Sponsors & Community Partners

Driven by a commitment to mutual care, Publix significantly supports hunger relief in the Zephyrhills community year-round. Local stores utilize the Good Together food donation program to regularly contribute wholesome, perishable, and baked goods to Feeding Tampa Bay, ensuring a steady supply of nutritious food for local pantries. Furthermore, Publix Super Markets Charities provides targeted financial support to food banks and vital services like Meals on Wheels, directly benefiting homebound seniors and other vulnerable populations in the Zephyrhills area.

The Sam's Club Retail Store Donation Program, supported by Walmart and Feeding America, provides significant hunger relief in Zephyrhills by recovering and donating high-quality surplus food (especially produce, dairy, and protein) from its local store. This rescued food is channeled to Feeding Tampa Bay, which then distributes it to local pantries, soup kitchens, and specialized programs like East Pasco Meals on Wheels, ensuring that nutritious meals reach food-insecure neighbors, including homebound seniors.

Costco's charitable policy impacts the Zephyrhills, FL community through its commitment to food rescue and supporting hunger relief efforts. The nearest Costco warehouse donates its surplus, high-quality perishables (including produce, bread, and protein) to Feeding Tampa Bay. This effort ensures that nutritious, rescued food is distributed through the food bank's network to local pantries, meal sites, and organizations like Meals on Wheels in and around the Zephyrhills area, directly aiding food-insecure individuals and families.

Wawa's charitable efforts, driven by The Wawa Foundation, prioritize Hunger relief across their operating area by providing financial grants to organizations like Feeding America and operating the daily food donation Wawa Share program. This program ensures unsold, wholesome food (like hot food express items) from individual stores, such as the one in Zephyrhills, FL, is regularly donated directly to a local food pantry or hunger relief partner.

The local Chick-fil-A combats hunger in Zephyrhills through two main efforts: Surplus Food Donation via the Chick-fil-A Shared Table® program, which donates packaged, prepared surplus food (like nuggets and biscuits) to local non-profits; and Financial Support, which included a $25,000 donation to Feeding America (distributed to regional partners like Feeding Tampa Bay) upon the restaurant's opening. This provides the community with both direct food and significant financial resources for hunger relief.

Starbucks combats hunger in the Zephyrhills area through its FoodShare program, which rescues unsold, ready-to-eat food (including sandwiches, salads, and bistro boxes) daily from local stores. This high-quality surplus food is then collected by refrigerated transport and delivered to Feeding Tampa Bay. The food bank ensures this nutritious, rescued food is distributed to local partner agencies and ultimately to food-insecure individuals and families in and around the Zephyrhills community.

Dollar General (DG) supports hunger relief in the Zephyrhills community through its partnership with Feeding America. Local DG stores contribute in-kind food donations (both perishable and nonperishable) to Feeding Tampa Bay, providing meals to food-insecure neighbors. Furthermore, DG's extensive retail footprint, often present in underserved areas, helps address food insecurity by offering residents convenient, affordable access to essential grocery items.

Winn-Dixie's (Southeastern Grocers) charitable food policy centers on fighting hunger across the Southeast through a robust, long-standing partnership with Feeding America and its local food banks. This effort is primarily executed via their Food Rescue Program, which contributes millions of pounds of surplus food. Locally, the Zephyrhills Winn-Dixie directly participates by donating fresh produce, meat, dairy, and other goods to Feeding Tampa Bay. This regional food bank then distributes these essential, nutritious supplies to local food pantries and hunger relief agencies serving the Zephyrhills community.