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The Vons Companies, Inc. is a supermarket chain owned by Albertsons, with most of its locations in Southern California and the Las Vegas Valley. It is headquartered in Fullerton , California , [ 2 ] and operates stores under the Vons and Pavilions banners.
Albertsons, based in Boise, Idaho, operates 2,273 stores in 34 states. Its 15 brands include Safeway, Jewel Osco, Vons, Acme and Shaw’s. Together, Kroger and Albertsons employ around 700,000 people.
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
At the end of the fourth quarter in 2015, Kroger operated 1,423 supermarket fuel centers. Kroger operates 211 retail stores in Ohio, 112 in Kentucky, 152 in Indiana and 120 in Michigan. It has ...
Today, Ralphs competes with Albertsons (including Vons) and Stater Bros. Its slogan is "Fresh for Everyone," also used by all other Kroger grocery store brands. [10] Ralphs is the current market share leader in Southern California. Exterior of a Ralphs store in Encino, Los Angeles which closed in January 2020 (Store #219)
[16] [17] However on July 11, 2023, the store in Bend was rebranded to Local Acres Marketplace to reflect its local ownership and to differentiate it from the chain owned by Kroger, which owns the Fred Meyer chain in the U.S. Northwest. [18] A Food 4 Less store in Massillon, Ohio, co-owned with local grocery chain Bordner's, closed in 2014. [19]
Kroger's $24.6-billion acquisition of Albertsons is the largest proposed supermarket merger in U.S. history. The FTC sues, alleging the deal is anti-competitive.
In 1982, Kroger decided to exit the competitive Southern California supermarket business and broke up the 65 store Market Basket chain by selling many of stores to Ralphs, Boys, Hughes and Vons while closing the rest. At that time, the Market Basket name was retired while Kroger kept the rights to the Market Basket brand within California. [5]