STEW LEONARD’S CONTRIBUTES TO HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF

Company, Team Members and Customer Donations Earmarked for the
American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund

NORWALK, Conn., September 1, 2005 – For the entire month of September, Stew Leonard’s three food stores will be collecting donations to help aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina through the company’s Wishing Wells, team member contributions, and a $10,000 donation from the Stew Leonard family. The proceeds will go to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund - Hurricane 2005 Relief.

“When news broke about the destruction and devastation Hurricane Katrina left in her wake, our Team Members immediately asked what they could do to help. We wanted to take up a collection for food, blankets, toiletries and other necessities, but when we contacted organizations such as the American Red Cross and Salvation Army, they all said that monetary donations is what is really needed most right now,” said Jill Leonard Tavello.

All three Stew Leonard’s locations will be collecting donations for the American Red Cross Hurricane 2005 Relief for the month of September at the stores’ Wishing Wells. In addition to customers who toss their spare change into the Wishing Well, Stew Leonard’s has set up a lock box at each store location where larger cash donations and checks made out to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund – Hurricane 2005 Relief can be dropped.

To make a donation directly to the American Red Cross, visit www.redcross.org. or call 1-800-HELP-NOW.

Stew Leonard’s, a family-owned and operated grocery founded in 1969, has three stores in Norwalk and Danbury, Connecticut and Yonkers, New York, with additional stores planned in East Farmingdale, New York and Orange, Connecticut. The company was named among FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work for in America” for the past four consecutive years. For more information, visit Stew Leonard’s website at www.stewleonards.com.