Shop & Share 2025: What to Expect

Shop & Share 2025 Event Information

Location: Inside the vestibules of participating Kroger locations statewide

Date and Time: Saturday, February 8, 2025, from 9 AM-5 PM

Participants: Your local domestic violence shelter’s staff & volunteers, local Kroger shoppers. Minimal action is required by Kroger staff.

Helpful Documents:

• Shop & Share 2025 - What to Expect
• Questions & Support
• Kroger FAQ
• Shop & Share 2025 - Kroger Partnership Planner - Updated 12.16.24
• Shop & Share 2025 - Coordinator Contacts & Map - Updated 12.16.24
• Shop & Share 2025 - List of Participating Stores & Coordinator Contacts - Updated 01.09.25

What to Expect Before Shop & Share

Our domestic violence programs’ designated Shop & Share coordinators are here to support your stores, their volunteers, and the community.

Each domestic violence program has its own designated Shop & Share coordinator, who is responsible for coordinating with local Kroger stores, recruiting volunteers, and maintaining the safety and success of local events.

Leading up to the event, your store can expect a Shop & Share coordinator to meet with a store manager and provide them with a store letter detailing the event and who to contact for questions and concerns.

Your stores may also receive stanchion signs to display, which advertise our Shop & Share event.

Shop & Share 2025 Communication Schedule.

• December 2024: The designated Shop & Share Coordinator for your store’s event may contact your store leaders about event details and participation.
• January 2025: The designated Shop & Share Coordinator for your store’s event will confirm Shop & Share 2025 participants and event schedule with store leaders.
• February 7, 2025: The designated Shop & Share Coordinator for your store’s event will visit your store to remind store leaders about Shop & Share 2025 event.
  • With your store's permission, set-up materials may be dropped off with a store leader to be picked up by set-up volunteers the following day.

What to Expect the Day of Shop & Share

Our Volunteers staff over 100 Shop & Share Locations. During our day-long event, your store can expect to see our volunteers inside your vestibules

• passing out shopping lists,
• accepting donations as shoppers leave the store,
• and picking up donations, which are then sent back to the shelter for counting, sorting, and putting away in the shelter pantry.

Each Shop & Share location has a designated Shop & Share coordinator contact. Event set-up and breakdown will be facilitated by Shop & Share volunteers. No action is required by Kroger staff. Volunteers and Store Leaders can contact the coordinator at any time for any questions or concerns.

Minimal action is required of your store. Our volunteers are responsible for maintaining their space, bringing their own supplies, and ensuring the safety of shoppers and volunteers alike.

• Loss Prevention Measures
  • Your Shop & Share coordinator will provide proof of event participation and their contact before the event. An additional copy of this proof will be available on-site on the event day and can be provided to management at their request.
  • A copy of the volunteer schedule will also be available on-site to verify the identities of volunteer participants. 
    • If these documents are not provided, please contact the designated Shop & Share coordinator for your local event.