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A grant from Fry’s Food Stores, through Kroger’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, feeds the campus community, reduces food waste and encourages sustainable practices. The grant supports the efforts of both Compost Cats and the Rooftop Greenhouse atop the Student Union Memorial Center, which supplies fresh produce for the Campus Pantry.
Fry’s Food Stores, a division of The Kroger Family of Companies, operates 122 stores in Arizona. In 2017, the enterprise announced Zero Hunger | Zero Waste, its social impact plan designed to end hunger in the communities it serves and eliminate waste across the company by 2025.
“We partner with innovative organizations that are really looking outside the box at what they can do for the betterment of their communities,” said Pam Giannonatti, Kroger corporate affairs manager for the Fry’s division.
Fry’s is expanding an existing philanthropic relationship with Compost Cats. The partnership first began through the FoodCycle Program.