Eat Cheap for a Good Cause Tonight

Panera Bread's nine New Hampshire locations - including - have worked as one to support the New Hampshire Food Bank with a food drive from Friday, May 4 through tonight.

The event concludes tonight with a fundraiser. From 5 p.m. to close, each store will give a percentage of that night's sales to the New Hampshire Food Bank.

Panera Bread's Granite State bakery-cafes have displayed New Hampshire Food Bank collection bins, inviting customers to donate non-perishable food items at their local store.

"Our stores share a common goal with the New Hampshire Food Bank - feeding the friends and neighbors of our community," said David Peterman, co-franchise owner of Panera's NH locations.  "We hope that through our food collection and fundraising, we can give the Food Bank substantial support, just as they do for thousands of Granite State residents every year."

Panera Bread's patrons can now play a major role in boosting tonight's fundraising grand total.  The call to action: customers present the official New Hampshire Food Bank/Panera Bread promotional flyer (download and print PDF on right-hand side of this page) along with their in-store purchase at Panera Bread, to distributed by Food Bank to constituents ahead of the event or available for download at www.nhfoodbank.org. The more flyers collected that night, the larger percentage of proceeds donated to the Food Bank.

A program of New Hampshire Catholic Charities, the New Hampshire Food Bank serves as the only Food Bank in the state. Every year, the Food Bank distributes over 7.8 million pounds of donated, surplus food to more than 400 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, day care centers and senior citizen homes. These registered agencies in turn provide the food to over 130,000 different men, women and children throughout New Hampshire each year. www.nhfoodbank.org.