Nathan’s Famous® and Publix Team Up to Make Donation to The Miracle League of Miami-Dade

MIAMI, April 02, 2018 --

Nathan’s Famous® and Publix Team Up to Make Donation to The Miracle League of Miami-Dade

Nathan’s Famous^® is proud to announce they’ve collaborated with Publix Super Markets again to donate a year of free hot dogs and $1,000 in gift cards to the Miracle League of Miami-Dade this weekend.

The Miracle League is an organization that offers exclusive accommodations for special needs children to play baseball. In 2009, founders Keith Reilly and Karl Sturge first offered assistance to a local special needs child to play ball and were overwhelmed with the positive impact it had on the child, his family, his teammates, and the community. From that moment, they decided every child deserves the chance to play baseball, and they committed to making it happen.

“We are proud to continue our commitment to the Miracle League of Miami-Dade for another year,” said Michael Paribello, Smithfield Foods senior director of marketing. “It is a great privilege to support organizations that are helping others, and to continue to create positive life experiences for children and young adults with special needs.”

“We are incredibly grateful to Nathan’s Famous and Publix Super Markets for supporting our goal of helping special needs children play baseball in our community,” said Karl Sturge, Miracle League of Miami-Dade co-founder.

As the Official Hot Dog of Major League Baseball (MLB), Nathan’s Famous made the donation prior to the brand’s hot dog-eating contest qualifying event at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. Additionally, through their relationship with Nathan’s Famous, a Miracle League of Miami-Dade player received the opportunity to throw the first pitch as the Miami Marlins took on the Chicago Cubs Saturday.

Smithfield Foods is the licensee of Nathan's Famous pre-packaged hot dogs, selling a wide variety of beef franks at supermarkets across the country including a natural casing, skinless, bun-length, 50 percent reduced fat, angus, and more.

For more information about Nathan’s Famous please visit www.nathansfamous.com or www.facebook.com/nathansfamous.

About Nathan's Famous^®
Nathan's is a Russell 2000 Company that currently distributes its products in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and twelve foreign countries through its restaurant system, foodservice sales programs and product licensing activities. Last year, over 550 million Nathan's Famous hot dogs were sold. Nathan's was ranked #22 on the Forbes 2014 list of the Best Small Companies in America and was listed as the Best Small Company in New York State in October 2013. For additional information about Nathan's please visit our website at www.nathansfamous.com.

About Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods is a $15 billion global food company and the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. In the United States, the company is also the leader in numerous packaged meats categories with popular brands including Smithfield^Ⓡ, Eckrich^Ⓡ, Nathan's Famous^Ⓡ, Farmland^Ⓡ, Armour^Ⓡ, Farmer John^Ⓡ, Kretschmar^Ⓡ, John Morrell^Ⓡ, Cook's^Ⓡ, Gwaltney^Ⓡ, Carando^Ⓡ, Margherita^Ⓡ, Curly's^Ⓡ, Healthy Ones^Ⓡ, Morliny^Ⓡ, Krakus^Ⓡ and Berlinki^Ⓡ. Smithfield Foods is committed to providing good food in a responsible way and maintains robust animal care, community involvement, employee safety, environmental and food safety and quality programs. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com.

Contact:
Hunter PR on behalf of Nathan’s Famous
Megan Milano
[email protected]
(212) 679-6600

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