The presidents thanked customers for their loyalty to the Lindsay family and Piggly Wiggly over the past decades, reminding customers that the Piggly Wiggly stores in Clinton and Roseboro had been purchased by the parent company of Carlie C’s.Ĭustomers were informed that the stores would be closing at 6 p.m.
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The letter was signed by Michael Lindsay, president of Paramount Foods (Piggly Wiggly), and Mack McLamb, president of Promise Foods Inc. Thus we will be converting the stores from Piggly Wiggly to Carlie C’s IGA,” the letter read. “While it was our desire that the stores continue to operate as Piggly Wiggly, we were unable to obtain approval from Piggly Wiggly LLC, NH. “So, we’re feeding 800 families,” Oxendine said.The Piggly Wiggly stores in Clinton and Roseboro, whose sale was announced last month, will be converted to Carlie C’s in a switch will take place this Sunday, it has been announced in a joint letter to customers. The nonprofit organization serves Robeson, Scotland, Hoke, Columbus, Bladen, Sampson, Duplin and Pender counties, with an average of 100 boxes distributed per county in various food giveaway events that ended Tuesday, Oxendine said. Giveaways in Hoke and Scotland counties also took place Tuesday, Oxendine said. “It’s good to help the community,” she said. Shenetta McMillian said she was thankful to serve people affected by COVID-19, saying many people are out of work because of the virus. “It feels so good to be able to give back to the community and help families because during this pandemic people are really struggling,” she said.Ĭommunity Health worker Shenetta Barnes McMillian and her husband, Jimmy McMillian, loaded food boxes into vehicles. “We’re glad to work with them.”Ĭommunity Health worker Vanessa Logan donned an orange reflective vest and directed traffic in the Health Department’s parking lot. Pauls, delivered the boxes to the location with the help of his two sons, who also helped pack boxes into vehicles on Tuesday. “I feel grateful about it.”ĭavid Drose, a supervisor at Piggly Wiggly in St. “It’ll help me with my family,” Brown said. Lumberton resident Tiffany Brown said she was thankful for the initiative that helped her and others. Receiving the boxes helped her better provide for them. Her son recently came home from college, meaning there are five people in her household to provide for, McKeithan said.
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“It means helping me out with groceries since COVID,” she said. McKeithan said receiving the food meant a lot to her and her family. Lumberton resident Melody McKeithan was one of the people in line Tuesday at the Health Department, located on Country Club Road in Lumberton. “It’s a blessing to be able to serve the community,” said Oxendine, a Robeson County native, who also serves as an assistant pastor at Genesis Outreach Deliverance Center in Lumberton. The food giveaway was part of the nonprofit’s program to serve people who have been affected by COVID-19, said Community Health worker Gena Oxendine, who works for the nonprofit.Ī total of 109 boxes were distributed during the event. Calvary Center for Leadership Development and Piggly Wiggly in St. at the Robeson County Department of Public Health to receive food of which included items such as spiral hams, collards, fruit, flour, green beans and cake slices, from Mt. LUMBERTON - A nonprofit based in Burgaw gave away more than 100 boxes of food to county residents Tuesday morning.Ĭars lined up about 8:15 a.m. Calvary Center for Leadership Development Community Health worker Gena Oxendine places a package of rolls Tuesday inside of one of 109 boxes distributed to county residents during a food giveaway at the Robeson County Department of Public Health.