Southern California Ralphs and Food 4 Less Supermarkets Announce Fundraising Effort to Assist California Wildfire Relief

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Supermarket partners Ralphs Grocery Company and Food 4 Less Stores announced today that their stores would be collecting donations to support the California wildfire relief efforts.

The supermarket chains have established collection points in all of their Southern California stores where customers can make cash donations. Donations will be accepted beginning this week with 100-percent of all funds collected going directly to support the California wildfire relief efforts across the state.

Customers can support the relief efforts to bring aid to victims of the wildfires by donating their spare change in specially marked collection canisters located at the checkstands in their neighborhood Ralphs and Food 4 Less store.

"As California-based retailers, Ralphs and Food 4 Less are pleased to assist with the important relief efforts for the wildfires that are devastating our communities across California," said Myeisha Gamino, director of Corporate Affairs for Ralphs and Food 4 Less. "It is our hope that this fund-raising effort will help provide much needed assistance to the victims and families of these catastrophic wildfires."

Ralphs and Food 4 Less have long histories of contributing and raising funds to assist victims of disasters including, Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, Hurricane Katrina, and the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

Ralphs and Food 4 Less believe in uplifting the communities their stores serve. Last year, the two supermarket chains provided more than $10 million in cash and in-kind donations to organizations focused on health, education, food insecurity and youth development.

About Ralphs
Ralphs Grocery Company was founded in 1873 and currently operates 192 supermarkets from its headquarters in Los Angeles County. Last year, Ralphs contributed more than $6 million to support education, hunger relief, women's health and local nonprofit organizations in the communities served by the company's stores. Ralphs is a subsidiary of The Kroger Co., (NYSE:KR), one of the nation's largest food retailers, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more about Ralphs, please visit our web site at www.ralphs.com

About Food 4 Less
Headquartered in Los Angeles County, Food 4 Less operates 130 price-impact, warehouse-format supermarkets under the banners Food 4 Less in Southern California, Illinois and Indiana, and Foods Co in Central and Northern California. Last year, Food 4 Less and Foods Co combined to contribute more than $4 million to support education, hunger relief, women's health and local nonprofit organizations. Food 4 Less is a subsidiary of The Kroger Co., (NYSE:KR), one of the nation's largest grocery retailers, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information about Food 4 Less, please visit our website at www.food4less.com.

 

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