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MAKE A DATE WITH YOUR FAMILY: KROGER ENCOURAGES FAMILIES TO SHARE A MEAL ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 20, 2007 – The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) is partnering again this year with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University to encourage families to share a meal on Monday, September 24, 2007 to celebrate Family Day – A Day To Eat Together With Your Children.
Kroger and CASA are helping to raise awareness about the benefits of eating meals together as a family to promote meaningful conversation between parents and their children. Research by CASA consistently finds that the more often children eat together with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs.
CASA experts offer these suggestions to encourage family meals throughout the year:
- Start the pattern of family meals when children are young.
- Encourage children to create menu ideas and participate in meal preparation.
- Talk about what happened in everyone’s day: school, work, extracurricular activities and current events.
- Keep conversation positive and make sure everyone gets a chance to speak.
- Turn off the TV and let your answering machine answer calls during family meals.
- After the meal, serve dessert or play a board game to encourage the family to continue the conversation.
“Sharing meals together as a family is a simple, powerful and effective tool to help children and teens avoid risky behaviors. Family meals are an ideal time to talk with your children and listen to what’s on their mind. We support Family Day because building strong, healthy families is at the core of our business,” said David B. Dillon, Kroger chairman and chief executive officer.
For more information about Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children™ and the research behind it, please visit: www.casafamilyday.org.
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 second quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company operated (either directly or through its subsidiaries) 2,491 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 and Dillons Marketplace, QFC and City Market. Kroger also operated (either directly or through subsidiaries, franchise agreements, or operating agreements) 780 convenience stores, 406 fine jewelry stores, 664 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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