Tasteful Selections Donates Over 12K Lbs Of Potatoes To Turkey Grocery Dinner Giveaway
November 24, 2015 | 2 min to read
Bancroft, Wis. —Tasteful Selections™ bite-sized potatoes will be part of Thanksgiving dinner for thousands of people less fortunate; the company has donated 12,500 pounds of potatoes to the 33rd Annual E.J. Jackson Foundation Turkey Grocery Giveaway Annual Turkey Grocery Giveaway on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Tasteful Selections’ potatoes will be included with each box of groceries that includes a frozen turkey and all the dinner fixings for Thanksgiving. A total of 10,000 boxes of groceries will be given away to thousands of people less fortunate including low income seniors, disabled veterans and people living with disabilities throughout southern California.
“At Tasteful Selections we are extremely passionate about contributing to programs, like the E.J. Jackson Foundation, aimed at fighting hunger,” said Russell Wysocki, president and CEO of RPE, co-owner of Tasteful Selections. “With the holiday season, we are grateful that we are able to give back and help those families in need.”
The turkey dinners will be disbursed at Jackson Limousine Services parking lot, 3669 West Slauson Boulevard, Los Angeles. Gates open at 8 a.m. A line-up of special guests will be part of the event, including actor Lou Gossett, Jr.
Grown year-round in the Bakersfield, California area, Tasteful Selections’ unique varieties are simply amazing guaranteed and available at more than 10,000 retail stores nationwide. For store locations, recipes and more, visit TastefulSelections.com.
Tasteful Selections, LLC is a joint venture of RPE, CSS Farms and Plover River Farms Alliance, Inc. They are a vertically integrated grower, shipper, marketer of premium specialty potatoes with unique attributes for size and flavor.
RPE, a second generation family farm, is a category leader and key grower/shipper of year-round potatoes and onions. RPE prides itself on maintaining a high level of business integrity that includes commitments to environmental sustainability, as well as category innovation and retail solutions.
Source: RPE