Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. is partnering with Feeding America to provide three million meals to those facing hunger this holiday season. Customers can donate at the register when checking out. Store operators will choose which local food bank or community organization to support, and Grocery Outlet will match the total amount of in-store donations up […]
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H-E-B Donates $5M To Food Banks, $1M To Meals On Wheels Programs
H-E-B has committed $5 million to support food banks across Texas and made a $1 million gift to benefit Meals on Wheels programs in the state. “At H-E-B, we are passionate about taking care of Texans,” said Winell Herron, H-E-B’s SVP of public affairs, diversity and environmental affairs. “We are proud of our longstanding partnership […]
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Kroger Atlanta Division Packs 1M Meals To Fight Hunger Across Southeast
Kroger’s Atlanta Division united employees, community partners and volunteers Oct. 16 for its Community Million Meal Pack, a large-scale hunger-relief initiative that provided one million meals to families. “We did it!” said Victor Smith, division president. “Families facing food insecurity during these uncertain times will know our communities care and stand ready to help.” In […]
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Kroger, First Responders Launch ‘Heroes Fight Hunger’ Food Drives
The Kroger Co. is partnering with first responders across the U.S. in September to mark Hunger Action Month with “Heroes Fight Hunger,” a company-led food drive to benefit area food banks and pantries. At select Kroger locations, customers can donate nonperishable items such as peanut butter, pasta, canned fruit and vegetables, shelf-stable milk, rice and […]
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Hannaford Supermarkets Marks 200th School-Based Pantry Milestone
At a time when student food insecurity is on the rise, Hannaford Supermarkets recently marked the opening of its 200th school-based food pantry. Hannaford donated $10,000 to renovate the space at Portland High School in Maine, add refrigeration and storage and stock it with fresh food for students. School leaders estimate the pantry could serve […]
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Food Lion Feeds Launches Annual Apple Bag Campaign
Food Lion Feeds has launched its annual Gala Apple Bag campaign throughout Food Lion’s 10-state operating footprint. Through Oct. 7, shoppers can buy specially marked bags of Gala apples or make a cash donation to support community hunger-relief organizations. Through the campaign, $0.50 (monetary equivalent of five meals) from each bag purchase will be provided […]
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Grocery Outlet Begins Annual Independence From Hunger Campaign
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. is holding the 15th “Independence from Hunger” food drive through July 31, collecting in-store and online donations, as well as pre-made bags of nonperishable foods, at its 540 locations nationwide. Donations benefit local food agencies chosen by the company’s independent operators. “We look forward to continuing Grocery Outlet’s storied tradition of […]
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Meijer LPGA Classic Surpasses Goal, Raises $1.5M To Stock Food Pantries
The 11th Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give concluded June 15, crowning Carlota Ciganda as its 2025 champion at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, Michigan. Tournament officials announced the event exceeded its goal for the Meijer Simply Give hunger relief program, raising $1.5 million to help stock the shelves of food pantries across the Midwest. Including […]
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Price Rite Marketplace Kicks Off Annual Feeding Minds, Bodies Campaign
Price Rite Marketplace and Feed the Children kicked off their annual Feeding Minds & Bodies campaign with a hunger-fighting event in Rhode Island that helped hundreds of families. The gathering, the first of eight similar events planned this year, took place at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium at the start of GoProvidence’s Providence Culinary Collective, a […]
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The Giant Co. Donates $250K To Local Hunger Relief Efforts
Carlisle, Pennsylvania-based The Giant Co. is making an additional donation of $250,000 to 18 local hunger relief organizations across its footprint. Each organization will use the funds to help address immediate needs including supplying food and ensuring critical food delivery to families in need throughout local communities in addition to helping offset added operational expenses […]
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Produce For Kids Launches Stock The Food Pantries Initiative
Orlando, Florida-based Produce for Kids has provided more than 12 million meals to families in need through Feeding America over the years, and now the organization is looking to rally the produce industry and beyond to support Feeding America’s Covid-19 Response Fund through its new Stock the Food Pantries fundraising initiative. On April 1, Feeding America announced an estimated $1.4 […]
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Northerly Give-Back Program Benefits Arizona Food Banks
Scottsdale, Arizona-based Northerly, a food brand focused on sustainable-growing and eco-friendly practices, was built on giving back. By shortening the supply chain and going direct to consumers, CEO Clayton B.R. Wolfe is able to donate rolled oats for every bag sold. Currently, Northerly’s partners include local food banks, St. Mary’s; the world’s first food bank, United Food […]
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AWG’s 10 DCs Celebrate Giving Tuesday With $75,000 For Nonprofits
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) employees are celebrating Tuesday, Dec. 3, known as “Giving Tuesday,” by highlighting work in each of its 10 distribution centers throughout the year to raise more than $75,000 for nonprofit and charitable organizations, with matches by AWG through the AWG Cares Employee Charitable Foundation. Now in its second year, AWG Cares […]
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MGA Recognizes 14 Minnesota Companies For Hunger-Relief Efforts
The Minnesota Grocers Association (MGA) has named the Silver Plate Award winners of its 2018 Bag Hunger Campaign contest (listed below). The contest is part of a statewide campaign coordinated annually by MGA that engages Minnesotans in the fight to bag hunger in their neighborhoods. The 2018 campaign donated $10,000 to Second Harvest Heartland with […]
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Reasor’s Donated More Than $300K To Oklahoma Food Bank In 2018
Throughout 2018 Reasor’s held many fundraising drives for the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, raising more than $316,000. “We know that 17 percent of our statewide population is considered food insecure. One in 4 children are at risk of going to bed hungry and 1 in ten of our senior citizens struggle with hunger,” says […]
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Southern Glazer’s Raises More Than $90K For Feeding America
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, a distributor of alcoholic beverages, raised a total of $90,800 for Feeding America through its recent national holiday philanthropy campaign, created to encourage employee volunteerism across the country during the holidays. For every dollar donated, the Feeding America network of food banks can provide 10 meals to people facing hunger. With Southern Glazer’s donation, […]
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USDA To Protect SNAP Participants’ Access To Assistance In February
At the direction of President Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Jan. 8 revealed a plan to ensure that low-income Americans have access to the nutrition they need during the partial government shutdown over funding for the border wall. The plan provides full benefits for participants in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) […]
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Hormel And AWG Donated 9,000 Pounds Of Ham For The Holidays
Hormel Foods and Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) donated 9,000 pounds of Hormel Cure 81 hams to Harvesters to help feed those in need this holiday season. The makers of the Hormel Cure 81 brand created the “Hormel Cure 81 Hams for Hunger” program in 1989. The program involves a partnership between Hormel and grocery retailers […]
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Southeastern Grocers Exceeds 20 Million Meals Donation Goal
With the support of its associates and customers, Southeastern Grocers (SEG), parent company of Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, together with the SEG Gives Foundation, donated nearly 22 million meals to Feeding America in 2018. This annual contribution surpasses the grocer’s original pledge of 20 million meals to the communities […]
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Reasor’s Ends Record-Breaking ‘Food 2 Families’ Food Drive
From mid-November through mid-December, Reasor’s stores teamed up with local Oklahoma news station KJRH Channel 2 for the retailer’s 18th Annual Food 2 Families Food Drive, benefitting the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. Reasor’s collected more than $22,000 in donations during this year’s campaign, breaking last year’s record. During the campaign, Reasor’s shoppers were given […]