Help Kraft Foods and the Missouri Tigers Tackle Hunger!
11/19/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 19, 2009
COLUMBIA, MO-- - Kraft Foods is helping to SCORE against hunger in a food drive, culminating at the Missouri-Iowa State football game at Memorial Stadium on November 21.
"32 area grocery stores in Central Missouri are joining the effort to collect food to be distributed in their counties," said Kraft spokesperson, Denny Belcastro, Vice President Customer Development and Industry Affairs. "Our goal is to collect food and raise awareness for those in need."
Fans can drop off food at three different stations around the stadium on November 21 as well as participating locations at the following grocers, now through November 21; Bings, Bratcher's Markets, Eastgate Foods, Moser's, Parkers Supermarket, Patricia's and Bob's Country Markets, Piggly Wiggly, Prenger's Foods and Village Market.
Please bring non-perishable food in non-glass containers. Foods high in protein are especially appreciated. The Central Missouri Food Bank will distribute food collected in their 32 county service area to their 129 agencies in central and northeast Missouri. The Food Bank University of Missouri Athletic Department will announce the total of the 2009 SCORE Against Hunger drive with a check presentation on the field during the break between the first and second quarter.
Kraft Foods (www.kraftfoodscompany.com) makes today delicious in 150 countries around the globe. Our 100,000 employees work tirelessly to make delicious foods consumers can feel good about. From American brand icons like Kraft cheeses, dinners and dressings, Maxwell House coffees and Oscar Mayer meats, to global powerhouse brands like Oreo and LU biscuits, Philadelphia cream cheeses, Jacobs and Carte Noire coffees, Tang powdered beverages and Milka, Côte d'Or, Lacta and Toblerone chocolates, our brands deliver millions of smiles every day. Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) is the world's second largest food company with annual revenues of $42 billion. The company is a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the Ethibel Sustainability Index.
The Central Missouri Food Bank is a regional network providing disaster and hunger relief through 129 agencies such as food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters for the homeless and abused, senior programs, children's feeding programs and 80 partner elementary schools in 32 counties in central and northeast Missouri. For additional information of the Central Missouri Food Bank, please visit our website at www.centralmofoodbank.org or call (800) 764-3663.
