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KROGER HELPS CUSTOMERS REACH OUT TO HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS THROUGH DONATIONS TO AMERICAN RED CROSS
CINCINNATI, OH, August 31, 2005 -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today said it would accept donations from customers throughout the month of September to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Beginning this week, customer donations will be accepted at all of the Company’s 3,300+ supermarkets, multi-department stores and convenience stores. All monies collected will be forwarded directly to the American Red Cross for relief efforts tied to the hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Kroger also will offer its 289,000 associates a convenient way to help, and the company’s foundations (The Kroger Co. Foundation, Ralphs/Food 4 Less Foundation, and The Fred Meyer Foundation) will match donations from Company associates up to a total of $300,000.
“Our customers and associates have always responded generously to help those in need, particularly when disaster has struck our local communities,” said Lynn Marmer, Kroger group vice president of corporate affairs. “Every contribution will help the Red Cross provide emergency assistance to the victims of this devastating storm.”
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger is one of the nation’s largest retail grocery chains. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company operated (either directly or through its subsidiaries) 2,524 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 32 states under two dozen local banners including Kroger, 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) 793 convenience stores, 432 fine jewelry stores, 552 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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Media: Gary Rhodes
(513) 762-1304
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