Waste Reduction
Our stores, manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and offices participate in a number of waste reduction programs that benefit local communities.
The most significant contribution we make in this area is our leadership in helping to end hunger in America. In the past five years, the company has donated more than 135 million pounds of food and groceries, valued at more than $200 million, to more than 85 local food banks serving communities where the company’s customers and associates live and work. We work closely with America’s Second Harvest, the largest charitable domestic hunger-relief organization in the country.
In addition to food, our contributions to local food banks include other products such as toiletries and cleaning supplies—items families and individuals relying on food banks request most often after food.
We also participate in fresh food rescue programs where we donate safe but unsalable food to hunger relief agencies who have the capacity and training to handle food safely once it leaves our stores.