LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its
Zero Hunger | Zero Waste commitment, Food 4 Less/Foods Co is
inviting customers to help hungry families by supporting local food
banks this holiday season.
Beginning November 8, 2017 and
continuing through February 3, 2018,
Food 4 Less/Foods Co customers and associates may support local
food banks by donating spare change in collection canisters located
at the check stands in their neighborhood Food 4 Less stores in
Southern California and the
greater Chicago area, and at Foods
Co supermarkets in Central and Northern
California.
All donations will be distributed to Feeding America-affiliated
food banks and hunger relief organizations in the communities
served by Food 4 Less and Foods Co stores. These important funds
will help provide food banks the products they need to feed the
hungry during the holidays and throughout the year.
"Assisting people who need help during the holidays and
throughout the year is a priority at Food 4 Less/Foods Co," said
Bryan Kaltenbach, president of Food
4 Less/Foods Co. "This checkstand fundraising campaign provides an
opportunity for our customers and associates to drive funds to
local food banks to help hungry families."
Food banks benefiting from this year's holiday hunger
fundraising campaign include: Central Valley Food Bank
(Fresno), Feeding America San
Diego, FIND Food Bank (Indio),
Food Share (Oxnard), Greater
Chicago Food Depository, Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, San
Francisco Foodbank, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County and Second Harvest Food Bank
Serving Riverside and San
Bernardino Counties.
Food 4 Less' ongoing commitment to help eliminate hunger also
includes its company-wide Perishables Donations Partnership (PDP)
program. The program allows fresh, wholesome food such as meat,
produce and dairy products to be donated directly from Food 4 Less
and Foods Co stores to local food banks that are able to safely
handle perishable foods.
Through the PDP program, Food 4 Less and Foods Co stores have
donated more than 2 million pounds of perishable foods to food
banks this year. This represents more than 1.7 million meals for
hungry families
Food 4 Less/Foods Co's holiday hunger fundraising and PDP
programs are part of the supermarket company's Zero Hunger | Zero
Waste initiative. This bold initiative seeks to end hunger in the
communities served by Food 4 Less supermarkets in Southern California and the greater
Chicago area, and Foods Co stores
in Central and Northern California
while also eliminating waste across the company by 2025.
About Food 4 Less
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Food
4 Less operates 130 price-impact, warehouse-format supermarkets
under the banners Food 4 Less in Southern
California, Illinois and
Indiana; and Foods Co in Central
and Northern California. Last
year, Food 4 Less contributed more than $4
million to support education, hunger relief, women's health
and local nonprofit organizations in the communities served by the
company's stores. Food 4 Less is a subsidiary of The Kroger Co.,
(NYSE:KR), one of the world's largest retailers, headquartered in
Cincinnati, Ohio. For more
information about Food 4 Less/Foods Co, please visit our websites
at www.food4less.com / www.foodsco.net.
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