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MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN EVERY COMMUNITY WE SERVE

Feeding the hungry has always been our number-one giving priority — and not just during the holidays. With the generous participation of our customers and supplier partners, we have been able to provide almost 3 million meals to help feed and support our neighbors in need over the past 12 months.

HUNGER RELIEF: Enough for more than 3 million meals donated.

COMMUNITYWIDE DONATIONS: We proudly partner with hundreds of organizations throughout the Gulf Coast , providing cash, food and water. These are nonprofit organizations large and small, as well as schools and religious institutions working to make the communities we share better places to live and work. FESTIVALS & EVENTS: We sponsor and participate in festivals and community events across the Gulf Coast. SCHOOLS & TEAMS: The Saints aren’t the only team we sponsor. We sponsor schools, teams and clubs all over the Gulf Coast. CUSTOMER GIVING: Through our annual pin-up campaigns, together we contributed more than $65,000 to causes and nonprofit organizations this year. DISASTER RELIEF: Through our Disaster Relief Fund, and with the support of our vendor partners, over the past 14 months, we have distributed more than $200,000 to our team members who suffered devastating losses to their homes and personal belongings due to Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters. EDUCATION: We are committed to supporting students planning careers in the grocery business. The Anthony J. Rouse, Sr., Food Entrepreneurship Scholarship , named after our founder (my grandfather), is given to an employee attending the John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University. The Leroy Theriot Meat & Charcuterie Culinary Arts Scholarship at the John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University helps aspiring culinary and grocery professionals, with the goal of developing the next generation of expert meat science professionals.

PHOTO BY CHANNING CANDIES

In November we kick off a new initiative with the New Orleans Saints. Tackle Hunger will help provide food directly to our neighbors in need. The food and funds raised will also go a long way to replenish our local food banks, which are still stretched thin from the pandemic, Hurricane Ida and other storms in recent years. Our local food banks don’t just collect and distribute food. Second Harvest, the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, Feeding the Gulf Coast and others run vital programs, including senior programs, mobile food banks and the backpack program to reduce child hunger. They help supply our local food pantries, school pantries and community kitchens, as well as provide emergency food box deliveries. Next time you visit a Rouses Markets, look for the collection bins in the front of the store. We accept nonperishable food and household supplies year-round. You can also donate cash at checkouts at any Rouses Market, with 100% of the proceeds going to our local food banks.

— Donny Rouse, CEO, 3 rd Generation

Tackle Hunger is one example of why the Saints’ partnership with Rouses Markets continues to leave a lasting impact in our community, and I am excited to see the difference we make by providing food to those in need.

— Gayle Benson, New Orleans Saints Owner

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