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

The following companies fund 2021 Piggyback Awards: 

• B & T's Grocery Scholarship [one, $500 award]
• Dill’s Food City Scholarships  [two $1,000 awards]
• Empire Distributors Inc. Scholarships [two, $500 awards]
• The Food Depot Scholarship Program [twelve $1,000 awards]
• Food Lion LLC Scholarship  [one $500 awards]
• Foothills IGA Market Scholarships  [four $750 awards]
• Ira Higdon Grocery Company Scholarship  [one $1,000 award]
• Johnnie Wiley Memorial Scholarships (for J & J Foods) [three, $2,500 awards]
• Helen Howell Memorial Scholarships (for Bryce Emory/Freshway Mkt) [two $500 awards]
• The Kroger Company Scholarships  [ten $500 awards]
• The Kroger Company – Robert K. Hoyle Memorial Scholarship  [one $2,000 award] 
• Market Grocery – Bob Barnette Memorial Scholarships  [three $1,000 awards]
• Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market [eight $1,500 awards]
• Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market - NDM Founders Scholarship [one $3,000 award] 
• Pepsi Beverages Company Piggyback Scholarship  [one $1,500 award]
• Piggly Wiggly Alabama Dist. Co - Tommy Milligan Scholarship [one $1,000 award] 
• Publix Super Markets Scholarships  [seven $500 awards]
• Quality Foods, Inc. Scholarships  [four $1,500 awards]
• Milkco, Inc. – Ralph Gardner Memorial Scholarships  [two $1,000 awards]
• Reynolds Foodliner, Inc. / Piggly Wiggly Scholarships  [two $1,000 awards]
• RBG Foods Scholarships [two $1000 awards]
• Wayfield Foods Scholarships  [sixteen  $1,500 awards]