Market 32 and Price Chopper Launch Spring Drive to Support Local Food Pantries
Market 32 and Price Chopper invite guests across their footprint to help support local food pantries and families in need through a convenient, in-store food drive. From March 15–April 4, guests can purchase a $10 pre-packed grocery bag filled with essential PICS brand items that food pantries consistently identify as most needed. Each bag includes a 16-ounce box of elbow macaroni, a 16-ounce jar of peanut butter, a 10.5-ounce can of chicken noodle soup, a 5-ounce can of tuna, a 15.5-ounce can of kidney beans, a 15.25-ounce can of white corn, and a 5-ounce can of chunk chicken.
Each Market 32 and Price Chopper store will donate the collected bags to a local food pantry serving its community. Store teams coordinate with neighborhood organizations to ensure the food stays local and reaches families in need as quickly as possible. The pre-packed bags will be displayed in the front end of each store, with signage identifying the benefiting pantry.
“Food pantries continue to experience elevated demand as families balance rising costs and everyday expenses,” said Pam Cerrone, director of community relations for Market 32 and Price Chopper. “Our guests are incredibly generous, and this program makes it easy for them to help neighbors who may be struggling to put food on the table.”
Through initiatives like this food drive, Market 32 and Price Chopper continue their commitment to strengthening local communities and ensuring families have access to nutritious, reliable food.
As a token of appreciation, our stores made donations of healthy snacks to frontline workers at hospitals in our neighborhoods. The donations consisted of a variety of healthy snacks, abundant enough to nourish up to 100 people. We’re so appreciative of those on the frontlines each day, and we’re proud of our stores for making each of these donations possible! Below is a list of our stores that put together a donation and the hospital to which their donation was sent.
Connecticut
UConn Health John Dempsey Hospital, from store #204 Bristol
The Hospital of Central Connecticut, from store #203 Southington
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, from store #156 Torrington
Saint Mary’s Hospital, from store #248 Oxford
Windham Hospital, from store #243 Storrs
Massachusetts
UMass Memorial Hospital (Marlborough), from store #162 Marlborough
UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester), from store #148 Park Ave
New York
Albany Medical Center, from store #023 Madison Ave
Upstate University Hospital, from store #172 Erie Blvd
St. Anthony’s Community Hospital, from store #223 Warwick
St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, from store #198 Newburgh
Orange Regional Medical Center, from store #114 Middletown
Vassar Brothers Medical Center, from store #129 Poughkeepsie
Health Alliance Hospital, from store #193 Saugerties
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, from store #237 Binghamton
Pennsylvania
Regional Hospital of Scranton, from store #169 Taylor
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, from store #222 Wilkes Barre
St. Luke’s Hospital, from store #236 Marshall’s Creek
Vermont
UVM Medical Center, from store #165 Shelburne Road