WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- Convenience-store and foodservice retailer QuickChek Corp. has helped thousands of families in need with its latest contribution to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside, N.J.
More than 40 employees including corporate vice presidents and managers from the company's headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J., and team members from various stores volunteered at the FoodBank on March 12. When their three-hour shift was over, they had sorted and boxed enough food to feed 5,000 hungry New Jersey families.
It was the company's second outing to the food bank in the past five months. More than 50 QuickChek team members bagged enough food in a single day last fall to feed 6,200 families before Thanksgiving.
"Being in the food business, partnering with community food banks where we have stores was a natural fit when we were looking for additional ways to get further involved with our local communities," said QuickChek CEO Dean Durling, whose family-owned company has raised millions of dollars for causes that benefit children, families and military veterans.
QuickChek became a new partner of the food bank's Check-Out Hunger campaign during the 2014 holiday season and raised $125,000 in six weeks in November and December to help feed hungry families.
All of the money raised benefits those in need within the counties in which QuickChek operates convenience stores.
"Our team sets very high goals, whether it's in raising funds or in their volunteer efforts," said Durling. "It is further testament that our team members embrace being active in our communities and work hard to be the neighborhood shopping destination in those communities."
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey distributes 40 million pounds of food each year to more than 1,000 non-profit programs, feeding 900,000 hungry people in 18 New Jersey counties.
QuickChek has 140 retail locations throughout New Jersey, New York's Hudson Valley and Long Island. The company, which has been named one of the most generous in the state by New Jersey Monthly magazine, is also active with the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley and will be involved with Long Island Cares this year following the recent opening of its first store in Long Island.
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