Second Harvest North Florida Volume 3 • Issue 3 • March 2011 www.WeNourishHope.org
Feeding Hope
a newsletter for food industry donors
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Retailers Donation Report 2010 Overall, we were able to receive over 19 million pounds of food in 2010 — a record year for Second Harvest and a 150 percent increase in a two-year span. Of the total pounds incoming, over 3.6 million pounds (about 20 percent) came from our retail partners. Below is a brief summary of some of our partners’ efforts: Winn Dixie/Save-Rite: The 53 stores and distribution center in our service area combined to donate over 1.1 million pounds of food, translating to over 825,000 meals to north Florida. In addition, we were able to partner with Winn Dixie on several food drive and hunger education initiatives. Walmart/Sam’s Club: The 27 stores and distribution center in our service area combined to donate over 1.5 million pounds of food, translating to almost 1.2 million meals to north Florida. In addition, Walmart has donated several display coolers to use for incoming fruits and vegetables, given us a grant through its state foundation to distribute fresh food to Shands Jacksonville’s OB/Gyn Clinic for pregnant women, and sent volunteers to help us in the warehouse. Food Lion: The 20 stores in our service area combined to donate almost 700,000 pounds of food, translating to over 500,000 meals to north Florida. In addition, we were able to partner on a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway event in November, as well as a corporate-wide food drive. Lastly, Food Lion customers can link their MVP Rewards cards to benefit Second Harvest North Florida with each purchase, including double credit on the 10th of each month. Our organization code is 252366.
Target: The 14 stores and distribution center in our service area combined to donate over 430,000 pounds of food, translating to over 330,000 meals to north Florida. In addition, Target has been dedicating store volunteers to our food bank facility on a monthly basis, including “Days of Giving”, providing over 75 volunteers on a quarterly basis, and $5,000 towards the Backpack program.
Donation ABCs: An alphabetical listing of the many different kinds of food industry products that can be donated. (Letters F-L) First Run Product
Publix: The 72 stores and distribution center in our service area combined to donate over 180,000 pounds of food, translating to over 140,000 meals to north Florida. We were also able to partner with Publix on several food drive and hunger education initiatives. We are excited about some big news about to be announced for 2011!
Would your company consider donating first run product – for example, a percentage of production, a monthly product gift, or once a quarter?
“On behalf of Second Harvest, Feeding America, and the communities of north Florida, we sincerely thank all of these donors for their commitment to the mission of ending hunger here locally," Elliot Darkatsh, food procurement director, said. “We truly appreciate your efforts, and encourage you to keep it up for 2011!”
Ingredients Are there situations where you have to reject ingredients from a supplier due to quality, mistakes in shipments, or any other reasons? What happens to the ingredients/product? Low Weight / Low Fills Do you have production situations that can occasionally result in a low fill or low weight production run? What happens to that product (sell, donate, dump, other)? (sell, dump, donate, other)?
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