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Ralphs Reaches Agreement to Sell 8 Cala Foods and Bell Markets Stores in San Francisco Bay Area

    LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Ralphs Grocery Co. today said it
has reached a tentative agreement to sell eight Cala Foods and Bell Markets
stores in the San Francisco Bay Area.
    DeLano Retail Partners has agreed to purchase the eight locations.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
    "The sale of these stores is a difficult, but necessary, step toward
making Ralphs more competitive," said Dave Hirz, Ralphs president. "We
intend to work closely with DeLano Retail Partners to ensure a smooth
transition for our customers and Associates at these locations beginning in
January."
    The stores being sold to DeLano Retail Partners are located at the
following addresses:
    207 Flamingo Road, Mill Valley           2040 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax
    2045 Novato Blvd., Novato                Tiburon Hwy & Blackfield, Tiburon
    1599 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon              6333 Geary Blvd., San Francisco
    4201 18th St., San Francisco             1245 So. Van Ness, San Francisco
    Ralphs was founded in 1873 and currently operates more than 260
supermarkets in California, from its headquarters in Los Angeles. The
company 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, please visit http://www.ralphs.com.


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