SAVANNAH, Ga. (Oct. 31, 2024) – Parker’s Kitchen — an award-winning convenience store and food service company — will launch a new round-up campaign on Friday, Nov. 1 to fight hunger in communities across Georgia and South Carolina. Parker’s Kitchen will match 25% of all customer donations to amplify the impact of the round-up campaign, which will run through Friday, Feb. 28.
“At Parker’s Kitchen, we want to expand the regional food safety net to help local families and children who are experiencing food insecurity throughout Georgia and South Carolina,” said Olivia Parker, Parker’s Kitchen Outreach and Communications Manager. “We’re incredibly grateful for the generous support of our customers and look forward to taking a major bite out of hunger through our new round-up campaign.”
Previous Parker’s Kitchen round-up campaigns have raised $414,000 to help reduce hunger in communities across Georgia and South Carolina.
For the current campaign, customer round-up donations at Parker’s Kitchen stores in Aiken, S.C. and Augusta, Ga. will benefit Golden Harvest Food Bank, a nonprofit offering programs and direct services to meet the needs of neighbors who struggle with hunger across a 24-county service area. Round-up donations at Parker’s Kitchen locations at all other cities and towns in South Carolina will benefit Lowcountry Food Bank, a nonprofit organization based in Charleston, S.C. that provides food to more than 200,000 individuals in need across 10 counties every year.
In Georgia, round-up donations at Parker’s Kitchen locations in all communities except Augusta will support Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, a Savannah, Ga.-based nonprofit organization that provides emergency food assistance and distributes 23 million pounds of food annually to individuals who are at risk for hunger across a 21-county area.
Parker’s Kitchen round-up campaigns have donated than $1 million to a wide range of community-based causes, including supporting injured local veterans across Georgia and South Carolina through Wounded Warrior Project®; expanding healthcare access for underinsured and uninsured residents at Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, S.C.; and providing emergency shelter, food and wraparound services for women experiencing homelessness at Parker’s House in Savannah, Ga.
Known for its longstanding commitment to charitable giving, Parker’s Kitchen is one of the most generous companies in the convenience store industry and in the Southeast. Over the past eight year, the company has donated more than $30 million to make a transformative impact in four key areas, including supporting education, expanding access to healthcare, fighting hunger and celebrating heroes.
In 2023, Parker’s Kitchen made a landmark $5 million donation to provide healthcare to uninsured and underinsured patients at Roper/St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, S.C. through the Parker’s Community Fund. The company also endowed the Parker’s Emergency and Trauma Center at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Ga. and made a record $5 million donation to name the Parker College of Business at Georgia Southern University, supporting the next generation of business leaders in Georgia.
Parker’s Kitchen stands apart as one of America’s most respected convenience store brands and is known for having the cleanest stores and restrooms in the industry. Headquartered in Savannah, Ga., the company has enjoyed robust 20 to 24 percent annual growth every year for the past 25 years and has been featured seven times on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
Earlier this year, USA Today named Parker’s Kitchen a Top Workplace 2024. The company was previously honored as the Convenience Store Chain of the Year by Convenience Store Decisions, which is the industry’s highest honor, and has been recognized by Food and Wine as one of America’s Best Convenience Stores and by Convenience Store News as the Convenience Foodservice Leader of the Year.
Since its founding in 1976, Parker’s Kitchen has grown to become an award-winning company that has been voted one of America’s top 10 gas station brands by USA TODAY readers. The Parker’s Rewards loyalty program, which includes more than 300,000 members, has saved customers more than $15 million to date. Parker’s employs more than 1,600 individuals throughout South Carolina and Georgia and completes nearly a million transactions weekly.
For more information about Parker’s Fueling the Community program and the company’s commitment to charitable giving, visit parkerskitchen.com.
ABOUT PARKER’S KITCHEN:
Honored by USA TODAY as a Top Workplace for 2024, Parker’s Kitchen is strategically redefining the nation’s convenience store industry, offering customers high-quality products, freshly prepared food and superior customer service at retail stores throughout Georgia and South Carolina. Proudly headquartered in Savannah, Ga., Parker’s Kitchen has a commitment to exceeding customer expectations and has repeatedly been recognized as one of the nation’s leading convenience store and foodservice companies. The company serves world-famous hand-breaded Southern Fried Chicken Tenders as well as made-from-scratch mac ‘n’ cheese, a breakfast bar and daily specials. The popular Parker’s Rewards loyalty program, which includes more than 300,000 members, has saved customers more than $15 million to date. Featured on Inc. 5000’s list of the fastest growing companies in America seven times and honored as the Convenience Store Decisions Chain of the Year, Parker’s Kitchen employs 1,600 professionals and completes more than one million transactions weekly. Learn more: www.parkerskitchen.com.
