Kroger’s Mid-Atlantic Division Donates 1.6 Million Pounds of Food
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Kroger’s Mid-Atlantic Division donated more than 1.6 million pounds of fresh meat, produce, daily and bakery items to 10 food banks in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the eastern portions of Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky last year.
Kroger’s Perishable Donations Partnership program depends on store associates taking the time to identify meat, produce, dairy and bakery items that can no longer be sold yet remain safe, fresh and nutritious complements to dry goods donations to food banks.
“Our associates make the Perishable Donations Partnership program a success,” said Allison McGee, spokesperson for Kroger’s Mid-Atlantic Division. “Every day in our stores, individual associates save healthy, nutritious fruits, vegetables and proteins to be quickly distributed to feed hungry families in our region.”
As a founding partner of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger agency, Kroger has been engaged in the hunger relief effort for more than 30 years. The company’s total contribution to food banks exceeds 200 million meals a year—or four million meals every week—when combining perishable foods, dry gods and funds.
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