KROGER AND KRAFT FOODS PARTNER TO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITIES
With Help from Customers, They Donate More Than $600,000 to Non-Profit Organizations

CINCINNATI, OH, August 6, 2003 -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) and Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) today announced that they will contribute more than $600,000 to non-profit organizations in communities served by Kroger, thanks to the help of customers across the country.

Local schools, hunger relief agencies, children's hospitals, and youth programs will benefit from the contributions, made on behalf of the "Charity of Choice" campaign. The donation is based on the volume of qualifying Kraft products purchased by shoppers at Kroger, Dillon, Fry's, King Soopers, City Market and Food 4 Less Midwest stores during a special promotion earlier this year. A total of 13 Company divisions participated in the campaign.

"This promotion is a great way for Kroger, Kraft Foods and our customers to provide meaningful support to local non-profit groups that are facing constant financial challenges created by an uncertain economy," said Lynn Marmer, Kroger group vice president of corporate affairs.

About Kraft Foods

Kraft Foods, headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, markets many of the world's leading food brands including Kraft cheese, Maxwell House and Jacobs coffees, Nabisco cookies and crackers, Philadelphia cream cheese, Oscar Mayer meats, Post cereals and Milka chocolates, in more than 150 countries.

About The Kroger Co.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger is one of the nation’s largest retail grocery chains. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2003, the Company operated (either directly or through its subsidiaries) 2,496 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 32 states under two dozen banners including Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, King Soopers, Smith’s, Fry’s and Fry’s Marketplace, Dillons, QFC and City Market. Kroger also operated (either directly or through its subsidiaries) 792 convenience stores, 445 fine jewelry stores, 395 supermarket fuel centers and 41 food processing plants. The Company contributed $106 million last year to local communities and non-profit organizations. For more information about Kroger, please visit our web site at www.kroger.com.

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