Regional Food Bank To Receive Truckload of Food From Dot Foods

July 13, 2010

WHAT:	Dot Foods will be delivering a truckload of food to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in honor of the food redistributor’s 50th anniversary. This will be the fourth stop for Dot Foods’ 50th anniversary golden trailer as it travels to 11 food banks across the country to deliver 270,000 pounds of food.
WHEN:	Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
WHERE:	Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, 3355 S Purdue, Oklahoma City, OK 73137
WHY	Dot Foods Inc. is celebrating its 50th year in business by donating 270,000 pounds of food to 11 Feeding America food banks near each of Dot’s eight distribution centers. The donations will be delivered by a special golden anniversary trailer. Equivalent to $315,000, the food donation will include items such as canned fruits and vegetables, peanut butter, tuna, beans, rice and cereal.
VISUALS:	Dot Foods and Regional Food Bank employees unloading Dot’s 50th anniversary golden tractor trailer with food donations.
INTERVIEWS:	Rodney Bivens, executive director of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma; Bill King, general Manager from Dot Foods

The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma is a private, 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that acts as a link through which the food industry and community may donate food and other goods. The products are then distributed to nearly 700 schools and charitable feeding programs in 53 central and western Oklahoma counties. In the last fiscal year, the Food Bank distributed 36.5 million pounds of food and product to help the charitable community effectively feed people in need. Since its inception in 1980, the Regional Food Bank has distributed more than 352 million pounds of food to feed Oklahoma’s hungry.  Visit regionalfoodbank.org to see the new counter that tracks the pounds and meals distributed every second.

Dot Foods Inc. carries 92,000 products from 500 food industry manufacturers and is the largest food redistributor in the United States. Dot Foods and Dot Transportation sell and deliver foodservice, convenience, retail, vending, equipment and supplies to leading distributors in all 50 states. Dot Foods operates eight distribution centers in: Modesto, Calif.; Vidalia, Ga.; Burley, Idaho; Mt. Sterling, Ill.; Cambridge City, Ind.; Williamsport, Md.; Liverpool, N.Y.; and Ardmore, Okla. For information, visit www.dotfoods.com.

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