Price Rite Partners, Food Bank Others to Donate Food, Essentials to Families

MANCHESTER, NH — Price Rite, in partnership with Feed the Children and Butterball, with support from the New Hampshire Food Bank, a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire, banded together last week to distribute food and essentials to 800 area families in need, according to a press statement. Each family, pre-identified based on need by the New Hampshire Food Bank, will receive a 25-pound box of food, a 10-pound box of basic essentials like shampoo, conditioner, lotion, and personal-care items, and books.

Families will also receive an additional food donation from Price Rite including produce and a variety of shelf-stable items.

The event occurred on Oct. 13.

Fighting hunger in the local community is at the heart of Price Rite’s charitable giving, and the supermarket chain contributes approximately $500,000 annually to local food banks and food pantries to benefit local families in need within the communities it serves. Heading into the second year of its partnership with Feed the Children, Price Rite will host eight to 10 events with the charity organization during 2016, donating more than 40,000 pounds of food and other essentials per event as part of the program.

In fiscal year 2015, through its domestic and international programs, Feed the Children distributed 130 million pounds of food and essentials worldwide with a total value of $393 million. Through its network of partner agencies, its collective outreach benefited 5.3 million people in the U.S. and more than 502,000 individuals internationally, for a total of 5.8 million people globally.

Submitted by Chelsea Newberg.