Stop & Shop offers free fruit to children
Stop & Shop will start offering free fruits to children ages 10 and younger while they are at their stores with adults shopping. Credit: Photos.com
Stop & Shop has launched a Free Fruit for Kids program in all of its stores, offering a free piece of fruit to kids ages 10 and younger while their parents or caregivers shop.
In-store signage and produce displays will direct customers to the free fruit that is available. Bananas will be offered to start and, later this fall, mandarin oranges.
“We hope to help shape healthier habits in our tiniest of customers by offering a convenient and naturally sweet snack to enjoy as they shop with their parents,” Julie Hersey, nutritionist for Stop & Shop, said in a news release.
For more information, visit stopandshop.com.
Beth Whitehouse writes about families, parenting and great things to do with the kids on Long Island. She’s been a Newsday editor and shared a 1997 Newsday staff Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800.
