KROGER ANNOUNCES RATIFICATION OF NEW LABOR CONTRACT COVERING 3,500 ASSOCIATES

CINCINNATI, OH, October 31, 2005 – The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today said that members of the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 400 in Roanoke, Virginia have ratified a new four-year contract. The agreement covers approximately 3,500 Kroger associates at 45 stores in western Virginia, southern West Virginia, and eastern Tennessee.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger is one of the nation’s largest retail grocery chains. At the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company operated (either directly or through its subsidiaries) 2,515 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) 791 convenience stores, 431 fine jewelry stores, 559 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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