KROGER NAMES MIKE DONNELLY PRESIDENT OF RALPHS

CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 7, 2007 – The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today announced Mike Donnelly has been named President of the Company’s Ralphs Food Stores division, based in Los Angeles, effective August 19, 2007. Ralphs operates 265 supermarkets in California.

Mr. Donnelly joins Ralphs from his current position as President of Kroger’s Fry’s division, based in Phoenix, where he has spent much of his career. He joined Fry’s in 1978 and became President of the division in 2000. He then served as Senior Vice President of Drug/GM Merchandising and Procurement for Kroger before returning to lead Fry’s in 2003.

“Mike’s experience and leadership will benefit our associates and customers every day in every store,” said Don McGeorge, President and Chief Operating Officer of Kroger.

Mr. Donnelly, 48, replaces Dave Hirz, who is returning to Food 4 Less as President of the division. Mr. Hirz, 52, has 36 years of experience in the supermarket industry. Prior to joining Ralphs in 2004, he led Food 4 Less, which operates 146 price-impact, warehouse format supermarkets in California, Nevada, Illinois and Indiana.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger is one of the nation’s largest retail grocery chains. In 2006, the Company donated $150 million to help hunger relief efforts across the country, raise awareness of breast cancer, and support local schools and organizations in the communities it serves. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company operated (either directly or through its subsidiaries) 2,458 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local banners including Kroger and Kroger Marketplace, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, King Soopers, Smith’s and Smith’s Marketplace, Fry’s and Fry’s Marketplace, Dillons, QFC and City Market. Kroger also operated (either directly or through subsidiaries, franchise agreements, or operating agreements) 779 convenience stores, 408 fine jewelry stores, 652 supermarket fuel centers and 42 food processing plants. For more information about Kroger, please visit our web site at www.kroger.com.

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