Grocery stores throughout the Delaware Valley are uniting to fight hunger. Grocers Against Hunger is a strategic initiative that enables Philabundance to increase our emergency food distribution by collecting food from participating grocers that would otherwise be thrown away. Because of strict guidelines, stores often need to discard items even though they are nutritious and completely safe to eat. Philabundance works with participating stores to procure these otherwise expensive and difficult to obtain items such as meat, dairy, produce and baked goods— enabling low-income residents throughout the Delaware Valley to prepare well-balanced nutritious meals for themselves and their families. The program also exemplifies green business practices by redistributing fresh products that would unnecessarily become waste. Philabundance follows all necessary food safety guidelines, transports product via our fleet of refrigerated trucks and inspects donated product at pick-up and distribution points.

The combined efforts of retailers, our own direct services and network of emergency food locations is evident in Grocers Against Hunger’s growing participation. Last year saw an astounding 149 percent increase in donations, resulting in 1.2 million pounds of collected food.

Thank you to our committed Grocers Against Hunger Partners:

ACME, Bottom Dollar, BJ’s, Giant, Redner’s, Trader Joe’s, Sam’s Club, ShopRite, Target, Walmart, Whole Foods. Your dedication to this program helps us feed thousands of people each week.

For more information about participating in Grocers Against Hunger, contact Marjorie Miller, Program Coordinator of Grocers Against Hunger at 215-339-0900 ext 1304.

Quarterly Store Highlight

Walmart Hatfield joined the Grocers Against Hunger program in August and has quickly become one of our star donors. Of the 33,320 pounds they donated in our first quarter, almost 70% was produce. That’s more than 23,000 pounds of watermelon, corn, and other delicious fruits and vegetables!

We want to thank Walmart Hatfield for working so hard to ensure that good food is provided to our friends and neighbors in need.