Weis Continues to ‘Fight Hunger’

Weis Markets has launched its fourth annual Fight Hunger Food Drive, a month-long program offering customers an opportunity to donate shelf-stable products and make monetary donations to local food banks and emergency food providers.

Weis will match its customer donations with a $200,000 corporate donation. Running through Oct. 1, the program will run in Weis stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, West Virginia and New York.

“The demand for food bank services continues to grow and we want to help,” said David J. Hepfinger, Weis Markets president and CEO. “Our Fight Hunger Food Drive gives our customers and associates a simple and effective way to support 12 food banks and the hundreds of emergency food providers they serve. We will also complement our customers’ generosity with donations of our own.”

Customers can donate shelf-stable items including cereal, apple sauce, pasta, granola bars, canned beans, fruit juice, canned fruit, grated cheese, rice, boxed macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, soups, canned sauces, instant potatoes, canned chicken and fish, canned vegetables and boxed skillet dinners.

Shoppers also have the option of donating $3, $5 and $10 vouchers that can be purchased at any Weis cash register. All proceeds will be given to area food banks in the form of gift card donations so they can easily fill in any gaps in their food supplies. A convenient pre-filled Fight Hunger Donation Bag will also be available at stores, containing pasta, sauce, fruit, vegetables, tuna, cereal and soup, all for less than $10.

After customers purchase the foods they would like to donate, they can place the items in a specially-marked collection cart near checkout. Donors will be invited to place a “Fight Hunger” sticker on each store’s front window poster.

Founded in 1912, Sunbury, Pa.-based Weis Markets operates 163 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey and West Virginia.