Press Releases

C&S Wholesale Grocers Announces 2018 Volunteer of the Year and Volunteer Month Projects

Keene, NH – C&S Wholesale Grocers has awarded Joel Arvelo the company’s 2018 Volunteer of the Year award. Joel is being recognized for his commitment to the nonprofit Allentown Youth Soccer Club, where he is a coach and serves on the organization’s Board of Directors. He has been an employee with C&S for 12 years, [...]

C&S Wholesale Grocers Releases 14th Annual Community Involvement Report

Keene, NH – C&S Wholesale Grocers is pleased to announce the release of its 2017 Community Involvement Report, titled “Can Do.” “Our company’s can-do attitude doesn’t stop with business and logistics,” said Rick Cohen, Executive Chairman. “In our communities and beyond, we make a positive difference by supporting thousands of charitable organizations.” The C&S Community [...]

C&S Celebrates 15 Years Donating to Local Nonprofit Organizations

Keene, NH – C&S Wholesale Grocers announces the fifteenth anniversary of Mini Grants, a donation program to help small, community-based nonprofits thrive and make an impact. Since the commencement of the Mini Grants program, C&S has awarded over $1.4 million in cash and contributions of food to more than 2,300 groups. Through Mini Grants, C&S [...]

Wishes Granted: C&S Wholesale Grocers and First Book Deliver More Than 13,000 Brand New Books to Kids in Need in Response to Educator “Wishes”

KEENE, N.H. and WASHINGTON (Nov. 30, 2017) – More than 13,000 brand new, high-quality books and educational resources will be delivered to 160 classrooms and programs by the end of November, serving kids in need as part of the Book Wish program, a collaboration between C&S Wholesale Grocers and First Book. The initiative granted wishes [...]

C&S Wholesale Grocers Appoints Mike Duffy Chief Executive Officer

Keene, N.H. – C&S Wholesale Grocers today announced it has appointed Mike Duffy as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 8, 2018. In this capacity, Duffy will assume leadership responsibility for C&S’s strategic development, customer satisfaction, and day-to-day operations. This appointment will allow Rick Cohen, C&S’s current CEO, to focus on his role of Executive Chairman [...]

C&S Wholesale Grocers Responds After Hurricane Maria and California Wildfires Providing Support and Food to Puerto Rico and to California

Keene, N.H. – In response to the devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria and by the wildfires in California, C&S Wholesale Grocers has offered support in multiple ways. The company stepped up generously with corporate contributions and donations of high-demand items. C&S made corporate contributions to: Banco de Alimentos de Puerto Rico (Food [...]

FoodCorps and C&S Wholesale Grocers Announce Winner of Fourth Annual Victory Growers Award

Keene, NH—In honor of National Hunger Action month, FoodCorps and C&S Wholesale Grocers are announcing the winner and runners-up of an essay contest aimed at raising awareness of hunger in schools. The Victory Growers Award contest, open to all 225 FoodCorps service members, prompted writers to share stories of childhood hunger at their service sites [...]

C&S Wholesale Grocers and Franklin Pierce University Announce Scholars Program

Keene, N.H.–C&S Wholesale Grocers in Keene, N.H., is partnering with Franklin Pierce University to offer a new pathway to experiential learning, paid internships, and opportunities for full-time employment for students with their new four-year C&S Scholars Program. As part of the new C&C Scholars initiative, C&S is collaborating with Franklin Pierce University to help prepare [...]

C&S Wholesale Grocers and Family of Companies Respond to Hurricanes Providing Support for Relief and Rebuilding Efforts

Keene, N.H. — C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., its employees, family of companies, and business partners responded quickly after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and their back-to-back destruction, particularly in Texas and Florida. The company’s generosity took shape in several ways: Employee Donations and Corporate Match In response to offers of help, C&S launched WE STAND WITH [...]

2017 C&S Charity Golf Outing Donates More Than $1.5M

Keene, NH – C&S Charities, Inc. is proud to announce that it donated $1,550,000 to six nonprofit organizations devoted to pediatric cancer and childhood hunger issues through its 32nd annual Tee Up for Kids™ charity golf outing. The event, which was held on August 1 and 2, hosted more than 1,000 golfers on four courses [...]

C&S Wholesale Grocers and U-Haul Announce Commitments to Protect Forests and Fiber Supply Chains

ARLINGTON, Va. — C&S Wholesale Grocers and U-Haul joined with The Conservation Fund today to announce their commitment to protecting forest-based supply chains. Each company will start by measuring and then offsetting a portion of their wood fiber use—from pulpwood to cardboard paper products—by contributing to the ongoing conservation of more than 8,700 acres of [...]

C&S Wholesale Grocers and The Conservation Fund Celebrate 10 Years of Partnership and Sustainability Leadership

Keene, NH—This year, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. and The Conservation Fund celebrate a decade-long partnership to address climate change and habitat loss by protecting and restoring America’s forests. To commemorate a decade of partnership, C&S is furthering its commitment to forests and sustainability by donating to The Conservation Fund’s Working Forest Fund® to protect working [...]

C&S Wholesale Grocers Announces 2017 Volunteer of the Year and Volunteer Month Projects

Keene, NH – C&S Wholesale Grocers is proud to honor Mario D’Ambrosio as the company’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year. Mario has worked at C&S since 2012 and is a Selector at the C&S distribution center in Chester, New York. Throughout the past 12 months, Mario volunteered 1,000 hours for the all-volunteer fire department in [...]

C&S Donates Nearly 700,000 Cartons of Milk for Kids

Keene, NH – C&S Wholesale Grocers is proud to announce a recent donation of nearly 700,000 cartons of shelf-stable milk to Feeding America food banks to support child nutrition programs. The milk will be distributed through School Pantry and BackPack programs operated by the local food bank. C&S worked with local food banks in their [...]

Employees at C&S Family of Companies Volunteer In Recognition of MLK Day

Keene, NH — In 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. posed the idea that “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Motivated by his dream of people collaborating to make a difference in their communities, teams of employees from the C&S Family of Companies in 14 states volunteered on [...]