BJ's Wholesale (BJ) to Accept SNAP EBT Payments of Members

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. BJ has been strengthening its omni-channel offerings and rolling out digital services for a while to provide consumers with a seamless shopping experience. In latest developments, management announced that BJ will accept SNAP EBT payments at all its clubs chainwide, while members check out on BJs.com or the BJ’s mobile app.

The SNAP EBT payments used on BJs.com have suitable shopping options like free pickup, shipping and same-day delivery. Members using the SNAP EBT cards to shop online have the choice of selecting from several delivery methods with greater flexibility and convenience. Also, members have the option of splitting payments at checkout, and using both the EBT card and debit or credit card to suit their preferences.

We note that BJ is constantly making efforts to enhance its online SNAP EBT payment choices. BJ's Wholesale Club is directing its resources toward expanding digital capabilities to better engage with members and provide them with a convenient way to shop, including same-day delivery, curbside pick-up, and buy-online, pickup-in-club. BJ continues bolstering its omni-channel operations and ramping up delivery services.

What Else?

Over the past six months, shares of this warehouse club operator have increased 22.5% against the industry’s 4.3% decline. BJ's Wholesale Club’s focus on simplifying assortments, boosting marketing and merchandising capabilities, expanding into high-demand categories as well as building its own-brands portfolio appears quite encouraging. Own brands penetration increased 200 basis points to 25% of merchandise sales during the second quarter of fiscal 2022.

This currently Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) player’s growth strategies, better price management, decent membership trends and digitization continuously support its comparable sales. Total comparable club sales (comps) jumped 19.8% in the fiscal second quarter. This same increased 14.4%, 8.8%, 13.1% and 4% in the preceding four quarters.

Comps in the grocery, perishables and sundries division grew 8% in the reported quarter. General merchandise and services division comps increased 4%. Management now envisions fiscal 2022 comparable club sales, excluding the impact of gasoline sales, to increase between 4% and 5%, up from the prior view of low single-digit growth.

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