Released on: June 3, 2008, 8:39 pm

Press Release Author: Boake Moore, Mission Grounds

Industry: Consumer Services

Press Release Summary: Kroger to Launch Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee to All Its
South Eastern Stores. Proceeds to Go to Homeless Children

Press Release Body: Kroger's is proud to announce it is selling Mission Grounds
Gourmet Coffee in all its Southeastern stores including all its Georgia and Atlanta
stores. The rollout of the coffee this summer/fall will provide support to help
homeless Children. All the proceeds from the gourmet coffee sales will go to support
and provide back to school for homeless children in Atlanta. Mission Grounds Gourmet
Coffee is proud to announce all the proceeds from the coffee sales will go to
benefit children in local homeless shelters around Atlanta and that it is partnering
with the Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness to provide this support.Both are
hoping sales will be strong enough to help all 4500 homeless children in Atlanta.
All three are planning on using the proceeds to provide school supplies, shoes,
toiletries, clothes and necessities. All the sales from July till September will go
to help the homeless children with back to school supplies.

Kroger will role the Costa Rica gourmet coffee to all its Georgia stores this July.
It will then roll the gourmet coffee out to it Southeast markets and Florida markets
in August. "We really hope the coffee does well and we are able to help thousands of
children" quoted Southeast Vice President Jerry Moreton. Furthermore he noted
"Kroger is all about community and supporting wordy causes while also promoting
local vendors and suppliers. This is a home run for us as we are able to help a
local coffee vendor while also helping the community and local homeless shelters.
Kroger agreed to handle distribution so MG Coffee could go into more stores and our
customers will support it"

Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee is a non profit organization, a 501 C Corporation,
dedicated to helping children. Our main focus is to help orphans and children in
need the most: impoverished children in third world countries and homeless children
in inner city neighborhoods in the United States.

Mission Grounds is currently helping children in the US, China, Russia, Costa Rica,
South Africa, Kenya and Venezuela. We provide support in many ways; from food to
shelter and clothing to books and school supplies. We also provide monthly support
to orphans in Africa, Russia, Costa Rica, China and Venezuela.

We are currently engaged in two large construction projects which include building
our second school in China and our first orphanage in Venezuela. Both projects
should be completed by Summer 2008. Plans are also under way to build another school
in China and another orphanage in Venezuela with a kick-off for both planned for
Spring 2008. We are also looking at construction projects in South Africa, Nigeria
and in The Sudan.


In Atlanta, Mission Grounds is working with a homeless shelter for children, the
Jars of Clay shelter. We have contributed new appliances for the shelter's kitchen,
provided craft materials for after school fun and supplied book bags which included
school supplies and children's books for over 300 children. We have also recently
supplied them with winter clothes and coats; built 2 playgrounds and put up a safety
fence around the perimeter.


Kroger, one of the nation's largest retail grocery chains, is honored to celebrate
its 125th anniversary in 2008. The Company's more than 310,000 associates serve
customers in 2,486 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two
dozen local banners including Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, Fry's, King
Soopers, Smith's, Dillons, QFC and City Market. Kroger associates also serve
customers in 782 convenience stores, 394 fine jewelry stores and 696 supermarket
fuel centers the Company operates. In addition, the Company operates 42 food
processing plants in the U.S. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger focuses its
charitable efforts on supporting hunger relief, health and wellness initiatives, and
local schools and grassroots organizations in the communities it serves. For more
information about the Company, please visit our web site at www.kroger.com



Web Site: http://www.missiongrounds.com

Contact Details: Boake Moore
678 480 1067
boake@missiongrounds.com