Stater Bros. Supermarkets Partners With KCAL-9/CBS-2 to Raise Funds For Victims of Hurricane Katrina

Stater Bros. Supermarkets Partners With KCAL-9/CBS-2 to Raise Funds For Victims of Hurricane Katrina

COLTON, Calif., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Stater Bros. Supermarkets and the Stater Bros. "Family" of Employees are partnering with KCAL-9/CBS-2 to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina, which has ravaged our Gulf Coast states.

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KCAL-9/CBS-2 will be in the parking lots of four Stater Bros. Supermarkets from 6:00 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. on both Thursday, September 1, and Friday, September 2, to collect monetary donations for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

The funds that are collected during these two days will be donated to the American Red Cross to assist in their emergency relief efforts in the states impacted by this disaster.

Monetary donations only will be accepted at the following Stater Bros. Supermarket Locations:

* Santa Clarita Stater Bros. Supermarket @ 26900 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita 91321 * Long Beach Stater Bros. Supermarket @ 6501 East Spring Street, Long Beach 90808 * Costa Mesa Stater Bros. Supermarket @ 1175-C Baker Street, Costa Mesa 92626 * Fontana Stater Bros. Supermarket @ 15222 Summit Avenue, Fontana 92336

Stater Bros. was founded in 1936 in Yucaipa, California, and has grown steadily through the years to become the largest privately owned Supermarket Chain in California and the largest private employer in both San Bernardino County and Riverside County, with annual sales in 2004 of $3.7 billion. Stater Bros. is the only Inland Empire headquartered company on the 2005 "Fortune 500" list. Stater Bros. also owns and operates Heartland Farms, provider of Knudsen Dairy products to Southern California. The Company currently operates 161 Supermarkets, and there are over 17,000 members of the Stater Bros. "Family" of Employees.

STATER BROS. MARKETS... SERVING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR 69 YEARS

Contact: Susan Atkinson Vice President Corporate Affairs Stater Bros. Markets (909) 783-5038

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CONTACT: Susan Atkinson, Vice President Corporate Affairs of Stater Bros. Markets, +1-909-783-5038

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