Big Y”™s annual Sack Hunger campaign provided funds for the four food banks within its two-state marketing area. In turn, these food banks supported local soup kitchens, food pantries, senior food programs, day care centers and many others of the 2,100 member agencies that they help every day. Their goal is to maximize access to nutritious food and other resources that support food security for those at risk of hunger.
For $5, customers supported Sack Hunger at Big Y”™s 72 supermarkets or its table and vine fine wines and liquors. Every $5 donation brought 10 meals to those in need of support. Big Y”™s Sack Hunger campaign started in 2010 when 740 meals were donated. With this year”™s 1.5 million meals, the program continues to grow.
According to Big Y president and CEO, Charles L. D”™Amour, “We appreciate the generosity of our customers and employees in helping us to support our friends and neighbors”¦ Being able to provide another 1.5 million meals through our Sack Hunger program helps us to fulfill our mission to feed families.”
One of the largest independently owned supermarket chains in New England, Big Y Foods Inc. operates locations throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. It has been recognized by Forbes as a Best-in-State Employer in Massachusetts and Connecticut, as well as 2018 Employer of Choice by the Employers Association of the Northeast. Founded in 1936 by brothers Paul and Gerald D”™Amour, the store was named after an intersection in Chicopee, Massachusetts, where two roads converge to form a “Y”.
