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March 26, 2013
Meijer launches Simply Give donation campaign

Meijer will fund local food pantries by doubling every customer's $10 donation next month, the mass-merchandise retailer said.

March 25, 2013
Skin care brand Own inks charity initiative to aid local food banks

Anti-aging skin care brand Own Skin Health has announced its first charity initiative with Feeding America, a leading domestic hunger-relief organization.

December 21, 2012
Walmart Canada announces donation to Food Banks Canada

Walmart Canada announced on Friday a donation of C$100,000 to Food Banks Canada to help local food banks improve access to food and services for those in need.

December 11, 2012
Harris Teeter donates $550,000 to area food banks

Harris Teeter on Monday announced that more than $550,000 has been donated to local food banks out of the company’s Harvest Feast Food Drive and Donation Card Campaign.

November 20, 2012
Giant-Landover donates 1,000 turkeys to local food bank

Giant-Landover donated 1,000 turkeys to a nearby food bank last week to help families in need enjoy Thanksgiving, the Ahold-owned chain said.

September 17, 2012
Jewel-Osco brings back 'Give a Little, Feed a Lot'

Jewel-Osco on Friday announced that the company is observing Hunger Action Month this September with an aggressive campaign to raise food and funds for food banks and food pantries in the retailer's service area.

September 12, 2012
Meijer's Simply Give Week garners more than $400K in donations

Meijer's Simply Give Week garnered more than $145,000 in donations from its customers. The effort, combined with the commitment from Meijer to double all donations made Sept. 2 to 8, brought the week's total donation to $437,400, Meijer co-chairman Hank Meijer said.

May 23, 2012
Bartell Drugs launches summer food drive

Regional chain Bartell Drugs is partnering with a charity group to launch a food-collection program.

February 2, 2012
Safeway, Kraft food bank program yields almost 362,000 bags of groceries

Safeway and Kraft Foods on Thursday announced that their Help Us End Hunger (Every Bag Counts) food drive yielded nearly 362,000 bags of groceries for food banks and other hunger-relief centers throughout the United States.

January 24, 2012
Stop & Shop customers, partners donate nearly $2 million through Food for Friends program

Stop & Shop announced that its customers and partners donated nearly $2 million through the company's annual fundraising program.

November 16, 2011
Sam's Club donates $1 million to help end child hunger

Sam's Club announced that it will donate $1 million to support child hunger programs through Feeding America as part of its Holiday Taste of Sam's Club event, which will be held from Nov. 18 to 20.

November 8, 2011
NFL's Jon Beason, Harris Teeter partner on Thanksgiving food drive

The National Football League's Carolina Panthers linebacker Jon Beason will arrive at Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina to greet a Harris Teeter tractor trailer filled with product needed for a traditional holiday feast, the Carolina grocer announced Tuesday.

August 26, 2011
Wegmans donates almost 14,000 lbs. of nonperishables to Maryland community

Wegmans delivered 13,848 lbs. of nonperishable food to Harford Community Action Agency in Maryland, the company announced Friday.

August 9, 2011
Meijer introduces latest Simply Give campaign

After exceeding more than $2 million in food and donations, Meijer announced that it once again has launched the Simply Give campaign throughout its stores.

June 3, 2011
Once again, Kroger emphasizes hunger awareness

Kroger has kicked off a two-week campaign that is expected to generate $5 million dollars in cash and food donations to assist 80 local food banks in communities where Kroger's customers and associates live and work.

May 31, 2011
Meijer's Simply Give program surpasses $2 million mark

Meijer announced that its most recent food pantry donation program has exceeded $2 million in total food donations.

May 25, 2011
Bartell to host third annual Stock the Pantry food drive

Bartell Drugs will kick off its annual food drive at the end of the month, the regional retail pharmacy chain said.

May 2, 2011
Kroger donates $250K to storm, flood relief efforts

Kroger is committing $250,000 in cash and in-kind contributions to assist storm and flood relief efforts in communities across several Southeastern states.

January 18, 2011
Walmart Foundation donates $2 million to make food banks 'green'

Walmart's philanthropic arm announced a $2 million donation to help food banks save money on energy bills.

January 13, 2011
Food Lion family, Bottom Dollar Food announce results of Hunger Has a Cure campaign

Food Lion family of stores and Bottom Dollar Food donated a record 1.5 million lbs. of food to local food banks.

January 7, 2011
Giant Food recaps 2010 hunger-relief efforts

Giant Food this week said that over the course of 2010, the supermarket chain donated more than 2.4 million lbs. of food to local hunger-relief organizations.

January 4, 2011
Meijer donates semi-tractors to support Midwest communities

Meijer last week announced its donation of 35 reconditioned semi-tractors to local food banks, academic organizations and law enforcement throughout the Midwest.

December 22, 2010
Stop & Shop's Food for Friends campaign reaches new record

Stop & Shop announced Tuesday that its annual campaign that donates funds for hunger relief to local food pantries and regional food banks realized a 40% increase from last year.

December 16, 2010
Shaw's, New England Patriots Foundation continue to tackle hunger relief

A supermarket chain, part of the Supervalu family of grocery stores, teamed up with the charitable arm of a professional football team to donate funds to end hunger in the area.

November 18, 2010
Fresh & Easy gives back with holiday food drive

Regional supermarket chain Fresh & Easy has kicked off its in-store food drive for the...

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