RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 9, 2015 – The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), the nation’s largest traditional grocery retailer with 14 stores throughout the Triangle and North Carolina, has announced that associates in its Mid-Atlantic Division volunteered a combined 2,200 hours in communities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, eastern Tennessee, Kentucky and southern Ohio.

Associates in the Triangle volunteered nearly 200 hours in the month of October to help various community organizations, including the Durham Rescue Mission, Ronald McDonald House, and The Salvation Army, among others.

These associates are members of Kroger’s Women’s EDGE, a group of diverse, strong, focused and caring Kroger associates whose mission is to strengthen women by creating opportunities to grow into leaders both professionally and personally.

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“Kroger is committed to making the communities we serve better places to live,” said Anne Jenkins, spokesperson for Kroger’s Mid-Atlantic Division. “Our associates help us keep this commitment by volunteering thousands of hours every year. These numbers represent only a snapshot – one month – of the work and energy our associates put into their communities each and every day.”

ABOUT KROGER:

Kroger, the nation’s largest traditional grocery retailer, has 14 stores throughout the Triangle, including Apex (1), Cary (1), Garner (1), Fuquay-Varina (1), Raleigh (4) and Durham (6). Headquartered in Cincinnati, the company employs nearly 400,000 associates who serve customers in 2,625 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia under two dozen local banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Harris Teeter, Jay C, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs and Smith's. The company also operates 782 convenience stores, 326 fine jewelry stores, 1,330 supermarket fuel centers and 37 food processing plants in the U.S. Recognized by Forbes as the most generous company in America, Kroger supports hunger relief, breast cancer awareness, the military and their families, and more than 30,000 schools and community organizations. Kroger contributes food and funds equal to 200 million meals a year through more than 100 Feeding America food bank partners. A leader in supplier diversity, Kroger is a proud member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber's Million Dollar Club. For more information, please visit http://www.kroger.com.

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