The Inserra Supermarkets ShopRite of Wayne associates were honored May 10 with a special edition Cheerios Box in recognition of their fundraising efforts for local food banks.
The ShopRite of Wayne raised $5,800 during the annual ShopRite Partners in Caring Cheerios Contest, sponsored in partnership with General Mills.
Store team member James Steed is featured on the special edition Cheerios Box.
Inserra family members Larry Inserra Jr., Lawerence Inserra III, Laura Dupont, Kyle Dupont and the store team presented a check for $2,500 to community-based Wayne Interfaith Food Bank.
This year, 10 Inserra Supermarkets ShopRites are among the 52 top fundraising locations, raising a combined total of $212,902. In total, this annual contest raised more than $1.6 million to fight hunger in the company’s local communities.
Established in 1954 by Patsy Inserra as a privately held family business, Inserra Supermarkets Inc. today belongs to the retailer-owned supermarket cooperative Wakefern Food Corp. Inserra Supermarkets Inc. remains true to its roots as a family-owned grocery business committed to serving local communities, with third- and fourth-generation family members operating the stores and continuing the tradition of caring for and supporting local communities.
Inserra Supermarkets Inc. operates 23 ShopRite stores and two Price Rite Marketplace stores, with New Jersey locations in Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties, and four stores in Rockland County, New York.
About ShopRite
ShopRite is the registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative based in Keasbey, New Jersey, and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. With nearly 280 ShopRite supermarkets located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves millions of customers each week. Through its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, ShopRite is dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities it serves. Since the program began in 1999, ShopRite Partners In Caring has donated nearly $62 million to food banks that support more than 2,200 worthy charities. As a title sponsor of the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, ShopRite has donated $37 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups.
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