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Albertsons Companies, Inc. [1] [2] is an American grocery company founded and headquartered in Boise, Idaho. With 2,253 stores as of the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 and 270,000 employees as of fiscal year 2019, [3] [8] [6] the company is the second-largest supermarket chain in North America after Kroger.
Safeway store numbers by state and province in 1932. In 1929, there were rumors of a Safeway-Kroger merger. [17] [18] In late 2022, 93 years later, this merger became another possibility with the announced merger of Albertsons Companies and Kroger Co. [19] The number of stores peaked at 3,400 in 1932, when expansion ground to a halt.
Albertsons owns the well-known brands Pavilions, Safeway and Vons. Kroger operates Ralphs, Food4Less, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Quality Food Centers and other popular grocery stores.
Safeway later acquired Pay and Take It Stores from Loronzo L. Skaggs in 1928. [4] Safeway is considered the main successor to Skaggs, and despite the Skaggs Companies later being bought by Albertsons, Safeway was also acquired by Albertsons, thus bringing the Skaggs history full-circle.
Kroger and Albertsons have a total of roughly 5,000 stores under numerous brands, or “banners,” including Tom Thumb, Ralphs, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer, King Soopers, Safeway and Vons.
Albertsons, based in Boise, Idaho, operates roughly 2,300 stores in 34 states, including brands like Jewel Osco, Safeway and Shaw's. Together the companies employ around 700,000 people.
The acquisition deal cost Albertsons $385 million and required Albertsons to sell its single stores in the Amarillo and Wichita Falls, Texas, markets. [7] As part of the acquisition, several Albertsons locations in Eastern New Mexico, which were re-branded as "Albertsons Market", were added to the new United division of Albertsons-Safeway.
Albertsons, which owns Safeway, Vons and Pavilions, including this store in Paso Robles, announced a merger with Kroger, which owns Ralphs and Food 4 Less, on Oct. 14. California food deserts