Corporate Social Responsibility Press Release
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9.03.2008 - 04:50pm ET
News from:
Kraft Foods Inc.
Kraft Foods Sends Aid to Feed Louisiana and Alabama Families in Need
Company Donates $150,000 to Support Families Impacted by Hurricane Gustav
(CSRwire) NORTHFIELD, Ill., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE:
KFT) announced today it will donate three truckloads of Kraft products,
valued at more than $150,000, to the American Red Cross to help provide
relief to victims of Hurricane Gustav.
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The hurricane struck Louisiana and Alabama this past weekend, affecting
approximately 2 million people.
"Food donations are especially important after a disaster strikes," said
Amina Dickerson, Senior Director, Corporate Community Involvement at Kraft
Foods. "They make an immediate positive difference in people's lives
during a time of tremendous need. The American Red Cross is doing an
outstanding job getting donations from companies, such as Kraft, to
families affected by the disaster."
"The American Red Cross is grateful for Kraft's donation of food to
support Hurricane Gustav relief efforts," said Jeff Towers, Chief
Development Officer at the American Red Cross. "Kraft consistently
supports Red Cross disaster responses through financial and product
donations."
At this time, Kraft is not aware of any impact on its employees or their
homes.
Earlier this year, Kraft donated $1.3 million to help victims of various
disasters such as the Midwest flooding, China earthquake and Myanmar
cyclone. Since 2000, Kraft has contributed a total of $9.2 million in
cash and products for humanitarian aid to different locations worldwide.
Over the last five years, Kraft has donated more than $100 million in cash
and $300 million worth of food to hunger relief and healthy lifestyle
projects around the world.
ABOUT KRAFT FOODS INC.
For more than a century, Kraft (http://www.kraft.com) has offered
delicious foods and beverages that fit the way consumers live. Today, we
are turning the brands that consumers have lived with for years into
brands they can't live without. Millions of times a day in more than 150
countries, consumers reach for their favorite Kraft brands, including nine
with revenues exceeding $1 billion: Kraft cheeses, dinners and dressings;
Oscar Mayer meats; Philadelphia cream cheese; Maxwell House coffee;
Nabisco cookies and crackers and its Oreo brand; Jacobs coffees; Milka
chocolates; and LU biscuits. Kraft is one of the world's largest food and
beverage companies with annual revenues exceeding $37 billion, more than
100,000 employees and more than 180 manufacturing and processing
facilities globally. The company's stock (NYSE: KFT) is listed on the
Standard & Poor's 100 and 500 indexes as well as the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index and Ethibel Sustainability Index.
For more information please contact:
Ana Paula Cruz
Kraft Foods Inc.
+1-847-646-4538
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