Kroger customers and sales associates raised more than $18,500 towards Kroger’s 2015 Can Hunger campaign. The program raised an additional $5,000 in a second run to the Food Bank of Northeast Georiga. Meanwhile, Walmart faces some serious violence.
Kroger Ending Hunger One Icon at a Time
Although the chain has not had much momentum in terms of stocks, they’ve contributed to some amazing causes. Between November 15 and December 24 of 2015, customers were able to purchase icons. These were priced at $1, $3 and $5. Funds went to the Feeding America food banks that give food to families in need.
The chain also brought in a two-week campaign through the entire company. The campaign was called ‘Bringing Hope to the Table’. Kroger partnered up with suppliers and gave special sale prices to hundreds of popular products in the store. The campaign garnered an astounding $850,900 donation through the 2015 campaigns.
Kroger Surpasses Donation Goal
This amount was totaled by $658,700 raised in the Can Hunger campaign and more than $192,200 raised for the ‘Bringing Hope to the Table’ The total donation can make up to more than 3.4 million meals for food banks in Georgia, Eastern Alabama and South Carolina. The initial goal was only $575,000.
South Carolina Wasn’t Too Generous With Walmart
A South Carolina woman brought something very different to a Myrtle Beach Walmart. Carolynn Wright has been arrested for biting off a Walmart employee’s finger after getting caught for shoplifting condoms, lubricant, and underwear.
According to the local police, the woman was confronted by loss prevention officers as she was leaving Walmart. This was a follow up to having seen her hide some merchandise. Wright tried to resist the officers, both women. Wright hit one of the women in the head and caused bleeding from the ear, and bit off a portion of the other woman’s finger. An onlooker tried to call 911, only to have Wright take her phone. After some struggle, Write pulled on the onlooker’s hair. This prompted Wright getting punched in the face.
Wright then got on a running minivan and tried to escape, but the police got there in time to make an arrest. Wright has since been charged with assault, larceny, felony and simple assault.
