Kraft Foods Hawaii and the Hawaii Foodbank have kicked off their 16th annual "Check Out Hunger" drive, with green scanner coupons at checkouts in many local grocery stores; customers use the coupons to donate to the Foodbank.

Kraft Foods started the drive with a $5,000 donation. The green coupons come in three denominations: $2.81 (which can feed a child breakfast for a week); $12.43, which can feed a senior lunch for a month, or $16.84, which feeds a family for a week. The coupons are run across the store scanner just as though they were a grocery item, and included in the customer's bill.
Participating stores include Safeway, Times, Don Quijote, Tamura's, Kokua Market and KTA Super Stores on the Big Island.