For Delta Division Businesses
The cheapest new customer
you’ll get all year.
Become a Saving Lost Kids Receipt Partner. Offer one small perk to shoppers who support missing and exploited children, and pay nothing unless they buy something first. Free to join. Cancel anytime.
Start Here
First — what is Kroger Community Rewards?
If you haven’t run into it before: it’s a free Kroger program that turns ordinary grocery shopping into a donation, at no cost to the shopper and no change to what they pay.
Kroger lets every customer choose a local nonprofit to support. It takes about two minutes and never has to be done again.
Same prices, same fuel points, same coupons. Kroger donates a share of what they already spend to Saving Lost Kids.
Near the bottom it reads “Saving Lost Kids – Brian Callies Fnd.” That line is the proof their card is linked.
Everything above happens without you. Your part is step four: when someone walks in holding that receipt, you hand them one small thing.
The Math
Marketing that bills you only after the sale
Industry estimates for paid acquisition. Fast-casual brands average around $83 per guest; quick-service around $27. You pay it whether or not anyone walks in.
The wholesale cost of one drink, side or dessert — and only after the guest has already bought a meal. No ad spend. No per-click fee. No monthly bill.
We’ll be straight with you: not every redeemer is a brand-new guest, and this program is young. What we can promise is that it never costs you anything until someone is already at your counter with a receipt in hand.
We’re going to be straight with you, because you’ve heard a hundred people promise foot traffic. This program is new. The shopper side is still growing, and we don’t publish a number because we don’t have an honest one yet. Some months you may see a few receipts. Some months none.
What we can promise is the downside: it costs you nothing until a guest is already standing at your counter with an order. No fee, no minimum, no ad spend, nothing to cancel. We would rather you join expecting little and be pleasantly surprised than the other way around.
Already On Board
You’d be in good company
Eight MidSouth independents have already signed on, each choosing their own perk. You set yours — we never tell you what to give away.
“We love being part of Saving Lost Kids because we are about family & community. If we can help two of our favorite things while doing business, we are blessed.”
— Manager, Melissa Richerson, Pop's Comfort Kitchen
Four Steps
How partnering actually works
A drink, a side, a dessert, a small discount. Whatever you can give away without thinking twice.
Your business gets a card and a pin on our partner page, plus promotion to our supporters.
Any Kroger receipt from the current month showing support for Saving Lost Kids.
One per visit, with a purchase. That’s the whole transaction.
That’s the whole check. Your staff never has to add anything up, look anyone up, or call us.
Day to Day
What this looks like at your register
The most common question owners ask isn’t what it costs. It’s whether it will slow down the line.
“If someone shows a Kroger receipt from this month with Saving Lost Kids on it, give them [your perk] with their order.” That’s the entire training.
We print you a counter card with the rule on it, so whoever’s on shift doesn’t have to remember or guess.
No app, no code, nothing to scan, nothing to log. Glance at the date, glance at the charity line, hand it over.
Your own listing and map pin on our public page, plus social posts that tag your business. You don’t have to market this.
Kroger Delta Division
Who’s eligible
Any kind of business — restaurants, cafés, food trucks, donut shops, retailers, local favorites and chains alike. The one requirement is that you’re in the Kroger Delta Division, since that’s where our shoppers’ receipts come from.
Not sure whether you’re in the Delta Division? Ask us below and we’ll check for you.
Straight Answers
The questions owners actually ask
You do — in product, not cash. There is no fee to join, no commission, and no invoice from us, ever.
Look at the date. If it’s from the current calendar month, it’s good. You don’t need to verify anything else.
It’s expired. The rule is on every partner listing so guests know before they arrive.
Yes. Set a daily limit, exclude your busiest hours, or restrict it to certain items. Tell us and we’ll put it on your listing.
Anytime, for any reason. Send us a note and we’ll update or remove your listing.
No. Your participation is the contribution. Kroger makes the donation based on shopper spending, at no cost to you or to them.
You get your own card and map pin on our public page, we post about you on social and tag your business, and we give you a window decal and counter card if you want them.
Err toward giving it. The perk is small, the goodwill isn’t, and no one is auditing you. If something seems off, call us.
Yes. Some partners run it year-round, some tie it to a slow month. Tell us the window and we’ll list it that way.
One phone call and you’re in
Call or text Bryan and you can be listed the same day. There’s nothing to sign and nothing to pay — just tell him what perk you’d like to offer. See what a live listing looks like at savinglostkids.net/kroger.
Saving Lost Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Kroger Community Rewards partner: “Saving Lost Kids – Brian Callies Fnd.”