Food Stamp “Glitch” Leads To Clearing of Louisiana Wal-Mart Shelves

EBT benefit card glitch sparks Walmart shopping sprees in Louisiana (CBS News)

The Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system allows recipients of government food stamps to purchase goods using a digital card with a set spending limit, but for a few hours over the weekend, that limit disappeared for many users visiting Walmart stores in Louisiana.

Walmart and local police in Springhill and Mansfield confirmed to CBS affiliate KSLA that officers were called into the stores to help maintain order Saturday as shoppers swept through the aisles at two stores and bought as much as they could carry.