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Rochester, N.Y., January 23, 2025 – Customers of Wegmans Food Market stores raised more than $2.5 million during the company’s fall 2024 hunger relief checkout scanning campaign, known regionally as Check Out Hunger or Together Against Hunger. This campaign allows customers to donate any amount at checkout with 100 percent of the proceeds going to each store’s local Feeding America food bank partner.
“Our scan campaigns bring awareness to the rising issue of hunger in our community and make it easy for our customers to donate to their local food banks,” said Linda Lovejoy, Wegmans community relations manager. “We cannot thank our customers and employees enough for their generosity during these campaigns each year.”
The money raised during Wegmans’ annual checkout campaign is critical to the work the recipient food banks do throughout the year.
“Wegmans’ Check Out Hunger campaign has been the most critical fundraiser for Foodlink for more than 30 years,” said Julia Tedesco, President & CEO of Foodlink. “Our food-banking operations and many of our programs that address the root causes of food insecurity rely on this annual campaign to serve thousands of our neighbors, and we are grateful to Wegmans and their customers for this ongoing support.”
The 2024 companywide campaign ran from October 23 through November 30, 2024, however, in response to Hurricane Helene, Wegmans’ four North Carolina stores launched their campaign early on October 1 to assist with disaster relief efforts.
“When the hurricane hit, so many people, including our employees and customers, were looking for a safe, secure way to help their neighbors in need,” said Lovejoy. “We opened our scan campaign early to fill that need, and we were blown away by the results; customers donated more than double what was raised in 2023.”
Food Bank Recipients
Customers’ donations stay in their local community, with all proceeds going to each store’s local food bank. The list below includes each recipient food bank, the amount donated in 2024, and the Wegmans store(s) where the money was raised:
Delaware
Food Bank of Delaware – $10,214 (Wilmington)
District of Columbia
Bread for the City – $6,338 (Wisconsin Ave.)
Maryland
Anne Arundel County Food Bank – $15,139 (Crofton)
Frederick Department of Housing and Human Services – $15,068 (Frederick)
Harford Community Action Agency – $10,922 (Bel Air)
Howard County Community Action Council – $18,626 (Columbia)
Manna Food Center – $10,417 (Germantown)
Maryland Food Bank – $24,000 (Hunt Valley and Owings Mills)
Shabach Ministries and Capital Area Food Bank – $8,335 (Woodmore)
Massachusetts
Greater Boston Food Bank – $79,361 (Burlington, Chestnut Hill, Medford, Westwood)
Worcester County Food Bank – $22,686 (Northborough)
New Jersey
Community Food Bank of New Jersey – $41,344 (Bridgewater, Woodbridge, and Montvale)
Fulfill – $29,776 (Ocean and Manalapan)
Food Bank of South Jersey – $32,355 (Cherry Hill and Mt. Laurel)
Interfaith Food Pantry – $16,804 (Hanover)
Mercer Street Friends – $8,816 (Princeton)
New York
Campaign Against Hunger – $1,846 (Brooklyn)
City Harvest and Food Bank for NYC – $7,771 (Astor Place)
FeedMore WNY – $444,769 (11 stores in the Greater Buffalo area)
Foodlink – $705,289 (21 stores in the Greater Rochester area)
Food Bank of Central New York, Rescue Mission, and Salvation Army – $96,293 (9 stores in the Greater Syracuse area)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier – $222,519 (Hornell, Corning, Elmira, Ithaca, and Johnson City)
Second Harvest – $76,331 (West Erie and Peach Street)
Westchester County Food Bank – $7,417 (Harrison)
North Carolina
Food Bank of Central Eastern North Carolina – $116,422 (All 4 stores in the North Carolina division)
Pennsylvania
Bucks County Opportunity Council – $28,334 (Warrington and Yardley)
Chester County Food Bank – $44,215 (Downingtown and Malvern)
Cluster Outreach Center – $24,900 (Collegeville)
Food Bank of Central PA – $19,128 (Harrisburg and Williamsport)
Food Bank of State College – $9,437 (State College)
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank – $19,917 (Dickson City and Wilkes-Barre)
Lancaster County Food Hub and Water Street Mission – $18,898 (Lancaster)
Manna on Main Street – $16,437 (Montgomeryville)
Philabundance – $31,564 (King of Prussia and Concordville)
Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley & Northeast Pennsylvania – $53,343 (Allentown, Bethlehem, and Nazareth)
Virginia
ACTS – $30,537 (Potomac Mills)
Alive! – $10,719 (Carlyle)
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank – $15,083 (Charlottesville)
Capital Area Food Bank – $22,057 (Alexandria)
FeedMore – $21,636 (Midlothian and Short Pump)
Food Bank of Southeastern VA and Eastern Shore – $7,504 (Virginia Beach)
Food for Others – $46,807 (Fairfax, Reston, and Tysons Corner)
Fredericksburg Area Food Bank – $12,818 (Fredericksburg)
Loudoun Hunger Relief – $25,918 (Dulles and Leesburg)
SERVE – $14,420 (Lake Manassas)
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries – $19,426 (Chantilly)
Since its inception over 30 years ago, Wegmans Check Out Hunger campaign has raised more than $55 million for hunger relief. Every June, Wegmans stores also hold a companywide “Fill the Bus” campaign to help local food banks stock up for their summer meal programs. In 2024, these two scan campaigns raised more than $3.2 million to help reduce hunger. In addition, Wegmans’ stores provide daily food donations of unsaleable perishable foods to local food banks, financial assistance via corporate gifts, and sponsorship for various events or fundraisers. Learn more about Wegmans community giving here.
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a regional supermarket chain with 111 stores located along the east coast. The family company, recognized as an industry leader and innovator, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016. Wegmans has been named one of the ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ by FORTUNE magazine for 27 consecutive years, ranking #6 in 2024.
Marcie Rivera
Sr. Public Relations Coordinator
585-279-4307
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