Ralphs Grocery Company to Host Hiring Event at All Southern California Stores on Tuesday, August 9

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Ralphs Grocery Company is looking for friendly people who love food and working with the public to fill open positions in its Southern California supermarkets.

The supermarket company is holding open interviews in its stores across Southern California on Tuesday, August 9. To make applying online even easier, Ralphs launched "mobile apply" which allows job-seekers to submit applications through their smartphones or tablet devices.

Interested candidates may apply at jobs.ralphs.com and then simply return to their local Ralphs store on August 9 between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., no appointment necessary.

The positions for which Ralphs is hiring offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

"We have a wide variety of part-time positions that we need to fill in every Ralphs store in Southern California," said Kendra Doyel, vice president of Corporate Affairs for Ralphs Grocery Company. "Positions are available to friendly and engaging people in most every department including front end, deli, meat, bakery and grocery. Applying to work at Ralphs is easier than ever with open interviews and the ability to apply from anywhere."

This is the second one-day hiring event Ralphs is hosting this year. The supermarket company hired more than 600 new associates during its May 14 event. Ralphs plans a third hiring event, open exclusively to military veterans and their family members, in November.

Ralphs Grocery Company was founded in 1873 and currently employs more than 20,000 associates who serve customers in 198 supermarkets in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Last year, Ralphs contributed more than $6 million to support education, hunger relief, women's health and local nonprofit organizations in the communities served by the company's stores. Ralphs is a subsidiary of The Kroger Co., (NYSE: KR), one of the nation's largest food retailers, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more about Ralphs, please visit our web site at www.ralphs.com.

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