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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