Get ready to shop with WIC
Use your shopping guide, benefit list and Texas WIC card to shop for your WIC foods.
Scroll down for helpful videos and answers to common WIC shopping questions.
Get ready to shop with WIC
Look through the shopping guide on the myWIC app to learn which brands and sizes of food you can buy with your Texas WIC card. You can also get a paper shopping guide at your WIC office.
- Approved WIC Foods Shopping Guide (English - PDF, 5.4 MB)
- Approved WIC Foods Shopping Guide (Spanish - PDF, 5.3 MB)
- Approved WIC Foods Shopping Guide (Vietnamese - PDF, 5.1 MB)
- Approved WIC Foods Shopping Guide (Pashto - PDF, 5.4 MB)
Your WIC benefits show how much of each food you can buy each month. All eligible family members’ WIC foods are added together on your benefits. To view your benefits, you can go to myWIC, get a printed benefit list at your WIC office, or ask a store cashier to print a receipt with your current balance.
You can use the myWIC app to check your benefits, view the Texas WIC shopping guide, scan items to see if they are WIC approved, and more.
Paying with your Texas WIC Card
Your Texas WIC card works like a debit card and keeps track of your food benefits for each month. You can use your WIC card at over 2,000 authorized grocery stores throughout Texas. Find a store where you can pay with your WIC card.
Use all your benefits before the end of the month. Food benefits left on your WIC card do not roll over to the next month.
If your card is lost, stolen or damaged, contact your WIC office or call 800-942-3678. WIC will cancel your card and protect your benefits. It can take up to three days for your WIC office to get you a new card.
What happens at checkout?
- After all your items are scanned, you will pay for your WIC items first.
- Pay with your WIC card and enter your PIN.
- The cashier will provide you with two receipts. One receipt shows your starting balance and the other shows which items will be removed from your card.
- Check the items on the receipts and press “Approve” to complete your transaction. Save your receipts.
There are three ways to shop for WIC foods.
For some WIC foods, you will need to look for the pink “WIC Approved Item” sticker on the grocery store shelves. Stores use these stickers for the following three foods to show which brands are WIC approved.
- Milk
- Cheese
- Juice
For example, if you are shopping for milk you will need to first check your benefits to see what type of milk you can get. Then, look for the pink sticker.
2. Choose These Brands
Some WIC foods are brand-specific. The shopping guide lists the approved brands and package sizes you can choose from for these foods:
- Breakfast cereal
- Baby cereal
- Oatmeal
- Quinoa
- Corn masa flour
- Yogurt
- Plant-based milk
- Tofu
3. Choose Any Brand
For some WIC foods, you can choose any brand. Check the shopping guide to see which package sizes and varieties you can choose from when you shop for:
- Peanut butter and sunflower seed butter
- Eggs
- Beans
- Whole wheat and whole grain bread, bagels and buns
- Brown rice
- Canned fish
- Fruits and vegetables
- Baby food fruits and vegetables
- Lactose-free, dry and evaporated milk
- Corn and whole wheat tortillas
- Bulgur
- Whole wheat pasta
WIC Shopping Common Questions
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Do I have to buy a certain amount of food each time I go to the store?
No. You choose how much of your WIC food benefits you want to use each shopping trip. For example, you can buy one box of cereal this week and another box of cereal next week, or you can buy two boxes at once.
Use all your WIC benefits each month. Your remaining benefits cannot roll over to the next month.
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What if I need someone else to go to the store for me?
Give that person your Texas WIC card and PIN. Be sure the person is someone you trust with your card.
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What if an item doesn’t scan as a WIC item at checkout?
- Check to make sure you have available benefits on your card.
- Check the shopping guide or myWIC to make sure the item is the correct size and brand.
- If it still doesn’t scan as a WIC item, you can pay for it with your other groceries or put it back.
Do you still think the item should have scanned as a WIC item?
- Please let us know. Submit a request if a WIC item isn’t scanning. WIC will review the item and let you know why it didn’t scan or add it to our database for the future.
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What if I have other problems at the store?
If you have any other problems finding a WIC food, using your WIC card, or anything else related to WIC shopping, call us at 800-942-3678 or email us at WICS[email protected].
Texas WIC Shopping Videos
Getting Started
This video describes what you need to bring to the store to do your WIC shopping, how to use your WIC benefits and introduces the myWIC app.
Milk
Learn how to find the milk that matches your Texas WIC benefits.
Yogurt
Learn how to find the yogurt that matches your Texas WIC benefits.
Other Milks
Learn how to find lactose-free, plant-based, dry powdered, evaporated or Kosher milk that match your Texas WIC benefits.
Cheese and Eggs
Learn how to choose the cheese and eggs that you can buy with your Texas WIC benefits.
Whole Grains
Learn how to choose whole grains that you can buy with your Texas WIC benefits.
Breakfast Cereal
Learn how to choose the breakfast cereal that you can buy with your Texas WIC benefits.
Fruits, Vegetables and Juice
Learn how to choose which fruits, vegetables and juice that you can buy with your Texas WIC benefits.
Beans and Peanut Butter
Learn how to choose the beans and peanut butter that you can buy with your Texas WIC benefits.
Baby Food
Learn how to choose which baby foods you can buy with your Texas WIC benefits.
Canned Fish
Learn how to choose the canned fish that you can buy with your Texas WIC benefits.
Checking Out
Learn about using your Texas WIC Card at checkout.
Troubleshooting
Learn what to do if an item doesn’t scan as WIC approved or your WIC card is lost or stolen.
Recipes
Find recipes for delicious family meals using your WIC foods.
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