To best serve customers and employees living with diabetes, Raley's Corporate Dietitian Earline Griffith, R.D. started classes and Raley's supermarket tours specific to the needs of people with diabetes. Diabetes affects 21 million people in the U.S. and about 7-10 percent of the population in California alone.

Given these statistics, Raley's decided to take a proactive role in helping shoppers make better, more healthful lifestyle choices - in and out of the grocery aisle. "With so many nutritious offerings in our Natural Foods and Fresh Produce departments, we want to provide customers fighting diabetes with resources and realistic meal solutions, so that achieving a healthy lifestyle is convenient for our customers," said Griffith.

Earline's classes either cover eating, shopping or cooking with diabetes, giving customers well-rounded resources and healthy lifestyle information specific to their lifestyles and dietary needs. To learn more about the Raley's wellness program, customers are encouraged to visit the Pharmacy and Health section on raleys.com.