Three Charities Receive Donation of Tons of Food After Price Chopper Convention

• by Price Chopper

SCHENECTADY, NY (09/29/2009)(readMedia)-- When more than 1,400 top managers from Price Chopper Supermarkets met in Hartford, Conn. for its annual Fall holiday business show this week, the Connecticut Convention Center's Exhibition Hall was transformed into a larger than life supermarket with rows and rows of foods and products. When the multi-day event ended, Price Chopper donated 30,000 lb. (nearly 15 tons) of nutritious produce and other food to Foodshare, the regional food bank for Connecticut's Hartford and Tolland counties. The Schenectady, NY-based company also donated food to the Albany (NY) Damien Center for individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS and to Schenectady's Northeast Parent & Child Society. Golub Corporation owns and operates 100 stores in Connecticut, New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Based in Schenectady, NY, the Golub Corporation owns and operates over 100 Price Chopper grocery stores in New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The family-owned company prides itself on longstanding traditions of innovative food merchandising, leadership in community service, and cooperative employee relations. Golub's approximately 24,000 associates collectively own 51% of the company's privately held stock. For additional information, visit www.pricechopper.com.

Pictured (left to right) at the Fall show:

Jeanne O'Grady, Director of Sales & Marketing for the Connecticut Convention Center;

Amy Lombardi, RD, Smart Meal Dietician for the Albany Damien Center;

Kendall Sherry, of Northeast Parent & Child Society;

Ernie Pitti, Food Donation Coordinator for Foodshare;

Jane Golub, Director of In-Store Marketing Programs for Price Chopper Supermarkets;

Neil Golub, President & CEO of Price Chopper Supermarkets; and

H. Scott Phelps, President & CEO of the Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau.