GIANT Food Stores
Corprate Bias Ratings
Risk Level:
Summary:
GIANT Food Stores has not terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs, though it vets suppliers according to LGBTQ policies. GIANT supports the Equality Act. However, the company has not supported other ideological causes and does not donate to ideological groups. For these reasons, GIANT Food Stores receives a "Lower Risk" rating.
Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.
GIANT Food Stores received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Giant limits its charitable giving to children’s hospitals, food security, and sustainable farming. There are no rules prohibiting donations to faith-based charities (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
GIANT Food Stores does not publish an employee nondiscrimination policy (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
GIANT Food Stores has a perfect score on the HRC’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index. This score indicates the company covers the cost of “medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children (1)(2). The company advocates for the Equality Act (3). GIANT Food Stores’ CEO, Ira Kress, has signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge (4).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
GIANT Food Stores has not used corporate dollars to support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Delhaize America PAC (which operates the PAC for GIANT) has a history of bipartisan/apolitical PAC donations (1).
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July 2, 2023
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