Albertsons, Procter & Gamble to Launch ``Moms Helping Moms'' Program Nationally to Help Mothers Connect on Mother's Day; Women's Shelters Nationwide to Receive up to Seven Thousand Phone Cards.

BOISE, Idaho -- Albertsons, Inc. (NYSE:ABS) and the Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) are teaming up to launch the "Moms Helping Moms" program throughout the country to help mothers nationwide connect with family and friends on Mother's Day. As part of the campaign, Albertsons and Procter & Gamble (P&G) will donate up to 7,000 phone cards to women's shelters nationwide.

The "Moms Helping Moms" program will give Albertsons customers who purchase $25 worth of P&G products a coupon good for a $5.50 phone card so that they can call their moms on Mother's Day. As a special bonus, Albertsons and P&G will donate a phone card to a women's shelter for every card generated by the campaign -- up to 7,000 cards nationally. The campaign runs through May 20.

"Albertsons customers are as committed as we are to giving back to our local communities," said Duncan MacNaughton, Albertsons Executive Vice President of Merchandising. "So this Mother's Day we wanted to make it easy for Albertsons moms to make a difference in the lives of local moms in their community.

"In addition to helping moms stay in touch with family and friends, this program also addresses a great need in local communities by providing phone cards to women's shelters -- the number one item requested by these organizations," he said.

To boost the number of phone cards donated to shelters, greeters will also be positioned at select Albertsons' banner stores nationwide, May 13, 2006, to present a special gift of carnations to women and encourage them to participate in the "Moms Helping Moms" program.

"Procter & Gamble is proud to partner with Albertsons to celebrate mothers and the loving contributions they make to our children and families everyday," said Todd Ruberg, P&G Director of Customer Development. "We believe that contributing phone cards to women's shelters will brighten Mother's Day for less fortunate moms in our local communities."

About Albertsons

Albertsons is one of the world's largest food and drug retailers. The company's divisions and subsidiaries operate approximately 2,500 stores in 37 states across the U.S. and employ approximately 240,000 associates. Its banners include Albertsons, Acme, Shaw's, Jewel-Osco, Sav-on Drugs, Osco Drug, and Star Market, as well as Super Saver and Bristol Farms, which are operated independently. For more information about Albertsons, please visit our website at www.albertsons.com.

About Procter & Gamble

Three billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Pampers(R), Tide(R), Ariel(R), Always(R), Whisper(R), Pantene(R), Mach3(R), Bounty(R), Dawn(R), Pringles(R), Folgers(R), Charmin(R), Downy(R), Lenor(R), Iams(R), Crest(R), Oral-B(R), Actonel(R), Duracell(R), Olay(R), Head & Shoulders(R), Wella(R), Gillette(R), and Braun(R). The P&G community consists of almost 140,000 employees working in over 80 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.