Food Lion Feeds Achieves Donation Goal Of 1.5b Meals To Nourish Local Communities

Food Lion Feeds, Food Lion’s hunger-relief platform, has achieved its extremity of providing 1.5 cardinal meals to reside nutrient insecurity successful nan towns and cities it serves crossed its 10-state footprint. This extremity was achieved done a corporate effort and operation of product, financial and instrumentality donations; disaster alleviation and betterment efforts; subordinate unpaid hours; in-store unit campaigns; and nan company’s nutrient rescue program.

Food Lion Feeds was founded successful 2014 to trim nutrient insecurity successful nan towns and cities Food Lion serves and committed to donating 500 cardinal meals by 2020. After reaching its extremity 18 months early, Food Lion Feeds group a caller extremity of providing 1 cardinal much meals by nan extremity of 2025. Reaching this milestone 10 months early was made imaginable done in-store unit campaigns, including pin pad donations, arsenic good arsenic nan generous support of customers. Additionally, Food Lion Feeds and nan Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation donated much than $4 cardinal successful nan past 4 years toward disaster alleviation during hurricanes and different emergencies. These efforts accelerated nan support for families successful request and early accomplishment of nan milestone.

Food Lion Feeds’ caller extremity will double its efforts to-date and supply a full of 3 cardinal meals by 2032. This adjacent milestone demonstrates Food Lion Feeds' ongoing committedness to nourishing communities by providing contiguous hunger alleviation and addressing nan guidelines causes of nutrient insecurity. The statement plans to grow its activity pinch sustainable solutions for early generations, including culinary skills training, workforce development, school gardens and nutrition education, empowering neighbors to turn their ain food, helping them execute self-reliance and break nan rhythm of nutrient insecurity. These initiatives collectively reside nutrient insecurity and foster semipermanent solutions for healthier, much resilient communities.

Additionally, nan Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation will donate $1 million, balanced to 10 cardinal meals, done its upcoming outpouring grants, kicking disconnected nan renewed efforts.

“We judge nary 1 should person to take betwixt meal and rent aliases state and groceries,” said Meg Ham, President, Food Lion. “We are honored to support nan towns and cities we service successful meaningful ways. We admit nan support of our customers, associates, feeding partners and vendors successful helping america supply 1.5 cardinal meals to those who are nutrient insecure. While this milestone is significant, our activity is not done and we are committed to further nourishing our neighbors to thief group them up for occurrence successful life.”

To observe this accomplishment and recommit to its mission, Food Lion Feeds will big nutrient distribution events successful 7 towns and cities done its “Thanks-A-Billion" tour. Food Lion associates will unpaid astatine each event, preparing and distributing boxes filled pinch nutritious food, expanding entree to patient meals for families and individuals facing nutrient insecurity. These unpaid efforts supply contiguous hunger alleviation but besides create a consciousness of organization and unity. By involving associates successful these events, Food Lion Feeds strengthens its committedness to nourishing communities and addressing nan guidelines causes of nutrient insecurity.

To thief nourish neighbors experiencing hunger crossed Food Lion’s 10-state footprint, nan pursuing section feeding distribution events are planned:

For much accusation connected Food Lion Feeds’ committedness to ending hunger, sojourn foodlion.com/feeds.