Brookshire Grocery Co. annual Spirit of Christmas Food Drive runs every holiday season with the goal to help thousands of people in need throughout the more than 160 communities served by BGC stores.

For an eight-week program, all Brookshire’s, Super 1 Foods, Spring Market and FRESH by Brookshire’s stores are collecting donations of non-perishable food items to be donated to local service organizations and food pantries for distribution. Pre-assembled grab bags of food items are available to purchase and donate to the drive, and monetary donations can be made using scan coupons at checkout. Funds collected are used to purchase additional food items for the drive.

BGC began sponsoring the Spirit of Christmas Food Drive in 1982 in partnership with the Rose City Kiwanis Club in Tyler, Texas. The food drive now provides about a half-million pounds of food to people in need throughout the company’s market areas each year.

Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) is a Tyler, Texas-based regional food chain that has been providing exceptional service since 1928. BGC currently operates more than 209 store locations in four states under the banners of Brookshire's, Super 1 Foods, Spring Market, FRESH by Brookshire's and Reasor’s. Each year, the company’s community involvement program assists hundreds of nonprofit organizations that support its primary causes of hunger relief, education, family health and wellbeing, and military heroes and first responders. Employees collectively volunteer 20,000 hours annually assisting communities and nonprofit organizations.