Price Chopper Raises $170K for St. Jude Hospital

Price Chopper raised more than $170,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 2014, thanks to a month-long pinup campaign and the sale of more than 8,600 plush hippos. The total reflects a nearly 10 percent increase over the amount raised in 2013. Schenectady, N.Y.-based Price Chopper has collected donations for the well-known pediatric treatment and research facility for 13 consecutive years.

"Our teammates and customers have rallied once again with a tremendous effort in support of St. Jude," noted Mona Golub, VP of public relations and consumer services at Price Chopper. "For more than a decade, we've been proud to help spread the word on the St. Jude mission and the quality care that they provide to all who need it."

To date, Price Chopper has raised more than $1 million for St. Jude through the annual effort.

The Golub Corp. owns and operates 134 Price Chopper and Market 32 grocery stores in New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Golub’s 22,000 associates collectively own more than 47 percent of the company’s privately held stock, making it one of the nation’s largest privately held corporations that's predominantly employee-owned.