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Healthy Food Benefits for Employers

Make fresh produce and healthier food a realistic option for all of your employees with instant rewards for purchasing nutritious products.

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Key benefits

Meet the needs of your employee community and help them afford a wide range of healthy products in the S3® national retail network.* Offer discounts on healthy products and consider adding an additional allowance for fresh produce. Choose a weekly or monthly benefit.

Large product selection

Employees save on fresh produce, healthy food, pharmacy, baby care and household cleaning items from over 300 brands.

Broad national network

Over 95% of the U.S. lives within 5 miles of participating retailers, including Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, grocery chains and pharmacies.

Immediate savings at checkout

Employees simply scan their physical card or mobile app at checkout and save instantly — no clicking, clipping or downloading coupons.

High engagement and utilization

  • Members purchase 70% more produce 
  • 86% member engagement 
  • 84% of members reported the program is easy to use

Mobile app

Members can view benefits and balance, find participating retailers and check out with their barcode or card number.

Immediate savings right at checkout with just a scan makes this my favorite. No extra work at all.

Healthy Food member

Member communications

Members receive a welcome letter, program card, instructions for the mobile app and education on how to shop healthier.

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*S3® is the preeminent directed spent retail network in the US, which includes Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, big box stores, major grocery chains and leading pharmacies

Health Food Benefits (“Employer-Sponsored Plans”) are administered on behalf of your plan sponsor by Optum Financial, Inc. and Solutran, LLC (collectively, "Optum Financial") and are subject to eligibility and restrictions. Employer-Sponsored Plans are not individually owned and amounts available under the Employer-Sponsored Plan are not FDIC insured.

This communication is not intended as tax or legal advice. Please contact a legal or tax professional for advice on eligibility, tax treatment and restrictions. Please contact your plan administrator with questions about enrollment or plan restrictions. Federal and state laws and regulations and the design of your plan are subject to change.