Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Food Stamps & Tokens

By using the People's Market token-exchange system, vendors can accept payments from credit & debit cards.

Customers and vendors delight in the People's Market token-exchange system.  Here is how it works:

1. Customers bring their credit / debit / or Horizon card to the central, People's Market booth
2. Using a battery-powered, wireless credit card machine, People's Market will authorize the card in a whole dollar amount
3. People's Market gives an equivalent amount of tokens to customers to spend as cash
4. Customers use tokens to purchase lunch food, artisan creations, fresh produce, or packaged foods
5. Vendors accept tokens like cash and make change when necessary
6. At the end of the day, vendors return to the main People's Market booth to exchange their tokens for cash (minus a 5% processing fee from the bank)

Note: Horizon card tokens can only be used for farmer food and packaged food

The People's Market token-exchange system is in place thanks to the generosity of the People's Market board of directors.  It has been in place since 2007.  In 2010, People's Market will dollar-for-dollar match any Horizon card usage at the market.  If you take out $5 on your Horizon card, People's Market will add another $5 to enable you to feed your family $10 worth of farm fresh produce.