02:51 PM EDT, 04/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates throughout with statement from Walmart ( WMT ).)

Walmart ( WMT ) is bringing back the minimum basket fee for customers receiving US government assistance and subscribers to the Walmart+ Assist program, the company confirmed in a statement to MT Newswires.

According to an earlier report from Reuters, the $6.99 fee applies to grocery pickup and delivery orders under $35 and had previously been waived for users of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, via Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT. The fee was originally suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Walmart ( WMT ) spokesperson told MT Newswires the company had waived the fee during the pandemic to support social distancing, but that going forward, the standard $35 order minimum will apply to all pickup and delivery orders.

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