Walmart to Get Stuck With Most of Food Stamp Shopping Spree - ABC News

First off what these people did was wrong, no way around that. Even tho my guts understand (some of) the why of it, it is still wrong. That being said, why the hell did Wallyworld allow this to happen?? There is an emergency procedure in place, a $50 limit on sales; a situation of their own making for what purpose remains to be seen.

Stores here just refused to do EBT sales, which for the c-stores I can understand but our only grocery store no. Had a long argument with the store manager concerning their refusal to honor the emergency procedure. Tuesday I'll be talking to the CAO office :)

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services' spokesman Trey Williams said the retailers who chose not to use the emergency procedures that limit sales up to $50 per cardholder during an emergency would be responsible for any additional amount spent over eligible benefit balances.

Following the policy clarification by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, Walmart told ABCNews.com the incident was "isolated" and the company doesn't believe it had any material impact to its U.S. business.

The shopping frenzy was triggered when the Electronic Benefits Transfer system went down because a back-up generator failed at 11 a.m. EST Saturday during a regularly-scheduled test, according to Xerox, a vendor for the EBT system and based in Norwalk, Conn.

Walmart to Get Stuck With Most of Food Stamp Shopping Spree - ABC News