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This was a horrific incident that struck the hearts of the entire San Mateo Community. Prayers and sincere condolences continue to be expressed to the involved parties, families, friends and the surrounding community. On November 5, 2008, Mollie Stone's Markets Co-Owner, David Bennett, recognized that his employees and the neighbors in the area continued to need healing. As an appreciation to the neighborhood and the efforts of the police and fire departments, Mr. Bennett developed a donation campaign. He noted, "For the Sunday before Thanksgiving, up to and including Thanksgiving day, Mollie Stone's will donate 5% of all our sales to both (police and fire) departments." On December 3, 2008, David Bennet issued a press release that in part read: 'As a "Thank You" from Mollie Stone's Market in San Mateo, the store will be donating over $14,000.00 to the San Mateo Police and San Mateo Fire Departments. Because of both departments' professional services during a recent tragedy in (our) parking lot, Mollie Stone's Market decided to make a financial contribution as a thank you.

"I am very proud to make this contribution to our Police and Fire Departments. Their support, professional service, and helpful advice and counseling, was very appreciated by our company during the emergency accident that happened in the parking lot of our store," said David Bennett, Co-Owner, of Mollie Stone's Market. "I also appreciate the support of the entire neighborhood by shopping at our store in record numbers Thanksgiving week to support the fundraising effort," Bennett said.'

Today, December 18, 2008, at 9:30 AM, at the Mollie Stone's Market (49 West 42nd Avenue, San Mateo) David Bennett, along with Mollie Stone's President/CEO Michael J. Stone and Store Manager Brian Lynch, presented Police Chief Susan Manheimer and Fire Chief Dan Belville each a check in the amount of $7,172.00. Police Chief Manheimer said, "I feel it is noteworthy that at a time when Mollie Stone's is dealing with their own challenges and recovery from this horrific tragedy, that they would reach out to our first responders in this way. They have truly matched their money to their commitment and have lived up to being a community partner".

Fire Chief Dan Belville said, "In light of this tragic event, we in the Fire Department truly appreciate the cooperation and spirit of Mollie Stone's Market and our entire business community".

When asked what plans they had for the money:
Chief Manheimer noted that the police department recently had to retire one of their K-9 Police Dogs. She thought that this donation could be used to toward filling the vital K-9 asset.
Chief Bellville noted that he thought it fitting to put the money toward needed life saving fire rescue equipment.

Mayor Brandt Grotte was unable to attend the check presentation ceremony but later said, "On behalf of the City Council and the City Organization we would like to thank David Bennett and all of the staff of Mollie Stone's for their generous donation. Their caring attitude serves as an example to all of us, both at this time and in this season, and is greatly appreciated. As noted earlier, our hearts feel for those affected by this terrible occurrence".

Contact information:
David Bennett, Co-Owner of Mollie Stone's dave@molliestones.com
Michael J. Stone, President/CEO of Mollie Stone's mstone@slip.net
Brian Lynch, Store Manager of Mollie Stone's, 49 West 42nd Avenue, SM, CA, 94403, 650-372-2828, ms07mgr@molliestones.com CITY of SAN MATEO POLICE DEPARTMENT
PIO Lieutenant Mike Brunicardi
2000 S. Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA 94403
650-522-7684
mbrunicardi@cityofsanmateo.org
www.cityofsanmateo.org

Mollie Stone's Markets has been awarded the prestigious "Business Award" by SAMCEDA as part of their 2008 Awards of Excellence Program.

SAMCEDA, "The Voice of Business on the Peninsula" honored companies and organizations they believe serve as a model of "best practices," demonstrating the standard of excellence that exists in the Bay Area. The Business Award was presented to Mollie Stone's in recognition of innovation, good management and overall success. This award also saluted contributions to the community though community service by Mollie Stone's employees and management team. The winners were announced at the awards event luncheon held March 26, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in San Mateo. At this awards luncheon, Mollie Stone's was also recognized as a finalist for the Community Service Award.

"Mollie Stone's is thrilled to receive this award for outstanding business practices from such a reputable organization as SAMCEDA," said David Bennett, co-owner of Mollie Stone's Markets. "We are especially pleased SAMCEDA acknowledged the commitment our employees show in giving back to the San Mateo County community, our commitment to green initiatives and our innovative management policies. This is a great honor for our company."

Mollie Stone's is a locally owned, independent supermarket chain with stores in Sausalito, Greenbrae, San Francisco (Pacific Heights and Tower Market), Palo Alto, Burlingame, San Mateo and San Bruno. Mollie Stone's provides shoppers with necessity and passion shopping, offering them the "Best of Both Worlds." Along with organic and natural food, Mollie Stone's carries a complete selection of grocery items, from national brand groceries, dairy, deli and frozen food to organic beef and produce. For more information, please call David Bennett at (415) 289-5720 x 225 or visit www.molliestones.com or www.samceda.org.

Mollie Stone's continues it's commitment to the environment, which includes our green shopping bags and our recycling program, with the addition of a new natural cleaning product to our shelves from Clorox. With Green Works cleaners, Clorox has set a new standard for natural cleaning – the products are as effective as conventional cleaners in its category but made from plant-based ingredients. more...

Mollie Stone's is strongly committed to recycling and reducing the amount of waste we produce. There are many reasons to recycle or reuse products and manufactured goods, and many reasons why we at Mollie Stone's choose to recycle.

Diversion is an important idea. It refers to the concept of diverting usable waste from the trash stream. Through Diversion, we are able to redirect incredible amounts of usable products from the trash flow.

Cardboard - 18 tons per week recycled

18 Tons per week = 936 Tons per year = a staggering 1,872,000 lbs per year. Nearly 2 million pounds of cardboard recycled annually. Now that has impact!

Plastic - 1 ton per month recycled

Plastic is a very light material and requires large volumes to produce measurable weight. One ton of plastic, prior to compacting, will fill the trailer of a 44 foot semi. Now picture the fact that we remove 12 tractor trailer loads of plastic from the trash stream annually!

Mixed Paper - 3/4 ton per month recycled

73% of diversion is in operation at Tower Market. What we've done there is transform the normal use of a compactor into a compactor for organic matter only. Most companies throw all their waste into the compactor, from plastic pickle jars to organic matter such as lettuce, tomatoes and spoiled fruit. We use ours strictly for compost materials, which are basically anything derived from a plant or animal. From the remaining waste, we separate and recycle plastic, glass and cans. Finally, we throw away what we can't reuse or recycle. Imagine if all businesses were to divert 73% of waste!

We also do back hauling of compost materials from San Mateo and Burlingame, and we have Grand Central slated for the next conversion to Diversion. At Mollie Stone's, we are excited about our commitment to helping the environment, and making great strides to reduce and recycle as much as we can!

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The Siberian Express low pressure trough pulled into California, not on time but at a bad time!

The majority of the California Citrus Crop was still on the trees, new crop Avocados waiting for the oil content to peak, and new crop lettuce in the desserts of Yuma Arizona lay waiting for harvest. The freeze didn't stop there, it pushed South down into the delicious sweet strawberries of Oxnard and continued into the Tomato fields of the Baja.