FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(LUBBOCK, TX) – Team members from United Supermarkets/Market Street/Amigos will donate more than 650 meals this week to healthcare workers from Covenant Medical Center and University Medical Center. As COVID-19 dominates the healthcare community, The United Family will send Ready Meals, box lunches, snack packs and cookies to healthcare workers at COVID-19 testing sites, Covenant Health and University Medical Center. The meals are individually packaged and will be delivered in the cheerful blue United Supermarkets food truck for staff to deliver to healthcare workers inside the hospital.
“We know those front line workers in the healthcare community are stressed and feeding their bodies is a good way for us to also feed their spirits,” said Robert Taylor, CEO of The United Family. “We appreciate what they are contributing to fight this pandemic.”
WHAT: Covenant Medical Center – two deliveries
WHEN: Wednesday. April 15, 11 a.m. or Wednesday. April 15, 8 p.m.
WHERE: 3506 Joliet (East building – drive into the gated parking area to access the drop off location)
WHAT: University Medical Center – two deliveries
WHEN: Friday, April 17, 10 a.m. or Friday. April 17, 8 p.m.
WHERE: 602 Indiana Ave. (Main entrance on south side of the campus; circular drive)
Deliveries to staff will done by hospital employees and all media availability will be outside.
About The United Family®
In its 104th year of operation, United Supermarkets, LLC – d.b.a. The United Family – is a Texas-based grocery chain with stores in 53 communities in Texas and New Mexico. A self-distributing company with headquarters and their distribution center in Lubbock, The United Family currently operates 94 stores under five unique banners: United Supermarkets, Market Street, Amigos, Albertsons Market and United Express, along with ancillary operations R.C. Taylor Distributing, Praters and Llano Logistics. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Albertsons Companies. For more information, please visit www.theunitedfamily.com.
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