Hormel Foods and Brookshire Grocery Co. donate $100K of Hormel® Cure 81® hams to help thousands in need
Hormel Foods Corporation and Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) partnered to donate nearly 8,000 Hormel® Cure 81® hams to help feed those in need this holiday season. The two companies are donating $100,000 worth of hams to the East Texas Food Bank and other food banks in the company’s market area for distribution throughout the communities where Brookshire’s, Super 1 Foods, Spring Market, and FRESH by Brookshire’s stores operate.
“We are very proud to annually partner with Hormel Foods and to donate $100,000 in hams to nonprofits, including the East Texas Food Bank,” said Brad Brookshire, Chairman and CEO of Brookshire Grocery Co. “We are dedicated to making a difference in our stores and the communities we serve. We are proud to help thousands of families this Christmas holiday with this partnership with Hormel for their Hams for Hunger program.”
Hormel Foods, BGC, and the East Texas Food Bank held a ceremony today at Super One Foods in Tyler to commemorate the occasion. Representatives from each organization discussed the significance of this donation in supporting hunger relief in communities supported by the food bank.
“We are thrilled to receive this generous gift of hams from Hormel Foods Corporation and Brookshire Grocery Co.,” said David Emerson, CEO of the East Texas Food Bank. “These hams will go a long way in helping our families in East Texas during the holidays and beyond.”
The makers of the Hormel® Cure 81® brand created the Hormel® Cure 81® Hams for Hunger™® program in 1989. The program involves a partnership between Hormel Foods and grocery retailers across the country.