Grocery Outlet Partners with Feeding America® with the Goal to Provide Three Million Meals to People Facing Hunger This Holiday Season

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Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ: GO) announced a partnership with Feeding America on Nov 12, 2025 to help provide three million meals this holiday season.

Customers can donate $1, $5, a custom amount or round up at checkout through Dec 31, 2025. Store operators may select which local food bank to support. Grocery Outlet will match in-store donations up to $150,000 to benefit Feeding America and local partner food banks. The release notes Feeding America’s network spans more than 200 food banks and 60,000 programs. Grocery Outlet operates more than 550 stores across multiple U.S. states.

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• Match up to $150,000 for in-store donations
• Campaign goal: three million meals by Dec 31, 2025
• Program available at > 550 stores nationwide

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• Company match capped at $150,000, limiting matched funds

Insights

Community partnerships analyst

Grocery Outlet partners with Feeding America to raise funds and match in-store donations up to $150,000 through Dec 31, 2025.

Grocery Outlet will enable customers to donate at checkout and will match combined in-store donations up to $150,000, supporting a stated goal to provide three million meals. The mechanism keeps funds local by letting store operators choose partner food banks and uses Feeding America’s conversion metric of $1 = at least 10 meals to translate dollars into meal equivalents.

Key dependencies and risks include the actual customer participation rate, the pace of donations through the short campaign window running from the announcement to Dec 31, 2025, and reliance on Feeding America’s networks to convert funds into meals. The pledge amount is fixed and bounded, so total impact depends on donations beyond the company match.

Watch contribution velocity at registers and the company match utilization; these will determine how close the program comes to the three million meal goal over the next ~7 weeks. The concrete, monitorable items are the $150,000 matching cap and the campaign end date of Dec 31, 2025.

Grocery Outlet will match combined total in-store donations at checkout up to $150,000

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: GO) ("Grocery Outlet" or the "Company"), the Xtreme Value™ Holiday Headquarters, today announced a partnership with Feeding America^®, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization, to help reach the goal to provide three million meals* to people facing hunger this holiday season.

Grocery Outlet is joining the movement to end hunger by offering customers the opportunity to donate at the register at their local store. Store operators will have the discretion to choose which local food bank or community organization they wish to support. Grocery Outlet will also match the total amount of all in-store donations at checkout up to $150,000 to support Feeding America and its local partner food banks, keeping the support close to home.

“Supporting our communities is at the heart of who we are at Grocery Outlet,” Jason Potter, Grocery Outlet Chief Executive Officer, said. "By working with Feeding America this holiday season, we’re making it easy for our customers to join us in making a meaningful impact in the communities we serve."

Starting this week, through December 31, customers can participate by donating $1, $5, or an amount of their choice at checkout. Customers can also opt to round up their total bill at checkout to donate.

According to Feeding America, 47 million people in the U.S. face hunger, including 13 million of whom are children. The Feeding America^® network has more than 200 food banks and 60,000 programs distributing food throughout the country.

“Grocery Outlet has long been dedicated to combatting food insecurity, and this campaign goal to provide three million meals to people facing hunger hits directly at the heart of our mission– to end hunger in the United States,” said Lauren Biedron, Senior Vice-President of Corporate Partnerships at Feeding America, said. “We’re grateful to partner with Grocery Outlet this holiday season to raise awareness and funds throughout the country.”

*$1 helps provide at least 10 meals secured by Feeding America on behalf of local partner food banks.

About Grocery Outlet
Based in Emeryville, California, Grocery Outlet is a high-growth, extreme value retailer of quality, name-brand consumables and fresh products sold primarily through a network of independently operated stores. Grocery Outlet and its subsidiaries have more than 550 stores in California, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Idaho, Nevada, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Georgia, Alabama, Delaware, Kentucky and Virginia.

Media Contact:
Kyle Noble, knoble@cfgo.com

About Feeding America^®
Feeding America^® is committed to an America where no one is hungry. We support tens of millions of people who experience food insecurity to get the food and resources they say they need to thrive as part of a nationwide network of food banks, statewide food bank associations, food pantries and meal programs. We also invest in innovative solutions to increase equitable access to nutritious food, advocate for legislation that improves food security and work to address factors that impact food security, such as health, cost of living and employment. We partner with people experiencing food insecurity, policymakers, organizations, and supporters, united with them in a movement to end hunger. Visit FeedingAmerica.org to learn more.

FAQ

When does Grocery Outlet's Feeding America donation campaign run and end (NASDAQ: GO)?

The campaign began the week of Nov 12, 2025 and runs through Dec 31, 2025.

How much will Grocery Outlet (GO) match in-store donations for the holiday campaign?

Grocery Outlet will match the combined total of in-store checkout donations up to $150,000.

How can Grocery Outlet customers donate at checkout to support Feeding America (GO)?

Customers can donate $1, $5, a custom amount or opt to round up their bill at checkout.

What is the campaign's meal goal and how is a meal quantified for Grocery Outlet (GO)?

The goal is to provide three million meals; Feeding America states $1 provides at least 10 meals.

Which local organizations will receive donations from Grocery Outlet (GO) stores?

Store operators choose which local food bank or community organization to support; funds go to Feeding America and local partner food banks.