Local Sacramento-Area Grocery Outlets, Food Agencies and Community Members Team Up to Fight Hunger

Emeryville,
CA – (June 26, 2014) Grocery Outlet will launch their Fourth Annual
Independence from Hunger® Food Drive on July 1, 2014. This annual giving campaign
is an effort among Grocery Outlet stores, their customers and Sacramento-area
emergency food assistance agencies to fight poverty and hunger in Eugene and its surrounding communities.

For the
fourth consecutive year, the USDA reported that 1 in every 6
Americans is food insecure and 46.5 million Americans (15%) were
reported as living at or below the poverty level in 2012 (U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in
the U.S. - Data collected in 2012 and released September, 2013.).
Throughout July, traditionally a time when food agencies experience the
greatest need, Sacramento-area Grocery Outlets will encourage their customers
and employees to donate food and cash in support of regional food assistance
agencies.

Independence
from Hunger® is a month-long, company-wide campaign where customers can donate
food and/or cash to support local food assistance partners. Sacramento-area Grocery
Outlet stores are teaming up with a number of local agencies in their community
and all donations received throughout the campaign will go directly to each
store’s designated agency.

Customers
can make a difference by visiting their local Grocery Outlet and participating
in one of these easy steps:

·        
Look for specially-marked food
items. These are items that each store’s designated food agency has
identified as "high-need" items. Purchase these products and
place in the collection bin at the front of the store.

·        
Pick up a pre-made bag that is filled with an assortment
of groceries that have been identified as needed.

·        
Tell your cashier that you'd like
to make a cash donation at the register. Donations will go directly to each store’s food
agency partner. Donate $1, $5 or round up your change.

In July
of 2011, Grocery Outlet stores and their customers collectively donated more
than $223,000 in cash, gift card and food donations to help support local food
assistance agencies as part of the Independence from Hunger® food drive.  In July of 2012, donations increased to over
$292,000 —more than half a million dollars donated in just two years! In July
of 2013, the total reached was $300,000 and in 2014 the goal is to raise enough
to put the total campaign collection mark at over $1 million. 

“The face
of poverty has changed and hunger is a reality in every community throughout
the country,” said MacGregor Read, Co-CEO, Grocery Outlet Inc. “We are eager
for the Fourth Annual Independence from Hunger® Campaign because it is a time
for communities to rally together and help those in need. All of the donations
collected at each Sacramento-area store will directly impact people in that
community.”

Each Sacramento-area Grocery
Outlet store is independently owned and operated by families who are committed
to giving back to the local community. Customers can help make a difference by
visiting your local Grocery Outlet and participating in the Independence from Hunger® food
drive. Find more information by visiting GroceryOutlet.com.

Sacramento-area
Grocery Outlet stores and their food agency partners include:

Elk Grove Grocery Outlet, 8517 Bond Road

Elk Grove Food Bank

So. Sacramento Grocery Outlet, 7923 E. Stockton
Blvd.

North Minister Presbyterian Church Brown Bag
Program; Breach Neighborhood Project

Rancho Cordova Grocery Outlet, 2801 Zinfandel
Drive

Cordova Community Food Locker

Woodland Grocery Outlet, 1366 E. Main St.

Food Bank of Yolo County

Midtown Sacramento Grocery Outlet, 1700 Capitol Ave.

Sacramento Food Bank

Grass Valley Grocery Outlet, 616 Sutton Way

Interfaith Food Ministries

Sacramento Grocery Outlet, 3431 Watt Ave.

St. Ignatius Parish & Society of St.
Vincent DePaul

AuburnCa Grocery Outlet, 414 Grass Valley Hwy.

Auburn Interfaith Food Closet

Placerville Grocery Outlet, 1426 Broadway

El Dorado County Food Bank

Susanville Grocery Outlet, 1616 Main St.

Salvation Army

Roseville Grocery Outlet, 424 Roseville Square

St. Vincent DePaul

W. Sacramento Grocery Outlet, 845 Harbor Blvd.

River City Food Bank and Trinity Church

Citrus Heights Grocery Outlet, 6059 Greenback
Lane

Ar-Razzaq Food Bank and Charmichael
Presbyterian Church

Sacramento Pocket Grocery Outlet, 6419 Riverside
Blvd.

Senior Gleaners

Folsom Grocery Outlet, 671 E. Bidwell

St. Vincent DePaul Society (Folsom Conference)

Rocklin Grocery Outlet, 6652 Lonetree Blvd.

St. Vincent DePaul

Fairfield Grocery Outlet, 200 Travis Blvd.

St. Vincent DePaul (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel) and
St. Marks Food Bank

Davis Grocery Outlet, 1800 E. 8th St., Ste. B

Short Term Emergency Aid Committee

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About
Grocery Outlet

Based in Emeryville, California, Grocery Outlet offers
extreme bargains on brand name merchandise, with prices often up to 60% less
than conventional retailers. The largest “extreme-value” grocer in the U.S.,
Grocery Outlet has more than 200 locations in California, Idaho, Nevada,
Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington. Grocery Outlet carries refrigerated and
frozen foods, fresh produce, fresh meat, organics, dry groceries, beer and
wine, health and beauty care, over-the-counter drugs, household products, toys
and gifts. A third-generation family-led company founded in 1946, Grocery
Outlet’s mission has always been to provide customers a fun place to find
extreme values on name brands they trust. Most stores are independently owned
and operated by locally based families. For more information, please visit www.GroceryOutlet.com.