SNAP benefits don't pay for rotisserie chicken. A bipartisan bill might change that... [View all]

I've been saying it for a while now. Costco's rotisserie chicken is feeding America - affordably. Costco sold 158 million rotisserie chickens in 2025 at only $5 a pop. Now, finally, folks might be able to use SNAP to buy them:

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to purchase hot rotisserie chickens with their benefits.

SNAP recipients are currently only able to buy cooked rotisserie chickens once they have been cooled down. Existing SNAP guidance limits recipients to purchasing "staple foods" that are intended for home preparation and consumption, automatically excluding any hot prepared food items like rotisserie chicken, according to the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service.

The bill, introduced Tuesday and dubbed the "Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act," would update the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to add "hot rotisserie chicken" to the definition of SNAP-eligible food.

https://abcnews.com/GMA/Food/hot-rotisserie-chicken-act-snap-recipients/story?id=132310587