To date, the campaign has helped to secure more than 1.5
billion meals* for local Feeding America® food banks
CHICAGO, April 18,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Now in the third year of the
COVID-19 pandemic, communities across the country continue to feel
the economic impact. Inflation and supply chain disruptions are
affecting the charitable food system as well as millions of
families. As a result, the Feeding America network has deepened its
response to food insecurity, which currently affects more than 38
million people in the United
States.
To help address this issue, thousands of Walmart stores and
Sam's Clubs are teaming up with their customers, members, suppliers
and associates for the ninth annual Fight Hunger. Spark Change.
campaign.
The campaign will run online and in store from April 18-May 15. There are three easy ways to
support neighbors in need.
- For every participating product purchased in store or online at
Walmart.com or SamsClub.com, the supplier will donate the monetary
equivalent of at least one meal ($0.10) on behalf of a Feeding America member
food bank at Walmart and five meals ($0.50) at Sam's Club, up to applicable limits.
See specially marked packages for full details.
- Donate at check-out in stores or clubs or round up at
Walmart.com.
- Donate at Feeding America's Fight Hunger. Spark Change.
campaign donation site at either www.FeedingAmerica.org/Walmart or
www.FeedingAmerica.org/SamsClub.
Each Walmart store and Sam's Club is matched to a local Feeding
America member food bank, and all sales-triggered supplier
donations and customer register donations in stores and clubs are
tied to that local food bank. To kickstart this year's campaign,
Walmart invested $2 million, most of
which will support food banks in communities with the highest rates
of food insecurity and racial and access disparities.
"The pandemic is still very much a part of our lives, and it
continues to impact the economy and household budgets.
Additionally, recovery will be much slower for communities that
continue to experience disproportionate rates of food insecurity,"
said Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO
of Feeding America. "Everyone has a part to play in ending hunger
in America. Feeding America is grateful to Walmart and Sam's Club
for their long-standing commitment to helping local food banks and
our neighbors in need."
"Hunger knows no boundaries and affects all of our communities.
For the ninth year, Walmart and Sam's Club invites our customers,
members and suppliers to join us in the fight against hunger and
help neighbors in need by participating in the Fight Hunger. Spark
Change. campaign," said Kathleen
McLaughlin, executive vice president and chief
sustainability officer at Walmart and president of the Walmart
Foundation. "Together, we can help communities live better by
expanding access to healthy, nutritious food."
The campaign benefits all 200 Feeding America member food banks
and has helped secure more than 1.5 billion meals for people facing
hunger in communities across the country. Since 2005, Walmart, the
Walmart Foundation, and Sam's Club have contributed 7 billion
pounds of nourishing food and tens of millions of dollars in grants
to support Feeding America and member food banks' hunger-relief
efforts.
The 21 participating suppliers for Walmart include: Abbott;
BIMBO Bakeries, USA; BODYARMOR;
Bush Brothers & Company; Campbell Soup Company; Ferrera Candy
Company; General Mills; Great Value; Iovate Health Sciences; J. M.
Smucker; Kellogg's; Keurig Dr Pepper; Kraft Heinz; Materne North
America; Monster Energy; Post Consumer Brands; Simply Good Foods;
The Clorox Company; The Coca-Cola Company; Unilever; and United
States Nutrition.
The participating suppliers for Sam's Club include: Cascade
(Procter & Gamble); Dole Packaged Foods, LLC; General Mills; J.
M. Smucker; Kellogg's; Keurig Dr Pepper; Materne North America;
Member's Mark; Purina; and PEPSICO.
To learn more about the campaign, visit
https://www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/partners/current-promotions/fight-hunger-spark-change.
*Currently, $1 helps provide at
least 10 meals secured by Feeding America® on behalf of local
member food banks.
Contact
Zuani Villarreal
Feeding America
312.641.6532
About Feeding America
Feeding America® is the largest hunger-relief organization in
the United States. Through a
network of more than 200 food banks, 21 statewide food bank
associations, and over 60,000 partner agencies, food pantries and
meal programs, we helped provide 6.6 billion meals to tens of
millions of people in need last year. Feeding America also supports
programs that prevent food waste and improve food security among
the people we serve; brings attention to the social and systemic
barriers that contribute to food insecurity in our nation; and
advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry.
Visit www.feedingamerica.org, find us on Facebook or
follow us on Twitter.
Walmart
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save
money and live better - anytime and anywhere - in retail stores,
online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, approximately
230 million customers and members visit more than 10,500 stores and
clubs under 46 banners in 24 countries and eCommerce websites. With
fiscal year 2022 revenue of $573
billion, Walmart employs approximately 2.3 million
associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in
sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity.
Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting
https://corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook at
https://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/walmart.
Sam's Club
Sam's Club®, a division of Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), is a
leading membership warehouse club offering superior products,
savings, and services to millions of members in nearly 600 U.S.
clubs, including Puerto Rico. Now
in its 39th year, Sam's Club continues to redefine warehouse
shopping with its highly curated assortment of high-quality fresh
food and Member's Mark items and market-leading technologies and
services like Scan & Go™, Curbside Pickup and home
delivery service in select markets. To learn more about Sam's Club,
visit the Sam's Club Newsroom, shop at samsclub.com, and
interact with Sam's Club
on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and
Tik Tok.
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