Food 4 Less charitable campaign to benefit Chicago's La Rabida Children's Hospital

CHICAGO, Feb. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Food 4 Less, Chicagoland's leading price-impact supermarket chain, is pleased to announce that it is raising funds to support Chicago's La Rabida Children's Hospital.

Customers and associates can support La Rabida Children's Hospital through the supermarket chain's nonprofit arm, The Food 4 Less Fund, by donating their spare change in collection canisters located at the checkstands in their neighborhood Food 4 Less store. The La Rabida Children's Hospital fund-raising campaign will run from February 1 through May 26, 2017.

"Food 4 Less believes strongly in giving back to the communities our stores serve," said Bryan Kaltenbach, Food 4 Less president. "We're pleased to extend our commitment to La Rabida Children's Hospital and give families and children hope through the outstanding work La Rabida is doing to provide world-class medical care for children."

Food 4 Less operates 14 stores in the Greater Chicagoland Area, including four stores in the City of Chicago. Since 2005, Food 4 Less, its associates and customers have given more than $1.5 million to children's hospitals in the communities its stores serve in the greater Chicago area and California.

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., 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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SOURCE Food 4 Less