Pinnacle Foods of Algona bakes its way to raise money, fight hunger

Published 1:59 pm Monday, October 17, 2011

Pinnacle Foods, an Algona business that produces Tim’s Cascade Snacks, is raising money to end childhood hunger by hosting charity bake sales in the community.

Employees recently raised more than $1,000 in a series of bake sales at local grocery stores.

Pinnacle Foods locations throughout the country hope to raise $25,000 through bake sales by the end of October.

From July through October, Pinnacle Foods challenged each of its locations to volunteer for the company cause by hosting community bake sales to collectively raise $25,000 for Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale campaign. Pinnacle Foods’ Duncan Hines brand is a national presenting sponsor of the Great American Bake Sale.

Since 2003, the national non-profit group, Share Our Strength, has been helping connect millions of hungry children to the nutritious food they need.

“We’re very excited to be supporting Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale as a corporation,” said Jeff Leichleiter, general manager of Pinnacle Foods-owned Tim’s Cascade Snacks. “The Pinnacle Foods Bake Sale Challenge brings employees closer together by volunteering in the community.

Pinnacle Foods will keep track of each of their location’s bake sale totals and award a winner at the end of the challenge.