 991233 Kroger & Hormel Donate 12,000 Holiday HamsDecember 20, 1999 Cincinnati, OH - With the help of customers across the country, The Kroger Co. and Hormel Foods announced they will donate nearly gift certificates for nearly 12,000 Hormel CURE 81 hams to non-profit organizations to help feed needy families this holiday season. The donation, valued at more than $150,000, is based on the volume of qualifying Hormel Foods products purchased by Kroger shoppers throughout the holiday season. Thirteen Kroger divisions that participated in the campaign will receive gift certificates that will be given to various non-profit organizations in each region. The gift certificates are good toward the purchase of Hormel CURE 81 hams in participating stores. The hams will be enough to feed an estimated 350,000 people. “This promotion with Hormel Foods is a great way for Kroger to give back to the communities which we serve,” said Derrick Penick, group vice president of perishables at Kroger. “It gives Kroger customers a wonderful opportunity to help the less fortunate simply by putting Hormel meat products on their shopping lists.” Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger is the nation's largest retail grocery chain. The Company operates 2,268 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under more than a dozen banners, including Kroger, Fred Meyer, Ralphs, Smith's, King Soopers, Dillon, Fry's, Food 4 Less and Quality Food Centers. Kroger also operates 794 convenience stores, 383 fine jewelry stores and 42 food processing plants. Hormel Foods Corp., headquartered in Austin, Minnesota, is a multinational food products company manufacturing sausages, hams, bacons, wieners, canned luncheon meats, stews, chilies, hash, ethnic foods, and other meat and grocery products.
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