Stater Bros. Supermarkets to Participate in National Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On Memorial Day this year, all 167 Stater Bros. Supermarkets will participate in the "National Moment of Remembrance."  At exactly 3 p.m. on Monday, May 30, every Stater Bros. Store Manager will make an announcement asking all the customers and employees who are inside the supermarket at that time to pause for 60 seconds to honor those Americans who have died for the freedoms we all enjoy.

Established by Congress in 2000, the White House Commission on Remembrance encourages America to remember those who died in service to our country through acts of remembrance throughout the year.  This commission sponsors the National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day to promote national unity.

Jack H. Brown, Chairman and CEO of Stater Bros. stated, "Memorial Day was originally established to commemorate America's fallen men and women.  Stater Bros. would like to do our part to remind our customers and employees that this is still a sacred and noble holiday and a time when we can all connect as Americans."

Stater Bros. was founded in 1936 in Yucaipa, California, and has grown steadily through the years to become the largest privately owned Supermarket Chain in Southern California and the largest private employer in both San Bernardino County and Riverside County, with annual sales in 2010 of $3.6 billion. The Company currently operates 167 Supermarkets, and there are over 18,000 members of the Stater Bros. Supermarket Family. Throughout the year 2011, Stater Bros. is celebrating 75 years of proudly serving Southern California Families.

STATER BROS ... PROUDLY SERVING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FAMILIES FOR 75 YEARS

CONTACT:  Susan Atkinson, Vice President Corporate Affairs of Stater Bros. Supermarkets, +1-909-733-5038

SOURCE Stater Bros. Supermarkets