Get $1 in Link Match for every $1 spent with SNAP at participating locations.
WITH LINK MATCH
LINK MATCH IS MADE POSSIBLE BY LINK UP ILLINOIS, A PROGRAM OF EXPERIMENTAL STATION.
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PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS MAP
Farmers Markets, Farm Stands, and more farm-to-consumer accepting Link Match
Brick and Mortar Grocery Stores and Co-ops accepting Link Match
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How to get Link Match
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How to get Link Match *
VISIT
a participating location and shop for eligible food items
PAY
with your Link card
USE
Link Match vouchers to buy fresh fruits and veggies
GET
your Link Match vouchers
Link Match Eligible Items
Fresh fruits & vegetables
Mushrooms
Food-producing plants
125 Farmers Markets, Farm Stands, and more farm-to-consumer operations
Match each and every SNAP dollar that you spend at their location.
Use this green voucher – you can receive the voucher at one location and use it at another.
26 Brick and Mortar Grocery Stores and Co-ops
Each store has a daily limit on the number of Link Match vouchers you can receive, which can be set at $5, $10, or $25.
Each store issues its own unique vouchers, which can only be used at that specific store.
Several locations of Cermak Fresh Food, Jewel Osco, and Tony's Fresh offer the Link Match, but not all stores in these chains participate in this initiative. See listing for details.
Food co-ops with a $25 limit only allow the purchase of local produce with Link Match.
Are you interested in becoming
a Link Match Partner?
IF YOU ALREADY ACCEPT SNAP/LINK
Farmers Market, Farm Stand, CSA, Mobile Market, Delivery Service, or other farm-to-consumer
Food Co-op, Grocery Store, or Corner Store
IF NOT
CLICK HERE FOR QUESTION & ANSWER
WHY LINK MATCH
1 of 6 Illinoisans receives SNAP/Link benefits
This means over 1.9 million low-income people can only buy food where a Link card is accepted.
Fresh and locally grown foods can, unfortunately, be cost-prohibitive to our community members most in need. Whether that be at a farmers market or in a neighborhood grocery store, Link Match can help make a difference. By providing a match on all SNAP/Link purchases, we help move the choice from “this or that” when shopping to “this and that” for fresh fruits and vegetables.
In 2024
Over $1.47 million
in Link Match redemption across our Link Match partners’ sites.
Since 2011, Link Up Illinois has increased the affordability and accessibility of fresh foods by doubling the value of SNAP/Link (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) purchases at participating farmers markets, farm stands, CSAs, mobile markets, grocery stores, food co-ops, and convenience stores across Illinois.
Email linkup@experimentalstation.org with further questions!