Price Chopper Supports Stamp Out Hunger's 30th Anniversary Food Drive

Price Chopper Supports Stamp Out Hunger’s 30th Anniversary Food Drive

Donating 600,000 Bags to the KCMO effort to Curb Hunger with Harvesters

KANSAS CITY, MO. -- May 9, 2022 -- Price Chopper and Harvesters- The Community Food Network are, once again, working to Stamp Out Hunger in the area, partnering with letter carriers to host a metro-wide food drive Saturday, May 14, 2022.

Area U.S. Postal Service letter carriers will distribute 600,000 bags to area homes this week. Residents are encouraged to fill them with non-perishable food donations which letter carriers will pick up May 14 for Harvesters.

Back after a two-year hiatus, extra giving is highly encouraged now as donations tend to thin heading into the summer months. In 2019, 121,000 pounds of food was collected with more than 1.82 billion pounds of food amassed in the last two decades thanks to the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

“Donations increase by as much as one-third when residents receive a bag to fill. Price Chopper is proud to support this long standing effort by providing our community with extra incentives to give back,” said Casie Broker, Chief Marketing Officer, Price Chopper Enterprises.

The demand for food assistance increased 30 to 40 percent during the pandemic, and while that number is improving, it has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. We are encouraging giving in any capacity Kansas Citians can provide. If needed, area residents may also supply their own bag for donations.

About Price Chopper

Price Chopper’s 52 Kansas City stores are locally owned by the Ball, Cosentino, McKeever, and Queen families, all of whom live in Kansas City and oversee store operations on a daily basis. For 40 years, the owners and employees of Price Chopper have been committed to providing the highest quality products and top-of-the-line customer service to the thousands of customers they serve every day. For more information, please visit www.mypricechopper.com.

About Harvesters—The Community Food Network

Harvesters—The Community Food Network is a regional food bank serving a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas. Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 760 nonprofit agencies including food pantries, community kitchens, shelters and others. Agencies in Harvesters’ network provide food assistance to as many as 141,500 different people each month. Harvesters, which was founded in 1979, is a certified member of Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks, serving all 50 states. For more information, visit

About U.S. Postal Service

A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation: 152 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With more than 31,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world's mail.