Stop & Shop Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary of Partnership with P.S. 105

Stop & Shop celebrated the 5-year anniversary of its partnership with P.S. 105 The Bay School through the Stop & Shop School Food Pantry Program by donating $17,500 to enable the school, located at 420 Beach 51st Street, to meet the needs of their over 600 students between the ages of 3-14. In 2019, The Bay School was the first school in New York to be a recipient of the Stop & Shop School Food Pantry program and has now received more than $72,000 from the grocery retailer in support of their Food Pantry.

Badger Technologies, a product division of Jabil and creator of Stop & Shop’s “Marty the Robot,” donated $5,000, which equals 50,000 meals, to the School Food Pantry Program in support of the overall gift card donation. These multipurpose robots perform an ever-expanding list of in-store duties, including checking shelves to expedite product re-stocking and confirming pricing information, as well as helping keep stores safe by monitoring floor conditions for spills and other hazards. Marty robots have traveled more than 1.9 million miles and identified over 9.6 million floor hazards while scanning 7 million products daily at 350+ Stop & Shop stores to improve on-shelf product availability.

“Badger Technologies is thrilled to support The Bay School Food Pantry Program through the Stop & Shop School Food Pantry,” said William “BJ” Santiago, CEO of Badger Technologies. “We are honored to participate in this program as part of our shared community commitment and applaud Stop & Shop’s dedication to making a positive impact in the classroom by ensuring that students have access to much-needed meals.”

P.S. 105 The Bay School is a Title 1 school, which means it has a high percentage of students from impecunious households. The school food pantry serves 300 students monthly and 94% of the total students receive free or reduced lunch. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), food insecurity among children increased by 44% from 2022 to 2023. This is the highest number of food insecure children since 2014 and the largest one-year increase in food insecurity since 2008.

"We are incredibly grateful for the continued support of Stop & Shop and Badger Technologies,” said Principal Kathryn O’Brien. “Their generous donation to our School Food Pantry Program is a lifeline for many of our students. Knowing they have access to nutritious meals at home allows them to come to school focused and ready to learn. It truly makes a world of difference in their overall well-being."

Beneficiaries of the food pantry can pick up groceries daily. Items the pantry provides include cereal, cups of noodles, juice, granola bars, fruit cups, pasta, canned vegetables, beans, rice, condiments, deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo, and body wash.

The Stop & Shop School Food Pantry Program was established to help limit barriers impacting students’ ability to succeed in the classroom by making sure that they have consistent access to food. Stop & Shop supports local schools’ existing food pantries or helps them establish new ones by providing donations to help stock their shelves.

“Children need proper nutrition to grow their bodies and minds,” said Tarik Stewart, Regional Vice President of Operations for Stop & Shop. “We are very thankful to our partners Badger Technologies for their donation, and proud to have supported The Bay School Food Pantry for the past five years, so they can ensure their students have access to the food they need to have the greatest opportunity to reach their full potential inside and outside the classroom.”

Stop & Shop currently supports more than 230 School Food Pantries across its five-state footprint. Across the city, there are 48 total school pantries, 15 in Queens, 13 in the Bronx, 14 in Brooklyn, 4 in Staten Island, 2 in Manhattan, and several more to open across the boroughs in 2024. For more information about Stop & Shop’s School Food Pantry program, visit https://stopandshop.com/pages/school-food-pantry-program.

About Stop & Shop

A neighborhood grocer for more than 100 years, Stop & Shop is focused on delivering a wide assortment of fresh, healthy options at a great value through strong weekly sales and everyday low prices. Its new GO Rewards loyalty program delivers personalized offers and allows customers to earn points that can be redeemed for gas or groceries every time they shop. Stop & Shop customers can choose however they want to shop - whether it's in-store or online, which offers both delivery and same day pickup. The company is committed to making an impact in its communities by fighting against hunger, supporting our troops and through overall incredible acts of care. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC is an Ahold Delhaize USA Company and employs more than 54,000 associates and operates nearly 400 stores throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey. To learn more about Stop & Shop, visit www.stopandshop.com.

About Badger Technologies

Badger Technologies is a product division of Jabil (NYSE: JBL), a manufacturing solutions provider that delivers comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain, and product management services. A robotics pioneer, Badger Technologies has deployed more than 650 robots that automate hazard detection, and resolve a host of inventory and data disconnects to improve on-shelf product availability, price integrity, store profitability, and shopping experiences. As part of Jabil, Badger Technologies has access to leading-edge retail automation technologies, innovative cloud software and services, global supply chain management capabilities, and world-class manufacturing services.