GROCERY RESCUE REDUCES WASTE, FIGHTS HUNGER- JULY 22
Author: Patty Kieburtz
Grocery Rescue, a partnership with local grocery stores and food retailers, is an integral part of Second Harvest’s mission to get food to every corner of its 26-county service area. The program’s goal is to partner with local establishments to reduce the waste of nutritious, salvageable food, and increase Second Harvest’s food supply for neighbors experiencing food insecurity. For over 12 years, Grocery Rescue has salvaged millions of pounds of safe, healthy food. Nearly a third of Second Harvest’s donated food intake is from partner grocery stores and retailers who have collaborated with the program to help feed neighbors facing hunger.
Mike Thomsen, supply chain director of food resources, oversees the Grocery Rescue program and its impact. He explained the significance of the program to Second Harvest’s partner agencies and clients.
“It provides local food banks with an amazing variety of produce, baked goods and protein that are not regularly available through traditional food sourcing efforts,” he said. “In return, local agencies ensure that these donations are quickly offered to those in need so that nothing is wasted.”
Over the past year, more than 12 million pounds of food were rescued from partner grocery stores and retailers and redistributed to our neighbors facing food insecurity.
THANK YOU TO OUR GROCERY RESCUE PARTNERS
Albertsons
Clarkston
Kennewick
Pasco
Richland
Spokane locations
Spokane Valley
Walla Walla
Wenatchee
Big Lots
Kennewick
Moses Lake
Richland
Spokane locations
Bruchi’s
Cheney
Spokane locations
Yakima locations
Caruso’s Sandwiches
Spokane Valley
Cash & Carry
Walla Walla
Casual Friday Donut
Spokane
Celebrations Bakery
Spokane
Spokane Valley
Chef’s Store
Clarkston
Coeur d’Alene
Richland
Spokane
Spokane Valley
Costco
Clarkston
East Wenatchee
Kennewick
Spokane locations
Fred Meyer
Coeur d’Alene
East Wenatchee
Ellensburg
Kennewick
Richland
Spokane locations
Spokane Valley
Yakima
Great Harvest Bread Company
Spokane
Grocery Outlet
Airway Heights
Cheney
East Wenatchee
Kennewick
Walla Walla
Yakima
Haggen Food and Pharmacy
Wenatchee
Huckleberry’s Fresh Market
Spokane
Jersey Mike’s Subs
Spokane
Kennewick Red Apple
Kennewick
My Fresh Basket
Spokane
Natural Grocers
Spokane locations
Panera Bread
Spokane
Spokane Valley
Rocket Market
Spokane
Rocket Bakery
Spokane Valley
Rosauers
Colfax
Spokane locations
Suncrest
Yakima
Safeway
Chewelah
Chelan
Cheney
Cle Elum
Coeur d’Alene locations
Colville
Ellensburg
Grandview
Kennewick
Leavenworth
Liberty Lake
Moses Lake
Omak
Pullman
Richland
Spokane locations
Sunnyside
Toppenish
Two locations in: Walla Walla
Wenatchee
Four locations in: Yakima
Smart Foodservice
Wenatchee
Starbucks
Airway Heights
Cheney
Ellensburg
Liberty Lake
Spokane locations
Spokane Valley locations
Target
Coeur d’Alene
Kennewick
Richland
Spokane locations
Spokane Valley
Wenatchee
Yakima
Trader Joes
Spokane locations
URM Cash and Carry
Spokane
URM Stores, Inc.
Spokane
Walmart
Airway Heights
Chelan
Clarkston
Colville
Grandview
Hayden
Kennewick
Moses Lake
Omak
Othello
Pasco
Ponderay
Post Falls locations
Pullman
Richland
Smelterville
Spokane locations
Spokane Valley
Sunnyside
Wenatchee
Yakima locations
WinCo Foods
Coeur d’Alene
Kennewick
Moses Lake
Richland
Spokane
Spokane Valley
Wenatchee
Yoke’s Fresh Market
Airway Heights
Cheney
Deer Park
Kellogg
Kennewick
Liberty Lake
Mead
Pasco
Ponderay
Post Falls
Spokane locations
Spokane Valley locations
West Richland
Feeding Eastern Washington and North Idaho
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