Dollar General donates 1.5 million pounds of food to Missouri food banks
MISSOURI (KBSI) – Dollar General announced it donated more than 1.5 million pounds of food to Missouri Feeding America food banks.
The donations are a part of more than 15.2 million total pounds of food the company donated in 2023 to local food banks from DG stores and distribution centers to help address food insecurity and nourish neighbors in need.
Dollar General donated to the following Missouri food banks:
- The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri
- St. Louis Area Food Bank
- Harvesters – The Community Food Bank
- Second Harvest Community Food Bank
- Ozarks Food Harvest
Heather Collier, Donor Relations and Communications Manager for Southeast Missouri Food Bank, believes retail rescue programs like Dollar General are vital to communities.
“Southeast Missouri Food Bank has some of the highest rates of hunger in this state, we have 1 in 7 families, 1 in 6 children, and 1 in 8 seniors who live in homes that are considered insecure,” said Collier.
Since it’s partnership in 2021, Dollar General has donated more than $3 million to Feeding America, including a grant for $1 million in July 2023. On average, its stores and distribution centers donated more than 1.25 million pounds of food, equivalent to more than 1 million meals each month in 2023.
“They are able to donate products that if it has a best by date or sell by date, those don’t have anything to do with food safety, and they just have to pull them off the selves and they’re able to just donate them,” said Collier.
