LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Food 4 Less stores
in Southern California and
the greater Chicago area
are inviting customers to join in supporting the men and women
of the armed forces and their families during its annual Honoring
Our Heroes campaign in partnership with the USO.
In addition, the supermarket chain's Foods Co Division, which
serves Central and Northern
California, is also raising funds to support USO programs
and services.
To honor our heroes, Food 4 Less, Foods Co and other
Kroger-family stores, together with customers and employees, are
raising money to support the USO's broad range of programs that
assist service members and their families. Since 2010, The Kroger
Co., of which Food 4 Less and Foods Co are divisions, has provided
more than $18.2 million to support
the USO. This year, Food 4 Less and Kroger will be donating a
combined $1 million to the USO.
Southern California and Chicago
Food 4 Less and Central and Northern California Foods Co customers
and associates will be able to show their support to our service
men and women in many ways this year, including:
- Donating spare change in specially-marked USO coin boxes that
will be at the check stands in all Southern California and Chicago Food 4 Less
and Central and Northern California Foods Co stores from
May 24 to July 15. One-hundred
percent of donations will go to the USO.
- Purchasing a $5, $10 or $15 donation
card from the in-store USO display. The card amount will be donated
to the USO.
- Purchasing a Coca-Cola product from any Food 4 Less store in
Southern California and the
greater Chicago area or Foods Co
store in Central and Northern
California. Food 4 Less is partnering with the Kroger Co.
Family of stores, including Ralphs, to donate $50,000 to the USO.
"The USO supports our military and their families in so many
ways — from being right there for the wounded, injured and ill, to
helping those who are on deployment record a bed time story for
their children," said Kendra Doyel,
Food 4 Less/Foods Co's vice president of corporate
affairs. "The USO connects with our service men and women
every step of the way, and Food 4 Less/Foods Co is proud to honor
our troops and veterans by supporting them."
Customers can also learn how to volunteer with the USO, make a
donation or meet some of the more than 35,000 military veterans
working at Food 4 Less, Foods Co and Kroger, by visiting
www.honoringourheroes.com.
About Food 4 Less
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Food 4 Less operates 131
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 contributed more than $4
million to support education, hunger relief, women's health
and local nonprofit organizations in the communities served by the
company's stores. 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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