Pay-Less Supermarkets will be hosting another round of Dopble Kopble (Double Money) for SNAP-EBT beneficiaries from Tuesday, June 10 to Friday, June 13. 

This incentive program affords SNAP participants the opportunity to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at a 50% discount when using their SNAP-EBT card.

Dopble Kopble is a pilot program being offered through a grant awarded to University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach. 

It is a first-time grant for Guam, funded by the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program. The GusNIP grant program, under the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, aims to promote health and food security by making nutritious foods more affordable and accessible for income-eligible households.

The incentive includes all fresh fruits and vegetables, both local and imported, but excludes processed, dried, canned, or frozen produce and any fresh produce sold with added sugar, fats, oils, or sodium, such as bagged salads with dressing packets. 

The discount does not apply at self-checkout registers.

During the launch, the Guam SNAP-Ed program will be providing cooking demonstrations and recipes from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at select locations so participants can learn and taste new ways to use local produce in their cooking.

“This program is a major step in increasing access to healthy food options for Guam’s SNAP recipients,” said Tanisha F. Aflague, Dopble Kopble project director and Guam SNAP-Ed program coordinator at the University of Guam. “We’re proud to be leading an effort that not only supports the community’s health, but also lays the foundation for future nutrition incentive programs in the region.”

The pilot will include on-site interviews and digital surveys with shoppers and Pay-Less Supermarkets staff. 

This process will assess the future feasibility of an electronic nutrition incentive system and will inform enhancements to the program’s efforts to expand nutrition incentives in Guam and other underrepresented areas. 

UOG Cooperative Extension & Outreach can expand partnerships to apply for larger GusNIP grants that could support a nutrition incentive program for Guam on a larger scale.