Plymouth Area Busch's Supporting 'Forgotten Harvest' Food Drive

Busch’s Fresh Food Market will help Forgotten Harvest feed the hungry in its Season of Sharing holiday food drive, kicking off Monday, Nov. 17, and continuing through Nov. 26.

The family-owned market chain has held these drives for more than 20 years. Seven of the Busch’s metro Detroit area locations will be dedicating donations to Forgotten Harvest.

There are several ways to give:

1. Customers can purchase a $10 pre-made “Ready to Go” food donation bag filled with items to be given to a family in need.
2. Customers can make a contribution of any amount at the Busch’s checkout registers. Dollars go directly to Forgotten Harvest.
3. Customers will be able to purchase $5 gift cards for produce and $10 gift cards for meats. Gift card purchases will be converted into produce and meat donations to Forgotten Harvest at the value of the total amount of gift card purchases.
4. Customers can donate their bottle return slips. Dollars go directly to Forgotten Harvest.

Forgotten Harvest was formed in 1990 to fight two problems: hunger and waste. Forgotten Harvest “rescued” over 48 million pounds of food last year by collecting surplus prepared and perishable food from 800 locations, including grocery stores, fruit and vegetable markets, restaurants, caterers, dairies, farmers, wholesale food distributors and other Health Department-approved sources. This donated food, which would otherwise go to waste, is delivered free-of-charge to 280 emergency food providers in the metro Detroit area.

The grocer said access to “rescued” and donated food makes the difference for friends, families and neighbors struggling to maintain their bills and provide food to their families.

Forgotten Harvest is working to enable members of the community to stay in their homes and manage their way through the economic crisis by providing nutritious and wholesome food. It’s through these donations Forgotten Harvest is able to carry on its mission.

The following locations are participating:

• Rochester Hills, 3188 Walton Blvd.
• West Bloomfield, 33300 West 14 Mile Road
• South Lyon, 22385 Pontiac Trail
• Novi, 41840 W. Ten Mile Road
• Plymouth/Northville, 15185 Sheldon Road
• Farmington Hills, 24445 Drake Road
• Livonia, 37083 Six Mile Road

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Photo via Forgotten Harvest