LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Ralphs Grocery Company is
partnering again this year with The National Center on Addiction and
Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University to encourage families to
share a meal on Monday, September 24, 2007 to celebrate Family Day -- A Day
To Eat Together With Your Children.
Ralphs and CASA are helping to raise awareness about the benefits of
eating meals together as a family to promote meaningful conversation
between parents and their children. Research by CASA consistently finds
that the more often children eat meals with their families, the less likely
they are to smoke, drink or use drugs.
CASA experts offer these suggestions to encourage family meals
throughout the year:
-- Start the pattern of family meals when children are young.
-- Encourage children to create menu ideas and participate in meal
preparation.
-- Talk about what happened in everyone's day: school, work,
extracurricular activities and current events.
-- Keep conversation positive and make sure everyone gets a chance to
speak.
-- Turn off the TV and let the answering machine answer calls during
family meals.
-- After the meal, serve dessert or play a board game to encourage the
family to continue the conversation.
"Sharing meals together as a family is a simple, powerful and effective
tool to help children and teens make positive choices. Family meals are an
ideal time to talk with your children and listen to what's on their mind.
We support Family Day because building strong, healthy families is at the
core of our business," said Mike Donnelly, president of Ralphs.
For more information about Family Day -- A Day to Eat Dinner with Your
Children(TM) and the research behind it, please visit:
http://www.casafamilyday.org.
Ralphs, based in Los Angeles, was founded in 1873 and currently
operates 264 supermarkets in California and employs 25,000 associates. In
2006, the company donated more than $10 million to the local communities it
serves. Ralphs is a division of The Kroger Co., (NYSE: KR), one of the
nation's largest food retailers, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more
information about Ralphs, visit http://www.ralphs.com.
SOURCE Ralphs Grocery Company
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Related links:
http://www.ralphs.com
http://www.casafamilyday.org
CONTACT:
Terry O'Neil of Ralphs Grocery Company,
+1-310-884-4680
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