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Kroger Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Zero Hunger | Zero Waste


CINCINNATI, Sept. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- One year ago today, The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) announced the launch of Zero Hunger | Zero Waste, the company's bold social impact plan aimed at ending hunger in the communities it calls home and eliminating waste across the company by 2025.

Logo: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste (PRNewsfoto/The Kroger Co.)

"It's amazing how much our incredibly dedicated Kroger team has been able to accomplish in our first year of Zero Hunger | Zero Waste," said Jessica Adelman, Kroger's group vice president of corporate affairs. "We've made great strides toward Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste goal of ending hunger in our communities and eliminating waste across the company by 2025. Plus, we've spent much of our first year gathering insights, building awareness and, together with our partners, setting strategic priorities for achieving the moonshot by 2025."

Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is designed to address a fundamental absurdity in the nation's food system: 40 percent of the food produced in the U.S. is thrown away, yet one in eight Americans struggles with hunger.

Key Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Accomplishments in Year One:

"As year two of Zero Hunger | Zero Waste begins, Kroger will launch pilot projects with the potential to increase food security and reduce food waste in high-impact areas of our stores such as produce, seafood and deli," added Adelman. "Key initiatives will include accelerating Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Food Rescue Program, expanding the number of retail stores participating in food recycling, partnering with growers and suppliers to address food waste in the supply chain, and launching the $10 Million Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Innovation Fund."

To learn more about Zero Hunger | Zero Waste, visit www.thekrogerco.com. Follow the journey at #ZeroHungerZeroWaste.

About The Kroger Co. 
At The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), we are dedicated to our Purpose: to Feed the Human Spirittm. We are nearly half a million associates who serve over nine million customers daily through a seamless digital shopping experience and 2,800 retail food stores under a variety of banner names, serving America through food inspiration and uplift, and creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. To learn more about us, visit our newsroom and investor relations site.

SOURCE The Kroger Co.



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