Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, and all three compete for non-WIC customers at grocery stores. Previous studies … explained the low WIC prices and the higher retail prices as the result of price discrimination. We propose an alternative … spillover model. Grocery stores, which supply both WIC participants and others, provide relatively large amounts of shelf space …

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the major purchaser of infant … formula in the United States. To reduce the cost of infant formula to WIC, Federal law requires that WIC State agencies … operate a costcontainment system for the purchase of infant formula. Typically, WIC State agencies obtain substantial …

WIC provides food, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and health care and social service referrals to … those meeting the criteria for WIC benefits from 1994 through 2007. In 2007, 14.2 million individuals were eligible for WIC …

Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) on beneficiaries' health, health-related behaviors, and …

Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Typically, WIC State agencies obtain substantial discounts in the form of … rebates from infant formula manufacturers for each can of formula purchased through the program. The cost to WIC for each can … wholesale price. This analysis suggests that retail markup accounts for most of the cost to WIC of infant formula in most States …