ShopRite Celebrates National Nutrition Month

Keasbey, NJ (March 5, 2021) – March is National Nutrition Month ® and ShopRite’s retail dietitians are embracing the annual event’s 2021 theme, “Personalize Your Plate,” by offering shoppers a range of customized, online services that promote healthy eating choices.

National Nutrition Month is an educational campaign organized every March by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. The Academy is committed to improving the nation’s health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.

“Ever since we began offering dietitian services in our stores nearly 15 years ago, our goal has been to support our shoppers by offering personalized healthy eating advice,” says Natalie Menza-Crowe, director of Health and Wellness at ShopRite. “This year we’re expanding our reach by offering a combination of both in-store and online services that support a customer’s dietary health needs. We’re excited that our mission aligns perfectly with the theme of this year’s National Nutrition Month, ‘Personalize your Plate.’”

Founded in 2006, ShopRite’s in-store registered dietitian program has dozens of registered dietitians servicing ShopRite locations across the Northeast. ShopRite’s dietitians teach shoppers how to better understand ingredients and food labels, make healthy recipe substitutions, and take small but meaningful steps toward living a healthier lifestyle.

This year, ShopRite’s dietitians are celebrating National Nutrition Month with a number of in-store and virtual events geared towards helping shoppers to personalize their health and wellness goals. Some of these events include:

• Offering shoppers customized food and nutrition advice using the RD virtual chat box available on at https://dietitians.shoprite.com/. Since the chat was launched last year, dietitians have conducted over 16,000 one-on-one chats with customers.

• Hosting in-store and online events and classes for shoppers. Customers can learn more about events and classes at https://dietitians.shoprite.com/

• Offering personalized consultations, available by appointment. Customers can find a dietitian near them at shoprite.com/welleveryday.

• ShopRite’s dietitians host weekly online cooking segments on ShopRite’s Facebook and Instagram channels at @ShopRiteStores.

• ShopRite’s team of chefs and dietitians also provide weekly better-for-you meal ideas and video how-tos at shoprite.com/mealsmadewell. Customers can search for additional recipes at The Recipe Shop on ShopRite.com – which offers thousands of delicious meal ideas and recipes, and easy integrations with ShopRite’s online digital services. Shoppers can create a virtual shopping list and grocery order based off their favorite recipes that can be delivered or picked up in store using ShopRite’s ShopRite from Home service, accessed by visiting ShopRite.com.

• Additionally, on March 10^th, in conjunction with National Nutrition Month, ShopRite celebrates Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day. Events vary by store. For more information, visit shoprite.com/welleveryday.

For more information about National Nutrition Month at ShopRite, please visit www.ShopRite.com.

About ShopRite
ShopRite is the registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative based in Keasbey, NJ, and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. With nearly 280 ShopRite supermarkets located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves millions of customers each week. Through its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, ShopRite is dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities it serves.  Since the program began in 1999, ShopRite Partners In Caring has donated nearly $50 million to food banks that support more than 2,200 worthy charities. As a title sponsor of the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, ShopRite has donated $34 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.shoprite.com.