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Contact: Marty Doll, Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-826-0396 • Fax 952-826-0390 • Web www.CityofEdina.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Edina Liquor to collect nonperishables in October
Edina, Minn., Sept. 23, 2010 –This October, Edina Liquor will again partner with MillerCoors and the Minnesota
Municipal Beverage Association (MMBA) to collect food and cash donations for local food shelves.
The third-annual Municipal Liquor Food Drive will take place from Oct. 1 to Oct. 30. Customers are asked to bring
nonperishable canned goods or dry food donations to any one of Edina Liquor’s three locations during store hours.
Food items brought to Edina Liquor will be donated to Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People (VEAP), a local non-profit
agency serving low-income, elderly and disabled persons in Bloomington, Edina, Richfield and south Minneapolis. The
food drive is a statewide project and is supported by a number of municipal liquor stores in Minnesota.
As an added incentive to donate, customers bringing in five or more items will receive a 10 percent discount on their
purchases at Edina Liquor. The discount will not be applied to product-of-the-month specials or close-out items.
MillerCoors will donate $1,000 each to the food shelves of the two stores that collect the most food.
In the two years since the Food Drive began, Edina Liquor has collected over 1,500 pounds of food for VEAP. In 2008,
municipal liquor patrons statewide donated over 11 tons of food. Last year, that total increased to over 20 tons.
Edina Liquor has always been committed to giving back to the community. Each year, hundreds of thousands of dollars
of Edina Liquor profits are put back into the City’s coffers to support public amenities such as Braemar Golf Course,
Braemar Arena, Edina Art Center and many other parks and facilities.
For more information, visit www.EdinaLiquor.com or contact Liquor Operations Director Steve Grausam, 952-903-
5732 or sgrausam@ci.edina.mn.us. Follow Edina Liquor on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EdinaLiquor.
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