Both national and Colorado-based businesses have employees on federal food benefits

More than 1,000 people who work for Amazon, Walmart, DoorDash, Uber or King Soopers received SNAP benefits.

Column headings include "employer name" and "client_count." Self employed 4431 Amazon 2309 Odd jobs 2111 Walmart 1934 Door Dash 1790 Uber 1327 Baby siting 1193 King Soopers 1094 SE House Cleaning 823 Fed Ex 683 Safeway 646 UCHealth 620 Denver Public Schools 588 Target 584 Goodwill 515 Dollar Tree Stores 511 Wendy's 505 Instacart 453 Home Depot 444 McDonalds 389

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Data is a snapshot of the number of employees receiving SNAP benefits as of October 2025. Full- and part-time employment was included in counts. Odd jobs is an employer category in the state data and not a title determined by The Conversation. Employers were captured in the state data once they had at least 100 employees on SNAP.

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