Produce Suppliers and Retailers Expand Partnership during Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Pink Ribbon Produce, a unique retail program committed to the fight against breast cancer, will return this October to more than 500 Harris Teeter, Meijer and Price Chopper stores. The educational fundraising program, managed by AugustineIdeas, partners the three grocery retailers with produce suppliers to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (NBCF). Stores will direct shoppers to the participating produce suppliers with a Pink Ribbon Produce icon on posters and point-of-sale signs at the product. In addition to buying selected products to support NBCF, customers can text “Pink HT” for Harris Teeter, “PINK M” for Meijer or “Pink PC” for Price Chopper to 80077 to make a donation. “Pink Ribbon Produce brings together grocery retailers, produce partners and consumers to support a cause that directly impacts one in eight women across the United States,” says Debbie Augustine, chief executive officer of AugustineIdeas. “This program gives everyone a tangible way to make a difference, while helping to fund treatments and research for a cure.” Through various fundraising activities, including Pink Ribbon Produce, NBCF provides funding for research, educational programs and mammograms to women across the country. Produce partners supporting this year’s Pink Ribbon campaign include: Produce Supplier Product Alpine Fresh, Inc. Asparagus Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce Roma Tomatoes Beachside Produce, LLC Broccoli Bushwick Potato Commission Potato CH Robinson Melons, Tropicana Mangoes and Tomorrows organic fruits and vegetables Country Fresh, Inc. Fresh Cut Fruit Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. Fresh Pineapple DNE DNE Citrus Dole Fresh Fruit Company Pineapple Dole Packaged Salad Packaged Salad Earthbound Farm Organic Salad Fowler Packing Grapes Fresh Express Salad Gourmet Trading Asparagus Gurda Gardens Onions Highline Mushroom Mushrooms Hines Nut Company (S&T Brokerage) Nuts Mastronardi Produce SUNSET Campari Cocktail Tomatoes Naturally Fresh, Inc. Dressing NatureSweet Cherubs NewStar Fresh Foods, LLC Bagged Spinach Paramount Citrus Oranges Santa Cruz Berry Farming Co. Strawberries Santa Sweets (C/O Procacci Brothers) Grape Tomatoes Southern Specialties Fresh Beans & Asparagus Sunlight International Sales, Inc. Grapes The Dole Food Company Dole Salad Turbana Bananas Westmoreland TopLine Brand Tomatoes   For more information about Pink Ribbon Produce, visit www.pink-ribbon-produce.com.