In Connecticut, more than 400,000 people struggle to put food on the table. The issue of food insecurity is exacerbated by inflation, increasing the cost of groceries and putting a strain on food banks nationwide. (more…)
In Connecticut, more than 400,000 people struggle to put food on the table. The issue of food insecurity is exacerbated by inflation, increasing the cost of groceries and putting a strain on food banks nationwide. (more…)
Springfield, Massachusetts-based Big Y’s annual “Sack Hunger” campaign has provided funds for the four food banks within its two-state marketing area. These food banks support local soup kitchens, food pantries, senior food programs, day care centers and 2,100 other member agencies. (more…)
Springfield, Massachussetts-based Big Y World Class Markets is partnering with the American Red Cross to raise donations to provide humanitarian relief in response to the Ukraine crisis.
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Big Y Supermarkets have donated proceeds from their October initiative “Partners of Hope” to 31 local breast cancer support groups throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut according to VP Claire D’Amour-Daley.
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Stop & Shop associates from Connecticut delivered a truck full of toys to Connecticut Children’s ahead of the holidays through a partnership with the Connecticut Lottery Corporation’s (CLC) 8th annual “Give a Child a Toy, Not a Ticket” Holiday Toy Drive.
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As the calendar turns to November, Connecticut’s FoodShare has kicked off their “Turkey and 30” campaign. (more…)
In an effort to reduce hunger among students in the communities it serves, the Stop & Shop School Food Pantry Program has expanded to support food pantries in more than 50 schools across the Northeast. (more…)
Jersey City, New Jersey-based Goya Foods, one of the largest Hispanic-owned food companies in the U.S., is distributing an initial donation of 40,000 pounds of food to victims of Hurricane Ida.
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Stop & Shop’s free, live educational and interactive webinar series for parents of elementary and middle schoolers is taking place at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 17 and at noon on Aug. 26. The webinars will be led by the grocer’s team of nutrition partners, registered dietitians and pharmacists. (more…)
With the help of the Invafresh fresh food retail platform, regional supermarket chain Price Chopper/Market 32 says it prevents 20 tons of fresh food from being wasted each week and is projected to prevent more than 3,000 tons of food waste over the next three years.
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