The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company has announced its stores in Warwick, raised $8,125 for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Saint Vincent DePaul Society of Saint Peters Church & WestBay Community Action/Marketplace and local and state food pantries to help provide hunger relief to area residents.

From Oct. 30th until Dec.3, all Stop & Shop stores from New Hampshire to New Jersey participated in the 2009 Food for Friends campaign. Through the sale of paper turkeys and fundraising events held at the stores, Stop & Shop associates and customers donated over $1.2 million. Together with a corporate match, Stop & Shop will donate more than $1.4 million to local and regional food banks.