STATER BROS. “FAMILY APPRECIATION DAY”

SAN BERNARDINO - Nearly 10,000 members of the Stater Bros. Supermarket Family attended this weekend’s two-day “Family Appreciation Day” event. This was a private event for Stater Bros. employees and their families to tour the Company’s new 2.3 million sq. ft. Corporate Offices and Norton Distribution Center in San Bernardino and to visit with Company executives. 

 

The relocation to the new Stater Bros. Corporate Offices and Norton Distribution Center has spanned over a two-year period, and this was the first opportunity for employees to see the completed facility, which is the largest under-one-roof Distribution Center in America’s Supermarket Industry.

This event also included the first ever Stater Bros. “Family Car Show”, and there were over 150 Stater Bros. Supermarket Family cars and motorcycles on display. The fun-filled “Family Appreciation Day” event included trams to transport guests throughout the 200 acre campus and lots of food, balloons, and food manufacturer costumed characters for the whole family to enjoy.

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 2009 of $3.77 billion. Last year, Stater Bros. contributed over $14 million in support of nonprofit organizations in the communities it serves, with an emphasis on worthy programs that benefit hunger relief, health and nutrition, and education. The company currently operates 167 Supermarkets, and there are over 19,000 members of the Stater Bros. “Family” of Employees.