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Article: Weis Markets' Fight Hunger Program Generates $410,000 in Food Bank Donations.
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- Food Business Week
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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Weis Markets said its month-long Fight Hunger food drive generated $210,000 in customer food and monetary donations to local food banks and pantries throughout its five state marketing area. The Company will complement its customers' giving with $200,000 in corporate donations to eight regional food banks.
"We're not surprised our customers are so generous but we're still impressed," said Dave Hepfinger, Weis Markets' President and CEO. "This year, we offered our customers more giving options which resulted in higher overall donations. Our combined food and monetary donations -- customer and corporate -- will help provide approximately 328,000 meals to the less ...