STEW LEONARD'S CUSTOMERS, TEAM MEMBERS AND THE LEONARD FAMILY
RAISE $20,000 FOR HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF

New Orleans Born Team Member Presents Checks to Local American Red Cross and Salvation Army Chapters

NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 5. 2005--All three Stew Leonard's locations held a fundraising drive at the stores' Wishing Wells for the month of September to go towards the American Red Cross and Salvation Army's Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. A total of $10,194.34 was collected at the stores and the Leonard family matched that with a personal donation of $10,000.

Stew Leonard, Sr., the founder of Stew Leonard's food stores, along with New Orleans born team member Wendy Febbraio, were on hand to present checks totaling $10,097.17 each to Captains David and Karen Wetzel of The Salvation Army (on left) and Jack Harder, Director of Health Services, American Red Cross Mid-Fairfield County chapter (on right).

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.