Piggyback awards are funded by GFIA member companies for the benefit of their own employees.

These companies currently fund Piggyback Awards: 

• Dill’s Food City Scholarships  [two $1,000 awards]
• Food Lion LLC Scholarship  [one $500 award]
• Foothills IGA Market Scholarships  [two $750 awards]
• Harveys Supermarket Scholarships  [one $500 award]
• Ira Higdon Grocery Company Scholarship  [one $1,000 award]
• J&J Foods / Quality Foods – Wiley Reece Scholarship  [one $2,000 award]
• The Kroger Company Scholarships  [ten $500 awards]
• The Kroger Company – Robert K. Hoyle Memorial Scholarship  [one $2,000 award] *see note below
• Market Grocery – Bob Barnette Memorial Scholarships  [five $1,000 awards]
• Pepsi Beverages Company Piggyback Scholarship  [one $1,500 award]
• Publix Super Markets Scholarships  [seven $500 awards]
• Quality Foods, Inc. Scholarships  [four $1,000 awards]
• Milkco, Inc. – Ralph Gardner Memorial Scholarships  [two $1,000 awards]
• Reynolds Foodliner, Inc. / Piggly Wiggly Scholarships  [one $1,000 award]
• Shop-Rite Supermarkets – Zuma Richardson Memorial Scholarships  [three $1,000 awards]
• Wayfield Foods Scholarships  [sixteen $1,500 awards]

​*The Robert K. Hoyle Memorial Scholarship has the following additional criteria:

• Available only to part-time and full-time employees of The Kroger Company, Atlanta Division
• The employee must have been employed in the Kroger Atlanta Division for at least two years as of Jan 1, 2016, still be employed at the time awards are announced and be in good standing with The Kroger Company.
• The applying student must have maintained a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the school year prior to the award and display community involvement.
• ESSAY REQUIRED:  Describe your career goals and one of the following topics: (a) How do you model the Customer 1st Strategy in your daily life? or (b) Which one of the Kroger Vision and Values are you most passionate about and why?