Through the Grocer Solutions Center’s partnerships and programs, retailers across the nation have modernized their businesses to attract more customers, speed up checkout, reduce fraud, and expand food access in their communities.
20k+
Storefronts Assisted
1,891
Instances of Technical Assistance
50
States
Strengthening Grocery, One Relationship at a Time
The Grocer Solutions Center’s team of industry experts have worked in grocery at every level, from cashier to chief operator. We’ve pioneered and implemented new technology and even written the industry standards.
That’s why we love responding personally to an independent grocer’s questions and helping them pursue opportunities that make the most sense for their business.
One relationship at a time, we’re helping independent grocers find the programs, partnerships, and funding they need to achieve their goals.
What do grocers say about working with us?
When Grocers Succeed, Communities Thrive
More Families Can Find and Afford Fresh, Healthy Food
Grocers who participate in nutrition incentive and produce prescription projects give more spending power to SNAP EBT participants shopping for fruits and vegetables.
Through the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP), the Grocer Solutions Center provides hands-on assistance for grocers and their nonprofit and technology partners who are designing, launching, and running these projects.
Our GusNIP Support Has Helped
100+
Grocers operate nutrition incentive or produce prescription projects
90+
GusNIP grantees design or expand their projects with grocers
40+
Tech companies develop solutions to support GusNIP project design at checkout
SNAP EBT Participants Can Shop More Conveniently and Securely
Grocers who integrate eCommerce, chip cards, and mobile payments technology into their businesses provide more payment options for their SNAP EBT-participating customers.
Through the SNAP EBT Modernization Technical Assistance Center (SEMTAC), a partnership with USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, we help retailers understand and implement new technology for federal food assistance programs.
Our SNAP EBT Modernization Support Has Helped
418
Businesses with SNAP Online applications
171
Businesses with the transition to EBT chip cards
Grocers Can Receive Funding to Improve Food Access
Since 2025, the Grocer Solutions Center has helped independent grocers interested in applying for the America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative’s (HFFI’s) FARE Fund.
One of the only federal funding resources available for retailers, the FARE Fund offers free capital and support for projects that expand access to healthy food.
Watch the videos below to see how grocers in Mississippi and Colorado are using HFFI funding to support more people in their communities.
Stories of Impact
Grocer Solutions Center Power Hour Recap: A Nonprofit Grocer Finds Community
(April 1, 2026)
New Online Toolkit Offers Guidance to Grantees Looking for Partners in Retail Grocery, (March 25, 2024)
GusNIP grantees now have more than 50 resources to guide their work with grocers, including planning guidance, information on point-of-sale technology, and a grocery project-planning tool.
NGA Foundation TA Center Helps Bring Nutrition Incentives to Tops in Western NY (August 29, 2023)
A nutrition incentive pilot program at two Tops Friendly Markets stores in Buffalo, New York, is the culmination of a nearly three-year partnership among the grocery chain, the NGA Foundation, project grantee Field & Fork Network, and shopper intelligence provider Catalina.
Hitchcock’s Markets Roll Out Nutrition Incentives in North Central Florida (January 5, 2021)
Hitchcock’s Markets, a 12-store, family-owned and -operated chain, partnered with GusNIP grantee Fresh Access Bucks (FAB) to implement nutrition incentives in 11 of their 12 stores.
Double Dollars’ Launch Demonstrates SNAP’s Value to Consumers and Independent Supermarkets (July 30, 2020)
With support from the NGA Foundation, Manchester IGA, Community Farm Alliance (CFA) and technology solution provider POS-Plus, LLC, teamed up to launch Kentucky Double Dollars.