EXHIBIT 99.1

    Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. Announces Achievement of Requisite Consents
                    And $440.0 million Senior Note Offering

Colton, California, July 16, 1999 -- Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. ("Stater Bros.")
announced that as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 15, 1999, it had
received consents and tenders from registered holders representing approximately
97% of the outstanding principal amount of its 11% Senior Notes due 2001 (the
"11% Notes") and 100% of the outstanding principal amount of its 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2004 (the "9% Notes", collectively with the 11% Notes,
the "Notes").  The Notes are the subject of a concurrent cash tender offer and
consent solicitation, which commenced July 1, 1999.

As the Company has received the consent of the requisite aggregate principal
amounts of the Notes outstanding, the Company intends promptly to cause the
execution of the supplemental indentures reflecting the proposed amendments to
the indentures governing the Notes.

As previously announced, the tender offer will expire at 12:00 Midnight, New
York City time, on July 29, 1999, unless extended.  Holders may tender their
Notes until such date.  Noteholders must consent to the proposed amendments in
order to validly tender.

Stater Bros. intends to finance the tender offer with a portion of the net
proceeds from an offering of $440.0 million principal amount of senior notes due
2006 (the "New Senior Notes").  The New Senior Notes will be governed by the
terms of a new indenture.  The New Senior Notes will not be registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration
requirements.

This announcement is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to
purchase or a solicitation of consents with respect to the Notes.  The offer and
consent solicitation are made solely by the Offer to Purchase and Consent
Solicitation Statement dated July 1, 1999.

Stater Bros. is the largest independently-owned supermarket chain in Southern
California. The first Stater Bros. market opened in 1936 in Yucaipa, California,
which is located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California.  The
Company currently operates 112 supermarkets, 81 of which are located in the
Inland Empire counties of San Bernardino and Riverside, one of the fastest
growing areas in the United States.  Stater Bros. is privately owned and is
headquartered in Colton, California.

On May 7, 1999, Stater Bros. entered into an agreement with Albertson's, Inc. to
purchase 43 supermarkets and one future store site.  The purchase price for the
supermarkets and future store site is estimated to be $147 million, consisting
of $108 million for land, buildings and equipment plus the value of inventories
on hand at closing, estimated to be $39 million.  The 43 supermarkets acquired
from Albertson's are located as follows: Orange County (14 supermarkets), Los
Angeles County (14 supermarkets), San Diego County (10 supermarkets) and
Riverside County (5 supermarkets).