ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Customers of Wegmans Food Markets raised a record-breaking $769,300 during the company’s two-week food drive to support local food banks’ increased summer needs. Known regionally as Fill the Bus or Fill the Backpack, the campaign ran from June 3 to June 17. Customers donated at checkout with 100 percent of the proceeds going to support each store’s local Feeding America food bank partner. Companywide, customers donated $43,000 more than in 2025.
“Each year, our customers step up in an incredible way to support their neighbors, and their generosity continues to inspire us,” said Deana Percassi, Wegmans vice president of community engagement and communications. “Our employees are also essential to the success of this program, helping raise awareness and drive donations that make a meaningful difference in the fight against hunger.”
Donations from this campaign support local food banks’ summer feeding and backpack programs, helping ensure school-aged children have access to nutritious food when free and reduced-price school meals are not available.
"We at Community FoodBank of New Jersey are so pleased with the results of Wegmans' Fill the Bus campaign this year, which raised enough funds for 57,000 nutritious meals - about 23,000 more than last year," said Elizabeth McCarthy, President & CEO of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. "With food insecurity on the rise, it's heartening to see that support from the public is increasing, too. Thank you to Wegmans and their generous customers for helping advance our mission."
Food Bank Recipients
Customers’ donations stay in their local community, with all proceeds going to each store’s local food bank. The list below includes each recipient food bank, the amount donated in 2026, and the Wegmans store(s) where the money was raised:
Connecticut
Connecticut Foodshare - $4,868 (Norwalk)
Delaware
Food Bank of Delaware - $4,035 (Wilmington)
District of Columbia
Bread for the City - $5,408 (Wisconsin Ave.)
Maryland
Anne Arundel County Food Bank - $3,024 (Crofton)
City of Frederick - $3,329 (Frederick)
Harford Community Action Agency - $3,921 (Bel Air)
Howard County Community Action Council - $7,845 (Columbia)
Manna Food Center - $4,095 (Germantown)
Maryland Food Bank - $8,860 (Hunt Valley and Owings Mills)
Shabach Ministries - $1,126 (Woodmore)
So What Else - $2,167 (Rockville)
Massachusetts
Greater Boston Food Bank - $17,825 (Burlington, Chestnut Hill, Medford, Westwood)
Worcester County Food Bank - $7,748 (Northborough)
New Jersey
Community Food Bank of New Jersey - $19,002 (Bridgewater, Woodbridge, and Montvale)
Fulfill - $8,098 (Ocean and Manalapan)
Food Bank of South Jersey - $9,558 (Cherry Hill and Mt. Laurel)
Interfaith Food Pantry - $13,412 (Hanover)
Mercer Street Friends - $6,464 (Princeton)
New York
Campaign Against Hunger - $702 (Brooklyn)
City Harvest - $1,569 (Astor Place)
Food Bank for NYC - $1,569 (Astor Place)
FeedMore WNY - $178,044 (11 stores in the Greater Buffalo area)
Foodlink - $160,396 (21 stores in the Greater Rochester area)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier - $53,236 (Corning, Elmira, Hornell, Ithaca, and Johnson City)
Food Bank of Central New York - $26,067 (9 stores in the Greater Syracuse area)
Island Harvest - $828 (Lake Grove)
Long Island Cares - $828 (Lake Grove)
Feeding Westchester - $5,057 (Harrison)
North Carolina
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina - $11,527 (Raleigh, West Cary)
PORCH Chapel Hill/Carrboro - $6,660 (Chapel Hill)
Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry - $6,476 (Wake Forest)
Pennsylvania
Bucks County Opportunity Council - $9,033 (Warrington and Yardley)
Chester County Food Bank - $6,429 (Downingtown and Malvern)
Cluster Outreach Center - $5,220 (Collegeville)
Food Bank of Central PA - $5,602 (Harrisburg and Williamsport)
Food Bank of State College - $4,440 (State College)
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank - $4,550 (Dickson City and Wilkes-Barre)
Lancaster County Food Hub - $2,917 (Lancaster)
Manna on Main Street - $3,620 (Montgomeryville)
Philabundance - $9,179 (King of Prussia and Concordville)
Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley & Northeast Pennsylvania - $21,240 (Allentown, Bethlehem, and Nazareth)
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania - $27,008 (West Erie and Peach Street)
Virginia
ACTS - $11,290 (Potomac)
Alive! - $2,604 (Carlyle)
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank - $5,103 (Charlottesville)
Capital Area Food Bank - $9,878 (Alexandria and Woodmore)
FeedMore - $7,476 (Midlothian and Short Pump)
Food Bank of Southeastern VA and Eastern Shore - $3,722 (Virginia Beach)
Food for Others - $15,257 (Fairfax, Reston, and Tysons Corner)
Fredericksburg Area Food Bank - $7,417 (Fredericksburg)
Loudoun Hunger Relief - $10,162 (Dulles and Leesburg)
SERVE - $7,473 (Lake Manassas)
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries - $5,909 (Chantilly)
Since its inception in 2013, Wegmans’ Fill the Bus/Fill the Backpack campaign has raised more than $3.5 million (2021 – present) and customers have donated more than 3.7 million pounds of food (2013 – 2019) for hunger relief. In addition, Wegmans provides daily donations to local food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens across all its market areas each year. In 2025, the company donated more than 36.8 million pounds of food, and its customers raised more than $4.7 million through its annual scan campaigns to help reduce hunger.
