Over the summer, Shop ‘n Save used a variety of means to collect food and funds for the St. Louis Area Foodbank.
Seeking to address food insecurity over the summer months, the grocery chain organized the “Wipe Out Summer Hunger” campaign. The campaign ran from June through August and included tie-ins to the Slide the City event, a management team-building challenge and help from some of their loyal vendors. When it was all said and done, Shop ‘n Save employees, their customers and vendors raised $55,175 worth of food and funds to feed hungry people in our region! 
The Summer Campaigns
In April, Shop ‘n Save store managers from around the area gathered at their headquarters in Kirkwood for the announcement of the “Wipe Out Summer
Hunger” campaign. They also took part in a training exercise with business consultant Mark Jewell. Mark split the managers into smaller groups and gave each group $20 and challenged them to multiply their money 10 times over, in a matter of hours. The group far exceeded that goal and ended up raising $9,410 that was all donated to the Foodbank.
From June through August, Shop ‘n Save customers were able to purchase pre-packaged “Wipe Out Summer Hunger” bags of food as a donation to the Foodbank. This campaign brought in nearly $25,000 in food donations!
Slide the City was an event held July 11 and 12. It was a hot and humid weekend, which drove residents downtown by the thousands. Slide the City made a $60 donation for each volunteer that the Foodbank secured. Over the course of the two day event, 148 volunteers helped check-in sliders, hand out innertubes and help sliders get down the 1,000 foot slip ‘n slide. Nearly half those volunteers were Shop ‘n Save employees.
It All Comes Together in a Big Way
On Wednesday, October 8, a convoy of five trucks departed from the SuperValu Distribution Center in Hazelwood and delivered enough food and funds to help the Foodbank provide 220,000+ meals to our neighbors in need. Staff members from both the Foodbank and Shop ‘n Save welcomed the trucks to our warehouse in Earth City. Among the various staff members, Frank Finnegan, president and CEO of the Foodbank, chatted with Eric Hymas, banner president of Shop ‘n Save about the collaborative efforts to feed the bi-state region.
In addition to their efforts over the summer, our drivers regularly pick up food from 37 area Shop ‘n Save stores every week. In the last year alone, they donated 2.7 million pounds of food through that program.
The food and funds delivered to the Foodbank last week are an encouraging sign of the support our community provides.
We are so grateful for great partners like Shop ‘n Save!
