Save Mart steps up to donate 10 tons of compost to the Community Life Garden in Reedley. A professional gardener is trying to help promote healthy eating, gardening and outdoor activity. She needed compost to make get started on 1-1/2 acres of land. Save Mart was one of the early adopters of composting, starting 1997. […]
FoodMaxx is taking Nevada by storm, opening its second store in the state on December 7. To highlight FoodMaxx’s commitment to the community, the store donated $500 to its adopted school, Empire Elementary. Students from the third, fourth and fifth grade sang Christmas songs at the grand opening. Friends in Service Helping (FISH) also received […]
Save Mart, Lucky and FoodMaxx shoppers were very generous this holiday season. They donated more than $316,000 to three dozen food banks throughout California and Northern Nevada. That’s a 30% increase from 2015 when stores collected $240,000. Each year, customers can tear off a donation coupon at checkout and hand it to their cashier. Coupons […]
During the Give. Share. CARE! Holiday Drive, all Save Mart, Lucky and FoodMaxx stores enable shoppers to contribute to local food banks at checkout. Community VIPs helped kick-off or highlight the campaign. In Bakersfield, Mayor Harvey Hall made the first donation at a FoodMaxx store, giving $200 to Community Action of Kern Food Bank. […]
Three food banks benefit from partnership with The Save Mart Companies: SACRAMENTO TURKEY DRIVE Save Mart Supermarkets partnered with Sacramento Food Bank & Family Service to hold another successful Turkey Drive. More than 13,000 turkeys came in on Friday, November 18. Save Mart proudly donated 300 frozen birds at the end! Teams from several stores […]
To celebrate its Nevada debut, the new FoodMaxx store donated $1,000 to its adopted school, Lincoln Park Elementary School. All FoodMaxx stores adopt one school at the beginning of the academic year to help the school raise money and to build a relationship with teachers. As a treat for attendees of the grand opening, kindergarten […]