TEMPLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--McLane Company, Inc., a leading supply chain services company providing grocery and foodservice supply chain solutions, today announced its control label subsidiary, Consumer Value Products (CVP), is teaming up with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals to raise awareness of CMN Hospitals and its mission by donating one cent for every unit of CVP Health unit dose medications sold and one cent for every case of YumBees candy sold. Additionally, products will feature the CMN Hospital logo on all YumBees candy and unit dose product packaging.
The YumBees brand offers various hard, gummy and chocolate candy products as well as a variety of favorite name-brand products. The CVP Health brand offers various health products including medicines, ointments, first-aid products and more. Both lines are sold at convenience stores and travel centers throughout the country.
McLane has been supporting Children’s Miracle Network since 1987 and has helped raise more than $94 million for local children’s hospitals. McLane’s 70 plus grocery and foodservice distribution centers host a number of grassroots fundraisers including golf tournaments, bake sales, employee payroll giving programs and other events.
“Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has been near and dear to our hearts at McLane and we are excited to strengthen our relationship with the organization while bringing awareness to its mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible,” said Teresa Voelter, general manager of private label at McLane.
“With a large distribution network, and an exciting array of line items in this new category, we are thrilled that McLane has chosen CMN Hospitals as its charity of choice to be a part of this new venture and are positive it will be a great growth venture for both parties,” said Cody Brown, director of corporate partnerships at Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
About CVP
Consumer Value Products, Inc. (CVP) is a private label subsidiary of McLane Company, Inc. that offers high quality, high margin products for retailers. Founded in 1992 under the name Salado Sales, CVP’s 240+ products span across the categories of foodservice, automotive, candy and snacks, general merchandise, grocery and health, beauty and wellness. Its products are available at over 9,000 retailers across the country under the following brands: CVP (Baby, Health and Home), Work Fare, Road-Tech, Hometown Market, Pristyn Purified Water, Excursion Beef Jerky, YumBees candy, Beau Dacious Dog Biscuits, WorkFare Professional and Divinely Sweet. Learn more at CVPproducts.com.
About McLane
McLane Company, Inc. is one of the largest supply chain services leaders, providing grocery and foodservice supply chain solutions for convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores and chain restaurants throughout the United States. McLane, through McLane Grocery and McLane Foodservice, operates over 80 distribution centers across the U.S. and one of the nation's largest private fleets. The company buys, sells and delivers more than 50,000 different consumer products to nearly 110,000 locations across the U.S. In addition, McLane provides alcoholic beverage distribution through its wholly owned subsidiary, Empire Distributors, Inc. McLane is a wholly owned unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK) and employs more than 20,000 teammates.
About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion, most of it $1 at a time through the charity’s Miracle Balloon icon. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit’s mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Find out why children’s hospitals need community support, identify your member hospital and learn how you can put your money where the miracles are, at CMNHospitals.org and facebook.com/CMNHospitals.
