Safeway stores in Northern California are conducting a five-week campaign to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Northern California stores joined some 1,500 others across the country in the campaign, which began Aug. 1 and runs through Labor Day weekend.
Safeway stores are encouraging customers to donate $1 or more at any store checkstand by offering an MDA scannable checkout receipt.
Safeway Inc. has more than 1,700 stores across the U.S. and Canada and last year raised more than $3 million for MDA.
At the same time, the stores are carrying out the MDA Aisles of Smiles campaign, in which purchases of designated products result in donations to MDA. Safeway has teamed with Jacksonville-based Acosta Sales & Marketing for the promotion
