Brooklyn Harvest Market & Foodtown Launch Holiday Food Drive Across NYC

November 17, 2025 (Brooklyn, NY) – A group of family grocers who operate Foodtown and Brooklyn Harvest Market neighborhood grocery stores, are launching a holiday food drive at ten Brooklyn and Manhattan locations now through December 25, 2025 in partnership with City Harvest and the New York Daily News.

During this period, each store will feature donation tables at the front entrances, offering customers suggestions for food donations. Shoppers are encouraged to purchase items for donation, contribute additional groceries, or bring non-perishable food from home to place in the donation bins.

“We enthusiastically support the work of City Harvest. Food insecurity is a growing problem in communities throughout the city, affecting families, seniors, and children alike. Every contribution, no matter the size, makes a difference in ensuring that no one in our community goes hungry” expressed Daniel Wodzenski, Regional Manager.

City Harvest reports that average monthly visits to food pantries and soup kitchens in New York City are at an all-time high, with one in four children uncertain where their next meal will come from. This food drive is part of a citywide effort to ensure families facing financial hardship and cuts to federal food assistance programs have access to nutritious meals.

For those who cannot visit the stores in person, donations of 100 pounds or more will be picked up by City Harvest trucks, or can be dropped off at participating firehouses, police stations, or Apple Bank locations. Monetary donations are also welcome, just $10 helps feed a NYC family for a week. More information is available at cityharvest.org/dailynewsdonate.

Foodtown and Brooklyn Harvest Market are members of Allegiance Retail Services, a leading grocery cooperative, supporting grocers in the New York tri-state area.

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Participating supermarkets include:

Brooklyn Harvest Market: 81-02 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Harvest Market: 26-14 2nd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Harvest Market: 25 North Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Harvest Market: 205 Union Avenue, Brooklyn

Foodtown: 781 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn

Foodtown of Bushwick: 1291 Broadway, Brooklyn

Foodtown of Washington Heights, 600 West 160th Street, New York

Foodtown of Williamsburg, 159 North 3rd Street, Brooklyn

Foodtown of Grand Street, 695 Grand Street, Brooklyn

Foodtown of Atlantic Avenue, 457 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

About Allegiance Retail Services LLC

Allegiance Retail Services, LLC supports independent supermarkets (e.g., Foodtown, Freshtown, D’Agostino, Gristedes, Pathmark, LaBella Marketplace, Brooklyn Harvest, Market Fresh, Big Deal Food Market, Green Way Markets, Marrazzo’s Market, and Shop n Bag) for retail success by providing them with marketing, advertising, technological and merchandising support, as well as a full line of private label products, including Foodtown, Green Way and Rancher’s Legend. For more information, please visit www.allegianceretailservices.com.