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Fair Lawn, NJ (June 16, 2023) – Inserra Supermarkets Inc., the family-owned and operated New Jersey-based company, celebrated the grand opening of its newest store, the ShopRite of Maple & Hemlock in Fair Lawn, NJ, which opened to the public on Friday, June 16 at 7 a.m.
 
The new full service, state-of-the-art supermarket, located in the Maple Avenue Plaza, features signature specialty Inserra Supermarket departments, including a from-scratch fresh bakery offering store-made bread, cakes and pastries, a café, Patsy’s Butcher meat department with trained butchers and a Wellness Department staffed with an in-store registered dietitian.
                                                                             
The supermarket also provides both traditional and self-checkout lanes, as well as online ordering with store pickup.
 

“We are proud to welcome our customers to the ShopRite of Maple & Hemlock,” said Lawrence Inserra Jr., chairman and CEO of Inserra Supermarkets. “This new store demonstrates our family’s continued commitment to the community to offer top-tier value, quality and service to our shoppers. It has been an honor and privilege to support this community since 1985. We thank our customers for their patience as we prepared the new store.”
 
In addition, the ShopRite of Maple & Hemlock features Fresh to Table, an in-store space that reinvents traditional produce and fresh departments to provide inspired, high-quality food-to-go options and ingredients for shoppers looking for a one-stop-shop meal experience. Visitors will find ready-to-cook items (“Prep & Eat”), ready-to-heat and serve items (“Heat & Eat”) and ready-to-eat meals (“Grab & Eat”). The multi-purpose space will also have ShopRite’s new and innovative Own Brand products, including its award-winning Bowl & Basket and Wholesome Pantry lines.  Fresh to Table also incorporates convenient digital components such as ShopRite Express to pre-order meals online. 
 
The new store includes a fresh modern design with updated store signage, LED lighting and refrigerated cases that are environmentally friendly and energy efficient. 
 
Established in 1954 by Patsy Inserra as a privately held family business, Inserra Supermarkets Inc. is a member of the retailer-owned cooperative Wakefern Food Corp. Inserra Supermarkets Inc. remains true to its roots as a family-owned grocery business committed to serving local communities, with third and fourth generation family members operating the stores and continuing the tradition of caring for and supporting local communities. Inserra Supermarkets Inc. operates 22 ShopRites and two Price Rite Marketplaces, with New Jersey locations in Bergen, Hudson and Passaic Counties, and four stores in Rockland County, New York.
 
The Inserra family joined community leaders and store associates in cutting the ribbon on the store on Thursday, June 15. The new store replaces the ShopRite of Fair Lawn, located at 17-17 River Rd., which closed on June 15. For more information on the new supermarket, visit the store’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ShopRite.FairLawn/
 
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 $62 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 $37 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.shoprite.com.

     
Ewing, NJ (June 16, 2023) – Hundreds of Wakefern Food Corp. associates returned to the Special Olympics New Jersey Summer Games at The College of New Jersey last weekend to volunteer and support the athletes and their families. ShopRite and Wakefern have been proud sponsors of Special Olympics New Jersey for more than 30 years, providing meals, activities and volunteer contributions annually.

“Our associates are always excited to volunteer at the annual Summer Games. The athletes and their families are an inspiration to us all and we are grateful for the opportunity to support this incredible organization,” said Karen Meleta, chief communications officer at Wakefern, the retailer-owned supermarket cooperative and logistics, distribution and merchandising arm of ShopRite stores.

 

Wakefern associates and their families volunteered on Saturday and Sunday, assisting with the games, preparing lunches and working in several Wakefern-sponsored tents featuring activities and gifts for athletes to enjoy.

Wakefern provided the athletes, their families and volunteers with approximately 10,000 meals during the weekend.

 

The games kicked off Friday, June 9 with the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run, which raises funds and awareness for the Special Olympics program. The run stops at more than 40 ShopRite supermarkets where torch run participants are provided water, ice and fresh fruit.

 

Wakefern is committed to giving back to the communities it serves through volunteerism, support of hunger relief charities, sustainability programs and more.

 

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 hundreds of 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 $62 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 $40 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.shoprite.com.

 

About Wakefern Food Corp.

From a small, local cooperative that began with eight grocery store owners, Wakefern Food Corp. has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States. Founded in 1946, the cooperative includes nearly 50 member families who today independently own and operate hundreds of supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage, and Fairway Market banners in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. For more information, please visit www.wakefern.com.

   

Keasbey, NJ (June 28, 2023) – Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the U.S., announced seven Wakefern, ShopRite and Fairway Market associates have been selected for Progressive Grocer’s 2023 Top Women in Grocery Award. The award recognizes women who go above and beyond to inspire others, help their peers, and strengthen the retail food industry. Honorees were selected in categories designated as rising stars, senior-level executives and store managers, and include associates whose leadership and expertise contribute to the success of Wakefern, its stores and member-owned companies.
 
Wakefern honorees include Rachel Caruso, manager, Corporate Labor Relations; Megan Kehrle, senior supervisor, Fleet/Mobile Maintenance; and Catherine Magistrelli, vice president of Dairy-Deli and Frozen.
 
ShopRite and Fairway Market honorees include Elaine Williams, HR specialist, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.; Kameka Curtis, assistant store manager, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.; Chelsea Stanton, store manager, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.; Elizabeth Stubbs, store manager, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.; Amanda Fischer, marketing, business, development and outreach manager, Village Super Market, Inc.; Maria Guarriello, benefits director, Village Super Market, Inc.; and Dehliah Martinez-Wilson, store manager, Fairway Market.
 
The honorees will be celebrated during an awards ceremony on Nov. 8.
 
About the Wakefern Honorees:
 
Rachel Caruso, Manager, Corporate Labor Relations, Wakefern Food Corp.
Caruso implemented new bilingual recruitment strategies and partnered with the logistics leadership team to bolster hiring and retention of warehouse associates, helping to substantially increase retention rates. She also organized COVID-19 booster clinics at all company locations for affiliated personnel, while managing warehouse issues and personnel matters without any labor disruptions. Caruso is the appointed trustee for a number of pension and welfare funds and a member of the Food Industry Association, also known as FMI.
 
Megan Kehrle, Senior Supervisor, Fleet/Mobile Maintenance, Wakefern Food Corp.
Kehrle successfully managed the maintenance and repair services budget despite industry supply chain challenges. She created best practices that reduced expenses and increased efficiency, and created a capital budget for replacement trailers and mobile and truck equipment. Kehrle is also credited for developing new processes and procedures that allowed her team to track and monitor equipment price increases. She serves as a role model and mentor for women in the field of fleet/mobile maintenance.
 
Catherine Magistrelli, Vice President of Dairy-Deli and Frozen, Wakefern Food Corp.
Magistrelli, who is responsible for the procurement, business strategy and strategic leadership of Dairy-Deli and Frozen, exceeded her division’s financial objectives and led Wakefern through the transformation of its own-brand fluid milk strategy, ensuring stores provide high quality, value-priced private label milk to customers. Passionate about helping families in need, Magistrelli also volunteers with local charities and food banks.  A leader and role model dedicated to the development of women in the industry, she has mentored numerous associates.
 
About the ShopRite and Fairway Market Honorees:
 
Elaine Williams, HR Specialist, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.
Williams’ district leads the company in mitigating risk through compliance management and by consistently outpacing company-wide compliance goals. Despite a challenging labor and recruitment environment, she ensured ten regional stores met all staffing needs with company-wide job fairs, virtual job fairs, in-store hiring events and on-the-spot interviews. During the pandemic, Williams also led a volunteer program that provided meals for nurses at local hospitals.
 
Kameka Curtis, Assistant Store Manager, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.
While overseeing daily operations and delivering bottom-line results as an assistant store manager, Curtis was selected to join the Store Manager Talent Bench program, helping lead her team during a time of transition. She also worked in various stores, driving sales at each location she visited. As a result of her accomplishments, Curtis was appointed as the store manager at the ShopRite of North Greenbush, NY. Curtis also co-facilitated a skills-building class for her peers that focused on de-escalating associate and customer issues.
 
Chelsea Stanton, Store Manager, ShopRite of Montgomery, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.
Stanton, who was assigned to oversee the perishable departments at the ShopRite of Montgomery, NY, also led associates to set several sales records in the meat, floral, dairy, bakery, deli and cheese departments. Stanton emphasized training and development, enabling the team to promote from within and prepare associates for leadership roles at other stores. Her store also raised more than $28,000 last year in support of the annual Veterans Campaign, finishing among the top ten fundraising stores for the company.
 
Elizabeth Stubbs, Store Manager, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.
Stubbs trained and mentored three new assistant store managers and helped train associates for the company’s newest ShopRite store in Elmsford, N.Y. She increased sales over the prior year in the grocery, health and beauty, produce and floral departments at her location, and was nominated to share her story at the company’s Annual Moment to Connect Series for Hispanic Heritage Month and Women’s History Month.
 
Amanda Fischer, Marketing Manager, Village Super Market, Inc.
Fischer drove growth with digital, social and in-store signage programs. Her team’s A Few of Our Favorite Things holiday program highlighted exclusive items, generated sales and nearly 50 percent growth, while the Citrus Fest program for specialty citrus drove sales by nearly 150 percent. Fischer championed Next Fairway Find, an event focused on promoting unique vendors in the early stages of building their business and marketing unique products, helping to drive better-than-expected sales and customer satisfaction numbers for two Fairway Market locations. Fischer has also spearheaded a holiday meal bag donation event in Village stores to provide meals to families in need.
 
Maria Guarriello, Benefits Director, Village Super Market, Inc.
Guarriello created partnerships with accounting, HR, IT and operations to allow for more collaboration and stronger communication among the departments. She reduced payroll’s processing time of new hires, automated pay progression rules and implemented a bookkeeping supervision team to enhance store bookkeeper training, among many other changes designed to help associates. In her free time, Guarriello is an enthusiastic volunteer at her local animal shelter and Humane Society chapter.
 
Dehliah Martinez-Wilson, Store Manager, Fairway Market, Village Super Market, Inc.
Martinez-Wilson’s store raised the most donations in the company’s milk drive for families in need and was the top-earning location for the Jimmy Sumas Holiday Meal Bag fundraiser. Her team also fundraised more than $20,000 for City Harvest food bank. Martinez-Wilson’s store was the top performer in the company during the last quarter. Two of the three assistant store managers promoted by Martinez-Wilson in the past year also went on to run stores of their own.
 
 
About Wakefern
From a small, local cooperative that began with eight grocery store owners, Wakefern Food Corp. has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States. Founded in 1946, the cooperative includes nearly 50 member families who today independently own and operate hundreds of supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage, and Fairway Market banners in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. For more information, please visit www.wakefern.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 $62 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 $38 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.shoprite.com.

      

CARTERET, N.J. (Aug. 4, 2023) – The ShopRite of Carteret hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony August 2 to debut an EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) (EVgo) electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station at its 801 Roosevelt Avenue location in Carteret, NJ.
 

The EVgo charging station features fast chargers offering up to 350kW and can serve four vehicles simultaneously. The station was supported with funding through the PSE&G Electric Vehicle Charging Program, which is designed to support the deployment of EV chargers.

This latest launch is part of a push by Wakefern Food Corp., the retailer-owned supermarket cooperative, to bring more EV charging stations to communities served by ShopRite stores.

EVgo is one of the nation’s largest public fast charging networks for EVs and the new EVgo charging station is available to both customers shopping in-store, people in the community and motorists from the nearby New Jersey Turnpike.

“We are excited to work with EVgo to unveil this new charging station for our ShopRite customers and electric vehicle drivers,” said Jonathan D’Orsi, a third-generation grocer whose grandfather, John Sitar, founded the ShopRite of Carteret 70 years ago. “It has been a team effort to bring this important infrastructure to our store and community.”

D’Orsi was joined at the ribbon cutting by his store associates, guests and community leaders including Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Carteret Mayor Daniel Reiman, Councilman Vincent Bellino and former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey.

“The addition of the EV charging stations to the store parking lot is part of the Sitar family’s investment and ongoing commitment to help customers and help our community,” said Carteret Mayor Daniel Reiman, who presented D’Orsi and the ShopRite of Carteret with a special proclamation to mark the occasion. 

 

“I think it’s really fitting and proper that we do this here at a supermarket and shopping center where people come on a regular basis. It adds a level of convenience that will make this EV charging station more effective,” added Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin. “Let me thank our friends at Wakefern and here at the Carteret ShopRite for this initiative and for what they do as corporate citizens.”

“EVgo is committed to building a convenient, reliable and affordable public fast charging network for all EV drivers,” said Marcy Bauer, SVP of Deployment at EVgo. “The fast charging station at the ShopRite of Carteret is one of many new stations opening across the Garden State and plays a key role in EVgo’s broader deployment goals to enable the mass adoption of EVs.”

ShopRite has supported sustainability efforts – both in stores and in its communities – for more than four decades, and plans to add more electric vehicle charging stations to its stores, enabling additional drivers to go electric with convenient access to public charging. Wakefern’s Real Estate Department is working with its Members and stores to identify locations for possible charging stations.



“Wakefern’s electric vehicle charging initiative is important to the cooperative and our supermarket banners. We are collaborating with providers to bring this critical infrastructure to our stores and communities,” said Andrew Pittel, Manager of Real Estate at Wakefern Food Corp., who is overseeing the EV Charging initiative. 

 

EVgo fast charging stations are compatible with all fast-charge capable EV models currently on the market, including popular models like the Cadillac LYRIQ, Chevrolet Bolt EV, GMC Hummer EV, Kia EV6, Hyundai IONIQ 5 and more. EV drivers can easily initiate a fast charging session on the network with the EVgo app, EVgo program card (RFID card), EVgo Autocharge+ or credit card. For more information about the EVgo charging network, visit www.evgo.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 hundreds of 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 $62 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 more than $37 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.shoprite.com.

 

 

About Wakefern

From a small, local cooperative that began with eight grocery store owners, Wakefern Food Corp. has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States. Founded in 1946, the cooperative includes nearly 50 member families who today independently own and operate hundreds of supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage, and Fairway Market banners in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. For more information, please visit www.wakefern.com.

Drexel Hill, PA – (September 1, 2023) – Burns’ Family Neighborhood Markets, the family-owned and operated Delaware Valley-based company, celebrated the grand opening of the new ShopRite of Drexeline with store associates and community leaders. A ribbon cutting ceremony on September 1 marked the occasion, followed immediately by doors opening to an excited and eager crowd.
 
The 72,000 square-foot ShopRite of Drexeline is operated by the Burns family, which has more than 40 years of experience in the supermarket business in the Delaware Valley. The family’s newest ShopRite store serves as the anchor tenant of the Drexeline Town Center, replacing their former store located at 5000 State Road in Drexel Hill, PA. The new ShopRite of Drexeline is a state-of-the-art supermarket featuring a spacious store format, enhanced product selection and variety, and new conveniences for customers to enjoy. The expansive parking lot also provides customers with ample parking space.
 
Along with the complete redevelopment of the shopping center, the supermarket was designed to meet the highest industry standards. Customers can expect a superior shopping experience with a wide variety of freshly prepared home style hot entrees, sushi, Chinese cuisine, brick oven pizza, rotisserie chicken and made-to-order hoagies and sandwiches. Customers will also find an in-store bakery, a meat department featuring the area’s finest butchers, a seafood department with the largest local selection of fresh seafood, a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and local produce, a floral shop, full service deli department including gourmet and grab-and-go items and an expansive beer and wine department. Shoppers can also enjoy the eat-in café on the second floor featuring views of the spacious store, and a dedicated covered drive-through canopy offers quick and easy curbside pick-up for online shoppers.
 
The ShopRite of Drexeline also features Fresh to Table, an innovative store-within-a-store experience where customers can find fresh, on-trend foods, easy to prepare ingredients and meal solutions in a variety of grab-and-go formats. Fresh to Table reinvents traditional produce and fresh food departments, providing additional high-quality options for shoppers looking for a one-stop shop experience.
 
“We are proud to welcome our customers to the beautiful new ShopRite of Drexeline,” said Patrick J. Burns, president and CEO of Burns’ Family Neighborhood Markets. “This store demonstrates our family’s continued commitment to serving the community and providing top-tier value, variety and quality – along with exciting new store features such as wider aisles, more parking and bigger savings with the same great staff. We thank our customers for their patience and patronage as we built this brand new store for the community.”
 
The store debuts a fresh and modern design, and best-in-class aesthetic that carries through other ShopRite brand touchpoints such as digital platforms, circulars and store signage.
 
The new ShopRite of Drexeline is now open daily from 6 am to midnight, located at 5000 State Road in Drexel Hill, PA, and employs approximately 250 full- and part-time workers.
 
For more information about the newly renovated supermarket, check out the store’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ShopRite.Drexeline/.
 
 

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 $62 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 $37 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.shoprite.com.

 

About Burns’ Family Neighborhood Markets:

A member of the Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative, Patrick J. Burns currently operates five Fresh Grocer supermarkets and two ShopRite supermarkets, located throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. Under Patrick’s leadership, Burns’ Family Neighborhood Markets specializes in providing high-quality perishables in urban and suburban environments and is committed to understanding the needs, tastes and traditions of the communities in which their stores are located and makes it a priority to offer an assortment of products and services to meet those various needs. Burns’ Family Neighborhood Markets is also committed to improving food access and to promoting the health and wellness of its customers, associates and communities. 

           

Keasbey, NJ (Sept. 18, 2023) – Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States, announced the launch of live tracking with Delivery Solutions for the delivery of online grocery orders. The cutting-edge tracking technology is available through many ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer locations, with live tracking of home deliveries offered at more than 200 stores.

 

The live tracking feature is a dedicated platform offered by Delivery Solutions that provides live order tracking and updates for online shoppers using home delivery. With real-time visibility features for users, live tracking offers customers live location updates on deliveries, improves efficiency and ensures quality.

 

Customers who use the Order.Pickup.Deliver. (OPD) online shopping service through ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer can use the live tracking feature to pinpoint home delivery times and track their grocery delivery in real time. Customers will receive a series of messaging including ‘out for delivery’ and ‘delivered’ along with a live link for tracking the order.

 

Live tracking also offers customers the ability to provide feedback on their delivery experience through a survey feature on the platform.

 

“Our customers rely on us to provide them with the highest level of service and convenience, and our live tracking page is another example of how we are fulfilling that commitment,” said Elizabeth Goodbread, Wakefern’s director of Digital Commerce & Analytics. “We are proud to work with Delivery Solutions to leverage this technology and enhance our online shopping service at ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer stores.”

 

 

About Wakefern Food Corp.

From a small, local cooperative that began with eight grocery store owners, Wakefern Food Corp. has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States. Founded in 1946, the cooperative includes nearly 50 member families who today independently own and operate hundreds of supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage, and Fairway Market banners in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. For more information, please visit www.wakefern.com.

               

Keasbey, NJ (Sept. 28, 2023) – In recognition of National Hunger Action Month this September, ShopRite Partners In Caring once again raised awareness around the issue of food insecurity while raising funds for food banks. The campaign theme this year is ‘Harvesting Hope’ and the effort is designed to raise awareness around the issue of food insecurity and inspire action within local communities not only during month of September, but throughout the entire year.

 

Approximately 200 ShopRite stores in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland fundraised all month long with a goal of raising $1.5 million to support local and regional food pantries and hunger-fighting organizations. Associates from the top fundraising ShopRite stores will get their photos on special edition-Cheerios boxes in the spring.

 

To raise awareness about ShopRite’s hunger-fighting initiatives, many stores also marked the month by inviting community leaders and first responders to be celebrity guest baggers at checkout. ShopRite customers also have the option to support their communities by rounding up their change at checkout as a donation to local hunger-fighting organizations. In addition, shoppers who use self-checkout will have the ability to make a donation to fight hunger on the self-checkout screen.

 

With nearly 34 million Americans, including more than 9 million children, suffering from food insecurity, ShopRite Partners In Caring is focused on helping end food insecurity

in the communities where ShopRite stores operate. Since its inception in 1999, ShopRite Partners In Caring has raised approximately $62 million for local food banks and organizations that support more than 2,500 charities focused on helping fight hunger in the communities they serve.

 

 

About ShopRite Partners In Caring

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 hundreds of 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 $62 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.