LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2016 Food 4 Less stores in Southern California, southern Nevada and greater Chicago 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 $12 million to support the
USO – the largest cumulative gift to the USO in the organization's
history.
This year, customers and associates of Food 4 Less and Foods Co
stores will be able to show their support for our service men and
women from May 25 to July 19 by
donating their spare change in specially-marked coin boxes at the
check stand. One-hundred percent of all donations will go 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."
Honoring Food 4 Less/Foods Co's Heroes
Food 4
Less/Foods Co is also recognizing company employees and their
families who are active and former military members, including
Dean Frame, a deli/bakery clerk at
the Food 4 Less at 44455 Valley Central Way in Lancaster, CA.
Frame served 12 years in the United
States Army achieving the rank of sergeant and platoon
leader. He was honorably discharged in 2011. During his years in
the Army, Frame was deployed to the Middle East several times and took part in
Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi
Freedom.
Customers can read more stories like Dean Frame's, and learn how to volunteer with
the USO or make a donation, 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. 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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