AISI and Wegmans Present Maryland Food Bank With $10,000 Donation

AISI and Wegman's promotion, "Together We Can."

AISI and Wegmans Food Markets presented a $10,000 check to the Maryland Food Bank in January as part of a program, called "Together We Can," to make sure nutritious, canned food is available to those in need of a healthy meal. The program also promotes the safety, convenience and nutritional benefits of canned foods in Wegmans grocery stores.

The "Together We Can" program ran from January 14-27 in more than 70 Wegmans in New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Customers in about 60 of the Wegmans were offered smoothies made with canned fruit and were provided with information about fun, interesting ways to prepare canned food meals.

"We're excited about the opportunity to work with Wegmans to make sure consumers know that canned food is more than just a convenient option. We want to show consumers how to use canned food to prepare nutritious, flavorful meals," said Rich Tavoletti, director of the container market program for AISI and executive director of the Canned Food Alliance (CFA). "We're also happy to be able to make a donation to the Maryland Food Bank, to make sure nutritious canned food is available to those in need of a healthy meal."

AISI and Wegmans' participation in this program is also benefiting the hungry, by way of this donation to the food bank. The Maryland Food Bank collects, purchases and stores food and distributes it to nonprofit community food providers that provide free food to the hungry. Each week, the Maryland Food Bank provides the food for over 50,000 Marylanders who would otherwise go hungry or not eat enough. For more information, contact Rich Tavoletti.