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Request for Proposals: Food Packages & Delivery Services
Team Buche Cares is accepting proposals from qualified food vendors to supply, package, transport, and deliver food for two upcoming community food distributions:
• Kyle, South Dakota — September 17, 2026
• Fort Thompson, South Dakota — October 26, 2026
Each distribution will serve approximately 200 people. Vendors may submit proposals for one or both locations. Proposals are due September 3, 2026.
KELOLAND News Features Team Buche Cares | Aug. 16, 2026
Team Buche Cares is seeking qualified food vendors for food packages and delivery services in Kyle and Fort Thompson. Proposals are due September 3, 2026.
CNN Features Team Buche Cares
A community on the brink fears for the absolute worst as SNAP funds and food grow scarce. Read the full story by CNN's Alicia Wallace.
R.F. Buche on South Dakota Public Broadcasting
South Dakota grocer RF Buche discusses the impact of the SNAP funding lapse and what it means for families and communities. Read the full story from South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
Team Buche Cares to distribute 100,000 pounds of turkey to local communities
Families across South Dakota will be receiving a free turkey for the holidays through a partnership of Team Buche Cares and G.F. Buche Co. Read full story now on Dakota News Now.
Wopila Ceremony held to thank donors
RF Buche was included in a thank you by the Oglala Sioux Tribe in Wopila Ceremony for his fundraising efforts with the Rooster Roundup. Read more and watch the video here.
RF Buche Featured on Dakota News Now
RF Buche was featured on Dakota News Now to discuss the mission of Team Buche Cares and the "Rooster Roundup" pheasant hunt fundraiser coming up on October third. Watch the interview here.
Addressing the pressures facing small grocers
RF Buche talks to Fox News about the need to level the playing field on what small grocers are paying suppliers for products. Watch the interview here.
Washington Post: Small grocers feel squeezed by suppliers, and shoppers bear the pain
Independent grocery stories, often lifelines in small, rural communities, try to scrape by on smaller margins while bigger rivals get better deals from wholesalers. Read the full story from the Washington Post here.
Buche Foods feeds 28,000 children through Summer Food Program
In July, Buche Foods and Pass Creek Tribal Council Representative of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Anna Halverson collaborated to launch the Summer Food Program, which fed 28,000 children across the nine districts of the Pine Ridge Reservation. Read the full story here on...
RF Buche receives National Grocer’s Spirit of America Award
If you’ve spent time in south central South Dakota, the Buche name is likely familiar. The GF Buche Company has had some of the only grocery and convenience stores in rural South Dakota for decades. Read the full post here.
Auburn University Hunger Solutions Institute celebrating “Add Milk! Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives” program
USDA grant with June 28 launch event in South Dakota To celebrate the launch of a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) cooperative agreement for the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives (HFMI) program, a community event at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, is set to take...
Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya visits Buche Foods in Pine Ridge
On December 2, 2022, Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya visited the Buche Foods store in Pine Ridge to see first-hand how a lack of antitrust enforcement is harming independent grocers and their consumers. Commissioner Bedoya met with RF Buche, fourth...
Food lockers could combat hunger in rural South Dakota communities
South Dakota-based grocer GF Buche Co. and fourth-generation grocer and president RF Buche are taking a stand against food insecurity in rural America. Read the full post here.
The Rooster Roundup Charitable Pheasant Hunt
Team Buche Cares, a South Dakota non-profit associated with Buche Food Stores, is proud to announce a new fundraiser, The Rooster Roundup. Read the full post from the Mitchell Republic here.
Independent Grocer RF Buche Testifies to House Rules Committee on Rural Food Insecurity
RF Buche, fourth-generation grocer and president of South Dakota-based GF Buche Co., testified about efforts to tackle food insecurity before the House Rules Committee chaired by Representative James P. McGovern of Massachusetts. Buche testified as part of a...