Save A Lot owner joins with Flashfood to bring grocery savings to several cities across the U.S.

Save A Lot owner Yellow Banana announced a new partnership with Flashfood Wednesday that will offer discounts on groceries for shoppers at store locations in several cities.

Yellow Banana owns and operates Save A Lot stores across the U.S. in Chicago; Cleveland; Milwaukee; Jacksonville, Florida; and Dallas. By joining forces with digital marketplace Flashfood, Save A Lot customers will have access to “heavily” discounted food nearing its best-by date, a release stated.

“Our mission is to deliver essential nutrition to working families at affordable prices,” said Yellow Banana Co-Founder Ademola Adewale-Sadik in a statement. “By partnering with Flashfood we are furthering our commitment to serve our communities, while also reducing the amount of food reaching landfills by redirecting it to dinner plates in deserving homes across the country.”

Flashfood aims to eliminate food waste by saving shoppers up to 50% on food nearing its best-by date that would otherwise be thrown away, according to a news release. Save A Lot customers will be able to save on grocery items such as meat, produce boxes, dairy and bakery items, as well as center-store foods and snacks.

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“We are thrilled to partner with mission-driven partners like Yellow Banana to broaden access to affordable groceries and provide communities with healthy food,” said Flashfood Founder & CEO Josh Domingues in a statement.

The partnership will also bring the food waste reduction app to Dallas and Jacksonville for the first time, expanding Flashfood’s geographic footprint. There are 11.8% of households across the U.S. that are food insecure, according to Feeding America. In Dallas County, Texas, and Duval County, Florida, food insecurity rates are higher than the national average—at 14.8% in Dallas County and 12.2% Duval County.

“Nothing is more exciting than bringing Flashfood to new shoppers, stores and states like Texas. Yellow Banana is a natural fit for Flashfood with a clear mission to deliver impact for their communities, and we're excited to continue expanding Flashfood's presence across the country,” said Domingues.

Yellow Banana is owned by 127 Wall Holdings, co-founded by Adewale-Sadik, Michael Nance and Walker Brumskine. Founded in 2021, the retail grocery platform operates 38 stores under the Save A Lot banner.

This summer, the minority-owned company received a $13.5 million community investment grant to renovate and reopen Save A Lot locations in underserved communities on the South and West Sides of Chicago. The company has said it plans to combine additional money with the grant, to invest approximately $26 million into six Save A Lot community locations in: Auburn Gresham; West Garfield Park; Morgan Park; South Chicago; South Shore; and West Lawn.

“We know how critical access to high-quality food at affordable prices is in many of these neighborhoods,” Michael Nance, co-founder of 127 Wall said in a statement. “By updating these stores both inside and out and continuing to source fresh, affordable food at prices working families can afford, we can deliver a dignified, first-rate shopping experience for local families. We are committed to the wider Chicago community and look forward to finding even more ways to better serve those who live here.”

Save A Lot was founded in 1977, and has more than 850 stores in 32 states. 

The Flashfood mobile app can be found in more than 1,450 participating grocery locations in the U.S. and Canada, including GIANT, SpartanNash, SN Martin's, Loblaws, Tops Friendly Markets, Meijer, Giant Eagle and Stop & Shop.

Stop & Shop recently expanded its partnership with Flashfood at their Brooklyn and Queens stores in New York.