Winn-Dixie to celebrate Earth Day with Community Party at Hyde Park store

WHAT:

Earth Day is a time to bring awareness to the environment and celebrate the outdoors. Winn-Dixie at Hyde Park welcomes its neighbors to help commemorate the special day by attending its Community Earth Day Party!

The event will take place from 2-4 p.m. at the Winn-Dixie store located at 2100 W. Swann Ave. in South Tampa. The first 100 customers will get a reusable shopping bag, and those who bring their own reusable bags to shop with will be entered to win a gift basket. Additional activities include:

• Sampling from local vendors and in departments throughout the store
• Kid's Earth-shaped cookie decorating lesson
• Kid's “Save the Planet” coloring contest
• Free giveaways
• Free seedlings for all shoppers

WHEN: 2 – 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 22

WHERE: Winn-Dixie at Hyde Park, 2100 W. Swann Ave., Tampa, FL 33606

WHY:

Celebrated annually on April 22, Earth Day started in 1970 and was founded to promote ecology and the respect for life on the planet, as well as to encourage awareness of the growing problems of air, water and soil pollution.

Winn-Dixie’s parent company, Southeastern Grocers is aware and mindful of environmental concerns and cautiously implements procedures in day-to-day operations to help the planet. In 2016, Southeastern Grocers recycled more than 3.6 million pounds of plastic and more than 47 thousand tons of cardboard.

MORE:

Founded in 1925, Winn-Dixie employs more than 38,000 associates who serve customers in approximately 500 grocery stores, 150 liquor stores and 280 in-store pharmacies throughout the five southeastern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. For more information, please visit www.winndixie.com and www.segrocers.com. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. is a subsidiary of Southeastern Grocers, which is the second-largest supermarket chain in the Southeast based on store count.