You can tell who has never interacted with the hood in their entire life nor even read up on it in the thread based on "But you
CAN'T buy those things on EBT!"
1) EBT CASH is a separate but similar beast than SNAP or food stamps.
what is ebt cash
Vile Reddit Thread but explains it further
You can also cash back on purchases in some instances to use that loose money for whatever else.
2) State rules vary. Some let you get hot food or fast food with straight up SNAP benefits. Due to RMP
https://ansaritax.com/can-you-use-an-ebt-snap-card-at-mcdonalds-or-burger-king/
https://www.propel.app/snap/restaurants-that-accept-ebt/
3) You can just buck the system by entering items differently or punching them as other things or groupings of things especially if it's a "Fuck it I get paid either way" mindset or area which makes sense as there is an element of "Fuck the man" to it. Similar to the classic "X pounds of bananas at the self check out" but enabled by the owners. You got a pint of henny? Looks like a gallon of milk and a frozen pizza to me my guy. Nudge wink. Just product entry "Close enough" value things. If you go over you're skimming for "helping them out" anyway. It's hustling.
IMO 3 is the least common as it requires a degree of thinking outside the box. I've only witnessed it a time or two tops and heard about it just as often.
That and the funniest edge cases being arab and indian convenience stores ducking fines and legislation and will put whatever products in their stores (I have seen flavored cigarettes- Not cigarellos but straight up shady import cigs when stopping for a drink or gas here and there even

) by pulling an apu and "Yes sir no sir hotdog hotdog okay-ing" anyone dumb enough to come into the ghetto to fine them and making way more paperwork and hassle than it's worth to enforce just to piss a whole lot of em off anyway and make your job harder overall.
Which in the first place, seldom happens as the police really do not give a shit about these relatively penny ante violations in the land of bigger fish to fine and stabbings and shootings.
So more oft than not, Arab and Indian smaller bogeda ass stores got you covered for all sorts of shenannigans unless you've really been on their shit lists as again, getting paid anyway.
That and people just loophole skirt it with their other people in the area by getting X things on EBT for someone in exchange for other stuff with bartering.
Or the funniest one - Prepaying for a pizza with EBT at select places even in tighter rules states. Why? It's a series of "Cold food" items then, the heat and assembly is a free gift part you see!