LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- With the majority of its charitable giving targeted at local communities, Food 4 Less/Foods Co announced that it donated more than $4 million to various non-profit organization in its marketing areas in California and Chicago as well as 4.6 million pounds of fresh food to its Feeding America partner agencies in 2015.

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"It is our goal to look for ways we can help improve the local communities where our Food 4 Less/Foods Co associates and customers live and work," said Bryan Kaltenbach, president of Food 4 Less/Foods Co. "Key to our giving efforts are our great associates, who bring us many of our grant recommendations and, in turn, volunteer their time to make a difference in the community."

Food 4 Less/Foods Co operates 95 Food 4 Less stores in Southern California, 14 Food 4 Less stores in the greater Chicago area and 22 Foods Co stores in Central and Northern California.

The company's philanthropic efforts last year - which included donations made by Food 4 Less/Foods Co, The Food 4 Less/Foods Co charitable foundation, associates and through in-store fundraising - provided much-needed financial support to hundreds of local schools, hunger relief agencies and non-profit organizations in California and Chicago-area communities where the company operates stores.

A snapshot of Food 4 Less/Foods Co's 2015 giving efforts includes:


    --  Fundraising for schools and local organizations - Food 4 Less/Foods Co
        donated more than $340,000 to local schools and charitable organizations
        through our Community Rewards Program, which provides Food 4 Less/Foods
        Co customers with the opportunity to have a percentage of their
        purchases donated to the non-profit of their choice.
    --  Hunger relief - More than $300,000 and over 4.6 million pounds of fresh
        product were donated to local Feeding America-affiliated hunger
        organizations.
    --  Breast Cancer Research - More than $230,000 was contributed to local
        breast cancer awareness and treatment programs.
    --  Children's Hospitals - Food 4 Less/Foods Co supported provided financial
        support to nine children's hospitals in California and Chicago.
    --  Military Veterans Organizations - Proudly supporting the USO throughout
        California and the greater Chicago area.

In addition, Food 4 Less/Foods Co associates donated more than 2,500 volunteer hours in 2015.

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 world's largest retailers, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information about Food 4 Less/Foods Co, please visit our websites at www.food4less.com / www.foodsco.net.

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