Community Service

Price Chopper Honors Vets

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:44:00 +0000

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Price Chopper Supermarkets is recognizing war veterans in several ways this Memorial Day.

IGA Golf Tournament to Benefit Wounded Warriors

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:55:00 +0000

CHICAGO — IGA here said it plans to host a golf tournament to raise funds for the Wounded Warriors Project.

Shoppers Look to Supermarkets for Produce Purchases

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:38:00 +0000

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — While shoppers may occasionally purchase produce from farmers markets, big-box stores, and community supported agriculture programs, consumers turn to supermarkets for the majority of their produce purchases, according to a recent poll conducted by the Lauer Johnson Research for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Food Lion Raises $500,000 for Hunger

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:51:00 +0000

SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion customers and associates raised more than $500,000 through its latest "Hunger Has A Cure" Campaign, which supports Feeding America's network of local food banks.

Breaking Ground in Food Deserts

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Independent retailers play a major role in the national effort to build food stores in low-access areas.

SN Whole Health: Trash to Cash

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:15:00 +0000

Recycling catches on as a way to reduce solid waste costs. A large part of the effort is simply pointing out feasible alternatives to dumping unclaimed food stuffs — namely donating the edible part to food banks and recycling the inedible part into compost or energy, or offering it to farmers as animal feed.

Fred Meyer Celebrates Food Bank Partnership

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:11:00 +0000

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Tuesday Kroger banner Fred Meyer honored its 10-year partnership with Oregon Food Bank by christening a truck trailer funded by a $133,000 contribution from the retailer's customers and employees.

IGA Plans 2nd Wounded Warrior Promotion

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:11:00 +0000

CHICAGO — IGA said Monday it will again seek to raise funds for the Wounded Warriors Project in its second annual IGA exclusive-brand national cause marketing initiative.

Independent Opens in La. Food Desert

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:46:00 +0000

WINNSBORO, La. — Ford's Fine Foods, an independent based in Colfax, La., has opened its fourth store in a food desert here — an area impacted by Hurricane Katrina – with help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development agency.

C&S Wins Award for Supporting Service Members

Mon, 07 May 2012 17:01:00 +0000

KEENE, N.H. — C&S Wholesale Grocers here said it has received the Seven Seals Award from the Department of Defense and the New Hampshire Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.