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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Area Kroger Stores Donate to Relay for Life

Over $184,000 was donated to the American Cancer Society's fundraiser.

  • BUSINESS
  • Wednesday, February 20

Kroger customers and associates in its Atlanta Division – which includes Alpharetta and Milton area stores – contributed more than $184,000 to support the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Relay For Life campaign – an 8 percent increase from last year’s donations. For two weeks in February, Kroger customers and associates at the 213 stores in Georgia, South Carolina, Northern Alabama and Eastern Tennessee purchased $1 “footprint” icons for Relay For Life, a signature fundraising event that takes place in more than 5,100 communities nationwide and abroad. Stores in the Alpharetta and Milton area, include: 12870 Highway 9 North, Alpharetta, 12460 Crabapple Road, Alpharetta and 5665 Atlanta Highway, Alpharetta. "We are proud of the overwhelming…

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Kroger (in Roswell Patch), Kroger, Kroger, and 2 more ›

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Kroger Partners with American Cancer Society to Raise Awareness, Funds

For two weeks local grocery stores are asking for donations for Relay for Life "footprint" icons.

  • BUSINESS
  • Sunday, February 3

Kroger and the American Cancer Society (ACS) are partnering for an in-store fundraiser – from today, Feb. 3 to Saturday, Feb. 16 – that raises awareness and funds to help fight cancer. During the two-week campaign, Kroger will urge its customers to donate to ACS by purchasing $1 Relay For Life “footprint” icons at Kroger checkouts. Relay for Life of Alpharetta will start Friday, April 26, at 6 p.m. at the Milton Center stadium. Nine teams and 51 participants have signed up so far. “In the U.S., and across every community we serve, so many lives are affected by cancer,” says Glynn Jenkins, director of communications and public relations for Kroger’s Atlanta Division. “We are honored to fight alongside the American Cancer Society as they …

Friday, August 31, 2012

How Can You Save $2 Per Gallon of Gas?

Kroger is extending its summer fuel promotion that trades grocery purchases for fuel discount points until the end of the year.

Do you buy a lot of groceries? If so, you can cut the cost to filling up the tank of your car or SUV. Kroger is extending its summer fuel promotion until the end of the year. By spending $2,000 in a single month at Kroger, you can save $2 per gallon of gas at Kroger Fuel Centers. The savings start with the first $100 spent at the grocery store, which saves you 10 cents per gallon. The grocer awards customers one point per dollar spent in any Kroger store, if you have a "Kroger Plus Shopper's Card." Select gift cards in the stores' back to school promotion earn quadruple fuel points through Sept. 8. All gift card purchases earn double fuel points after Sept. 8. Or have your prescription filled at a Kroger pharmacy to earn 50 fuel points. …

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Daycare Worker Wins $400,000 in Alpharetta

The Duluth resident took an afternoon walk and bought a lottery ticket at a Kroger store, winning the top prize.

  • LOCAL CONNECTIONS
  • Tuesday, July 10, 2012

An Alpharetta daycare worker has stumbled upon a shiny green prize from the Georgia Lottery during an afternoon walk in Alpharetta. Patsy Wehby of Duluth won a $400,000 top prize playing the instant game 20X The Money, lottery officials reported. Wehby, 56, claimed her prize recently at the Georgia Lottery District Office in Duluth. The mother of three was out for a walk when she stepped into the Kroger at Hwy. 9 and Windward Parkway, where she purchased her lucky ticket, according to lottery officials. “I was looking crazy,” she said. “I was crying. I called my daughter. It was a good day for me.” Although dazed, Wehby intends to “sit down and collect myself.” “My practical husband, Robert, will keep me grounded,” she noted. The Georgia …

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Grocery Store Customers Donate Thousands to Charity

The 'Miracle Balloon' fundraiser collected $11,280 locally.

  • VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012

For three weeks Kroger customers bought "Miracle Balloons" in a fundraiser benefitting Children's Miracle Network, donating more than $413,000 through the grocery chain's 214-store Atlanta Division. Alpharetta area stores–including the Kroger at Windward Parkway and GA 9, and the Kroger on Crabapple Road–collected $11,280 in donations, $1 at a time. The “Miracle Balloons” help fund medical care and outreach programs at Children’s Miracle Network hospitals in the stores' local communities. “Year after year, Kroger customers make impressive donations to Children’s Miracle Network, and this year is no different,” says Glynn Jenkins, director of communications and public relations for Kroger’s Atlanta Division. “We are incredibly grateful for …

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Students Create Carboard Box City at Kroger

St. Brendan's Catholic Church and the grocery store are sponsoring the event to raise awareness.

  • VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
  • Saturday, April 28, 2012

If it looks like a carboard box city has sprung up in the Kroger parking lot near Windward Parkway, that's because it has. And if the teens look like they are homeless, it's because they are trying to learn what that's like to develop more compassion. For another year Cardboard Box City is an exercise in social justice during which the students are gathering donations of food for the homeless as they learn to survive, give selflessly and grow in compassion, according to a flyer for the event. The students opened Cardboard Box City at 7 a.m. today, April 28, and plan to stay until 7 a.m. Sunday, April 29, rain or shine (or dark of night). They hope to collect food donations from shoppers at the Kroger, and it's right there, so you can …

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Friday, April 6, 2012

Local Kroger Stores Help Raise Money for MDA

A bowling tournament and a hiking event helped this part of the Kroger Atlanta Division raise more than $42,000 of the $375,000 total.

  • VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
  • Bob Pepalis
  • Friday, April 6, 2012

The Krogers in the Alpharetta and Milton area participated in a bowling tournament that helped the Kroger-Atlanta Division raise more than $375,000 to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). The Bowling for MDA tournament included stores in Alpharetta, Milton, Roswell, Johns Creek, Cumming and north into Dawson County. Alpharetta and Milton stores include:   A hiking special event also helped raise funds. This part of the Kroger division raised $42,536 of what was collected for MDA. The campaign in which customers and associates could purchase a shamrock shaped pin-up for a donation of $1 or $5 ran in stores during the month of March, according to a release from MDA. Kroger-Atlanta Division has supported MDA for the last 12 years…

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Kroger, Kroger, and Kroger

Friday, February 17, 2012

Balloons Released in Honor of 16-Year-Old Alex Koser

Friends and family gathered in a Kroger parking lot to remember the life of Alex Koser, who passed away last week.

Tears and laughs were shared Thursday afternoon as family and friends gathered at the Kroger parking lot in Windward Commons to participate in a balloon release to honor the life of 16-year-old Alex Koser. Koser, who was tragically killed in his Milton home on Sunday, Feb. 12, was a student at Alpharetta High School and many of his fellow classmates showed up to pay their respects. Xavier Williams, a junior, had two classes with Alex and said that he was a good person. “I hope he is doing good and is in a better place,” says Williams. Koser’s mother, Patricia Brandon, and his aunt, Camille, are employees at the Kroger supermarket. “Patricia and Camille are so special to us and we wanted to do something to honor Alex’s memory,” said store …

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Kroger, Alpharetta High School, Woodstock First Baptist Church (in Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch), and 1 more ›

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Balloons Flying Over Community in Memory of Teen

The coworkers of a mother whose son died last Sunday are celebrating his life with a balloon release at the Windward Kroger.

  • THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
  • Thursday, February 16, 2012

A memorial balloon release in honor of Alex Koser, who died tragically last Sunday, is being held this hour at the Kroger on Windward Commons. "His mother, Patricia, and sister, Camille, associates of the Windward Commons Kroger truly appreciate all the love and support during this difficult time," a flyer advertising the event said. The event runs from 5-7 p.m. and the community was invited. Stop by and pay your respects and support the family.

AlphaMom

7:48 pm on Thursday, February 16, 2012

Thank you to Kroger for doing this! How nice it was to see the community pull together. I took my little one and this is what he wrote on the balloon: "Hi Alex. I don't know you but I hope you are happy wherever you are. You must have been a good person." My heart breaks for his family. RIP Alex.   more ›

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Alpharetta Mayor Overspends in Grocery Showdown Against Roswell

The groceries purchased during the Mayor's Grocery Showdown showed the local impact of tourism and benefited North Fulton Community Charities.

Even though Roswell Mayor Jere Wood technically beat out Alpharetta Mayor Arthur Letchas during the first annual Mayor's Grocery Showdown, the real winner was North Fulton Community Charities (NFCC), which received more than $1,000 in donated groceries as a result of the event. "The real winner is North Fulton Community Charities," said Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureau President Janet Rodgers, at the end of the event. To show the impact of tourism on the local economy, the Roswell and Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureaus challenged the mayors to purchase exactly $498 worth of groceries to emphasize the figure the tourism industry saves each Georgia household. According to the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s latest …

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Travis Allen

7:39 am on Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Yeh, but not like the new city hall is much of a surprise, it's been expected for years...   more ›

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