1-800-997-2555. Usted puede comprar la mayoría de los alimentos con su tarjeta EBT excepto alcohol, comida para mascotas, o alimentos calientes o preparados. También, puede comprar semillas y plantas para cultivar alimentos. Para obtener una lista completa de los alimentos que se pueden comprar con su tarjeta EBT, por favor visite el sitio web del USDA. Usted no tiene que usar todos los beneficios en un solo mes. Pero, si deja el valor de más de dos meses en su tarjeta, su administrador de casos del DTA le llamará para preguntarle si todavía usted necesita los beneficios. Debe tratar de usar sus beneficios en el mes en que los recibe. Si usted deja más de tres meses de beneficios en su cuenta, su administrador de casos del DTA le cancelará su tarjeta y usted tendrá que entregar a su administrador de casos pruebas de sus ingresos y gastos dentro de 180 días.

A veces puede ocurrir un cambio en su situación financiera o en el número de personas en su hogar. Lo mejor es consultar con su administrador de casos del DTA para ver cuándo usted debe proporcionar información sobre los cambios. Si no notifica a su administrador de casos sobre ciertos cambios, es posible que se le pida devolver sus beneficios de SNAP. Al cabo de cierto período de tiempo, usted tendrá que recertificar sus beneficios de SNAP. Es decir, tendrá que proporcionar a su administrador de casos del DTA cualquier información actualizada relevante. Obtenga más información sobre el proceso de recertificación. Pérdida de la tarjeta EBT Si su tarjeta EBT se pierde o es robada, sus beneficios no serán reemplazados. Es muy importante reportar una tarjeta EBT perdida o robada tan pronto como sea posible. Si pierde su tarjeta o necesita cambiar su número de PIN, llame al 1-800-997-2555. Si usted experimenta una inundación, incendio, u otro problema en su hogar que resulte en la pérdida de los alimentos comprados con sus beneficios de SNAP, es posible que pueda recibir beneficios de reemplazo para ese mes.