Grocery Outlet Altadena Wins Good Food Champion Award

Grocery Outlet Altadena has been named the Los Angeles Food Policy Council’s Fifth District Good Food Champion.

“We are truly honored to be a good neighbor in our community and take pride in always paying it forward,” store owners Michell and Michale Guajardo said in a message appearing Monday on Twitter.

“Grocery Outlet’s mission is ‘Touching Lives for the Better,’ (and) this is something that we constantly try to live by as local business owners and as members of the Altadena community,” the couple wrote.

Something they are really proud of is their annual national food drive campaign, Independence From Hunger.

During the month of July, Grocery Outlet stores collect food and cash donations, “and this year, our store raised $16,000, which was donated to our local food banks and partner organizations like Friends In Deed,” the Guajardos wrote.

With a matching donation, “our total was brought to $23,000, all of which stayed local and was used to help families in our own community,” they wrote.

“Congratulations to our friends at Grocery Outlet Altadena,” said Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member Kathryn Barger, whose district includes Altadena.

“Owners Michell and Mario always offer a helping hand to community members in need, especially youth,” wrote Barger.