Food is Medicine

Groceries, meals, and support tailored to your needs, could be available at your local store.

Nutrition benefits that work

  • Medically tailored groceries (MTG)

    Disease-specific, culturally relevant groceries with recipes that convert into complete meals (delivery or pickup).

  • Registered dietians

    Nutrition education aligned with the care plan and medical condition.

  • Medically tailored meals (MTM)

    Available for members who are unable to cook.

  • Chronic conditions supported

    Diabetes, hypertension, cancer, obesity, maternal health, heart disease, and pediatric programs.

49% reduction in hospitalizations among high-risk patients¹
$13.6B in annual net health care cost savings²
62% of hypertension patients show improvements in BP³


Personalized engagement, tailored to individual health needs and eligibility.

Nationwide access to registered dietitians through convenient, stigma-free telehealth.

A large variety of culturally relevant, curated options.

Denis Cremin
denis.cremin@albertsons.com
630.853.5540

Peggy Lavelle, RN MS

peggy.lavelle@albertsons.com
415.713.5652

1 Participation in a medically tailored meal (MTM) program was associated with a 49% reduction in inpatient hospital admissions. Berkowitz SA et al. Association Between Receipt of a Medically Tailored Meal Program and Health Care Use. JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):786–793. DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0198 [medluna.com]
2 National implementation of MTMs could reduce annual hospitalizations by 1.6 million and generate $13.6B in yearly net savings. Hager K et al. Association of National Expansion of Insurance Coverage of Medically Tailored Meals With Estimated Hospitalizations and Health Care Expenditures in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(10):e2236898. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.36898 [europepmc.org]
3 Medically tailored nutrition interventions significantly reduced systolic BP by 4–11 mmHg, demonstrating clinically meaningful blood pressure improvement. Chen AMH et al. Food as Medicine? Exploring the Impact of Providing Healthy Foods on Adherence and Clinical and Economic Outcomes. Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm. 2022;5:100129. DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2022.100129 [colab.ws]