Area grocery stores and their customers raised a total of $643,641 to support FeedMore WNY through their respective Check Out Hunger and related register fundraisers in 2025.

Wegmans Food Markets’ 2025 Check Out Hunger campaign, which ran from late October through November, raised $495,000 for FeedMore WNY – surpassing its goal by $68,000. Customers had the opportunity to donate $1, $2, $3, $5, or any amount at the register of local Wegmans stores, and 100 percent of the proceeds were provided to benefit FeedMore WNY.

In addition, Lexington Co-op Markets and the East Aurora Co-op Market both held register fundraisers during November and December for FeedMore WNY. Lexington Co-op Markets’ Check Out Hunger campaign raised more than $14,300, and East Aurora Co-Op’s Round Up at the Register raised more than $2,990 to help FeedMore WNY provide nutritious food and resources to Western New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity.

Community members still have opportunities to help “check out hunger” for FeedMore WNY. Tops Friendly Markets’ annual Check Out Hunger campaign will run from Jan. 18 through Feb. 7 at area stores. Tops’ 2025 Check Out Hunger campaign raised $129,786 for the hunger-relief organization.

“FeedMore WNY is incredibly grateful for the support of our retail partners and their generous, compassionate customers as we work together to alleviate food insecurity throughout the region. The donations raised through these Check Out Hunger campaigns enable FeedMore WNY to continue our vital programs, including our food bank distribution network serving nearly 400 hunger-relief agencies, our home-delivered meals program providing nourishing food and friendship to older adults and homebound neighbors, and our free RISE workforce development program offering career training and wraparound services to people with high barriers to employment,” Lisa Woodring, executive vice president of External Affairs for FeedMore WNY, said. “We thank everyone who has already participated in Check Out Hunger campaigns where they shop, and we encourage the community to support the current campaigns at Tops Friendly Markets and Wakefern Food Corp. brand stores.”