Price Rite Marketplace and Feed the Children Celebrate 10 Years of Partnership, Donating $1.4 Million in Food and Essentials to Over 21,000 People

Community Distribution Events Provided 130,000 Meals, School Supplies and More to Families Across the Northeast

KEASBEY, NJ (January 21, 2025) – This year’s Feeding Minds & Bodies campaign marked a decade of partnership between Price Rite Marketplace and Feed the Children in their shared mission to combat hunger. In 2024, the two organizations hosted ten events across several states – distributing approximately 130,000 meals and essentials valued at nearly $1.4 million. These efforts reached more than 21,000 individuals in the communities served by Price Rite Marketplace stores, continuing their commitment to supporting families in need.

Each family, pre-identified by local community partners, received a 25-pound box of food, a 15-pound box of essentials and personal -care items, and additional shelf-stable items provided by Price Rite Marketplace. Children were also provided backpacks filled with school supplies.

“Our Feeding Minds & Bodies program is at the heart of Price Rite Marketplace’s charitable giving, and we are thankful for Feed the Children and all our community partners whose support has allowed us to help our neighbors over the last 10 years,” said Kevin McDonnell, president of Price Rite Marketplace.

From May through December, Price Rite and Feed the Children hosted events in Buffalo and Schenectady, NY; Bethlehem and Chester, PA; New Britain and New Haven, CT; Chelsea, Chicopee and New Bedford, MA; and Woonsocket, RI. State and local elected officials showed their support at the events, speaking at opening ceremonies and helping distribute food. Price Rite Marketplace team members and Feed the Children representatives also volunteered at each event.

“We are grateful for a decade of partnership with Price Rite Marketplace, helping to make a difference in the lives of children and families,” said Emily Callahan, pPresident and CEO of Feed the Children. “Through continued collaboration, we have a greater impact as we seek to create a world where no child goes to bed hungry.”

Corporate and local partners who helped make these events possible include local chapters of the Boys & Girls Club, PepsiCo, Conagra Brands, Keurig Dr. Pepper, Frito-Lay, Goya Foods, Hormel Foods, Kraft Heinz, the Salvation Army of Chelsea, Kellogg’s, United Foods, Butterball, Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry and Olive St. Food Pantry.

Since partnering with Feed the Children, Price Rite Marketplace has contributed over four million pounds of food, totaling more than $14 million in gift-in-kind donations, providing support through 76 community events helping more than 228,000 people across the Northeast.

About Price Rite Marketplace
Price Rite Marketplace is a registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer owned cooperative based in Keasbey, NJ and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. Price Rite Marketplace opened its first store in 1995 under the name Price Rite Supermarkets, and currently operates over 60 grocery stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Maryland. Committed to providing the best value for customers, Price Rite Marketplace delivers a simplified shopping experience with top name brand foods and products and expanded fresh produce and organic offerings at exceptional prices. Price Rite Marketplace is also dedicated to fighting hunger through its annual Check-Out Hunger fundraising campaign and partnerships with Feed the Children and local food banks. For more information, please visit www.priceritemarketplace.com.

About Feed the Children
Feed the Children is a leading nonprofit committed to ending childhood hunger. The organization believes that no child should go to bed hungry, and so it provides children and families in the U.S. and around the world with the food and essentials kids need to grow and thrive. Through its programs and partnerships, the organization feeds children today while helping their families and communities build resilient futures. In addition to food, Feed the Children distributes household and personal care items across the United States to help parents and caregivers maintain stable, food-secure households. Internationally, it expands access to nutritious meals, safe water, improved hygiene and training in sustainable living. As responsible stewards of its resources, Feed the Children is driven to pursue innovative, holistic and child-focused solutions to the complex challenges of hunger, food insecurity and poverty. For children everywhere, the organization believes that having enough to eat is a fundamental right. Learn how you can help create a world without childhood hunger at FeedtheChildren.org.
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