Stop & Shop

We may be going through a heat wave, but the New York Islanders kept it cool on the ice this past season! As the official supermarket of the Islanders, Stop & Shop donated $50 to Island Harvest Food Bank for every home game assist the Islanders made last season. With 214 home-ice assists this past season, Stop & Shop presented Island Harvest with a check for $10,700 – the equivalent of nearly 21,300 meals for people facing food insecurity across Long Island. 

Associates Kymberly, Carolyn, and Dorothy are always there to help our customers find what they need (including car keys) and get them back on the road so they can enjoy summer!

Wishing everyone a Happy 4th of July!

We were proud to donate over $108,000 to Fulfill to support hunger relief programs and nutrition education initiatives in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. The donation came from a combination of our in-store ‘Feed It Forward’ campaign, which ran from May 1st to May 31st, and the Stop & Shop Family Foundation. The donation will support the Fulfill Mobile Pantries and garden programs. The Fulfill Mobile Pantries program is designed to bring food directly to people who lack access to healthy food in their neighborhoods. Families can go to Mobile Pantry sites to receive non-perishable food as well as fresh produce and baked goods. The program serves over 2,000 families each month. The Fulfill Garden Program teaches students the importance of nutritious foods and healthy choices through experiential, hands-on learning. Students get excited about healthy eating by letting them grow a variety of items in raised garden beds at their school. The kids become engaged in learning about nutrition, how food is grown, and why fresh food matters. This donation is part of a larger $2 million donation from Stop & Shop to eight Feeding America food banks across New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut to support programs that fight against food insecurity. In addition to the check presentation, Stop & Shop associates volunteered at the Mobile Pantry and distributed healthy food to local community members. This is how we feed it forward, together! #FeedItForward #NewJersey

This June, our teams came together to celebrate diversity, inclusion, and love at various #Pride parades across our local communities. Check out some of our favorite moments from the parades and festivals in: Long Island, New York Middletown, Connecticut East Providence, Rhode Island Providence, Rhode Island, and Quincy, Massachusetts We're proud of our associates who have taken the time this month to capture the spirit of Pride and the culture of belonging we continue to build at Stop & Shop 🌈 #Pride2024

Allston Yards has a new Stop & Shop! In designing this new flagship store, our team took a mindful approach to create a store that fits the needs of this growing and diverse neighborhood.   We’re proud to offer over 800 new multicultural products, including a Kosher bakery, halal items from Merve, and global favorites like Korean marinades, Turkish snacks, Indian meal starters, Chinese noodles, Middle Eastern specialties, and Latin-centric products.   The new store also features an expanded produce department with fresh, local fruits and vegetables, sustainably sourced seafood, fresh sushi, and a prepared foods section offering chef-prepared grab & go meals, including flatbread pizzas and a rotating hot bar.    To learn more about the store opening, read this feature in The Boston Globe: https://lnkd.in/eZf6_yFR   Thank you to everyone who joined us for our grand opening celebration, we look forward to serving you at Stop & Shop Allston Yards! Boston Globe Media #Allston

🎉 We won “Leader of the Pack” in Feeding Westchester’s 15th Annual Golden Scoop competition! This competition challenges local companies to pack the most food in the shortest time, all in support of the fight against hunger in our Westchester community. Our amazing associates assembled shelf-stable products for local seniors experiencing food insecurity. Every box packed and dollar raised through this event makes a direct impact on our neighbors in need. In total, the teams packed an impressive 3,000 meal boxes, amounting to 12 tons of food and providing 18,000 meals! Thank you to Feeding Westchester for hosting the incredible event yet again to make a difference and ensure no one in our communities go hungry. Together we can feed it forward! 

Progressive Grocer’s 2024 Top Women in Grocery awards program recognizes the integral role women play across all segments of the North American food retail and grocery industries. We are proud to celebrate the amazing Stop & Shop leaders named Top Women in Grocery by Progressive Grocer this month! These women are all trailblazers who showcase excellence and achievement in the retail food industry. Join us in congratulating these great associates!

We were proud to support Boston Medical Center (BMC) with a $285,000 donation to open a second rooftop farm in the Newmarket Square area of the city to provide even more food insecure residents in Boston with essential access to fresh food. The rooftop farm includes culturally relevant crops like callaloo and bok choy, along with staples like kale, arugula, and collard greens. Crops will be distributed to local non-profits and community centers twice a week during the growing season. This is how we feed it forward and nourish our communities, together!

As we honor Juneteenth, we are proud to once again be a sponsor of the Juneteenth activities put on by Embrace Boston including a celebratory block party in Roxbury on Friday featuring live music, local artists, and BIPOC-owned food trucks! The event is free for the community and will take place at Roxbury Community College where Stop & Shop also supports a school food pantry. To learn more about Embrace Boston and the Juneteenth celebrations, visit: https://lnkd.in/eJHSiWiJ   We are also proud to support local Juneteenth events across many of the communities we serve including Juneteenth Joy in Hyde Park, The Urban League of Hudson County's Juneteenth celebration in Jersey City, and the Uniondale School District's Juneteenth event on Long Island.     We honor today as a time to reflect and learn about what this day means to the Black community, our associates, and customers.