Making a GIANT Difference: GIANT’s partnership with Flashfood has been very impactful, as have two particular GIANT employees

“We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to the amazing team at GIANT. Thank you for your unwavering dedication to our program and continued partnership. Your support in feeding families, not landfills, is invaluable, and we truly appreciate the ongoing collaboration.”

The Flashfood Team and Shoppers have been lucky enough to be partnered with GIANT since 2020. They have established 192 Flashfood zones in that time, and have subsequently diverted almost 10 million pounds of waste from landfills.

The success of this partnership between Flashfood and GIANT would not be possible without the GIANT employees who champion Flashfood and make their zones a success in the stores. In fact, there are two individuals in particular who Flashfood and GIANT both want to take a moment to recognize.

The first is store manager Justin Ferraro. Ferraro is Fresh Manager Region 143 and is the Mid-Atlantic FlashFood Champion.

From the start of the partnership between GIANT and Flashfood, Ferraro has worked extremely hard to help Flashfood succeed in both his region and his division. He pushes his region’s to consistently utilize Flashfood as a viable exit strategy, emphasizing the importance it plays on numerous families who could not otherwise afford healthy meals all the time.

Ferraro even promotes the Flashfood produce bags programs out of because of his belief in the program. He is consistently challenging stores in his region to post more produce bags.

Flashfood is also grateful for Fresh Manager Region 135 Anthony Deni. Deni is the Flashfood Champion for the Greater Philadelphia area, and he has been a massive advocate for Flashfood since his start as a champion two years ago.

One of the ways Deni stands out is his advocacy of reaching and extending the program to all families.

Deni also focuses a lot of time on building his stores up through Flashfood. He has used things such as divert bins to showcase opportunities being wasted. It is no wonder that GIANT and Flashfood wanted to take a minute to recognize Deni.

As a matter of fact, without people like Ferraro and Deni, the partnership between GIANT and Flashfood would not be as successful as it is today… And there are some customers who wanted to take a moment to showcase their gratitude for the program and these individuals.

In fact, the impact of these individuals and the partnership as a whole are spoken very highly of by many consumers, showing what they are doing is all worthwhile.

“A great big THANK YOU to all of you who take the time to post items to Flashfood and always have things ready and organized for us! This app has been a game changer for our family in so many ways. It helps us save money, lessen food waste, and come up with fun new meal ideas. We LOVE it, and you all are always so friendly and helpful in making that happen! Thank you again!! :)”

“Thank you to the Associates at Giant 6545 for offering quality products at reduced prices. I appreciate the opportunity to purchase items at discounted prices… and keeping them out of the trash.”

“We are very thankful for GIANT posting Flashfood. We make purchases at least two or three times a week. It saves us a lot of money, being on a fixed-income. Thanks again GIANT.”

GIANT would not be the Flashfood champions they are today without people like Ferraro and Deni, and it is clear they do it for the customers.