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How Homeboy Industries Landed a Distribution Deal With Supermarkets The non-profit which employs former gang members is now selling a selection of food products at Ralphs and Food 4 Less chains.

By Melinda Newman

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Talk about a fortuitous lunch.

A few years ago, Kendra Doyel, vice president of public affairs for Ralphs Grocery Co. and Food 4 Less, toured Homeboy Industries' headquarters and stayed to eat at the Homegirl Cafe.

"We started having the most incredible food," she says. "I said, 'It needs to be in every Ralphs and Food 4 Less.'" Now it is.

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