Trader Joe's combatting hunger
Slipstream District Topic, September 16 2025
Food insecurity is growing. As jobs are lost, children getting older and requiring more food, and Social Security checks don't stretch as far, your neighborhood Trader Joe's is doing their part to help out. In 2024, its 579 stores gave away 98 million pounds of leftover food. Those donations reached more than 2,000 partner organizations every day.
You can read more about Trader Joe's in this People article:
https://people.com/trader-joe-s-donates-100-of-unsold-products-every-day...
Please share stories about other companies that are helping their communities.
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Well Street
This makes me even happier to be a TJ's shopper.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, I knew a guy years ago who was fired from working the deli counter in a Pavilions supermarket. His crime? Just before closing, he gave a leftover chicken to a homeless man instead of throwing it out. Apparently, the company equated this to stealing.
Slipstream
Wow. Bless him for having such a good heart.
Evangel
Wow. Now that's outrageous.
Homeless Valley
This Pavilions incident is morally repulsive and sad. It says so much about the mentality that drives this country's economy.
Evangel
Trader Joe's has always had their priorities straight. They do right by their employees, customers, and community. This is likely because they are privately owned instead of operating as a publicly traded corporation where profits must be maximized at the expense of quality, caring, and social responsibility.
Homeless Valley
Thank you for posting this bit of good news. Every positive action creates and equal and positive reaction.