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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 .
It was once a publicly traded company on the NYSE under the name Cullum Companies. By 1956, the company had expanded to 20 stores and continued to grow, buying 34 Hinky Dinky stores in the Midwest, 17 Pantry Food Markets in California, as well as Page Drug Stores (Tom Thumb added the "Page" to their store names after the acquisition).
[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. The Great Depression had finally impacted the chain, which began to focus on cost control.
Pavilions is a grocery store banner used by Vons, a supermarket division of Albertsons in Southern California.Although similar to Vons stores, Pavilions markets are more upscale and feature a larger selection of organic food, wine, and other specialty foods.
Acme Markets Inc. is a supermarket chain operating 159 stores throughout Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, the Hudson Valley of New York, and Pennsylvania and, as of 1998, is a subsidiary of Albertsons, and part of its presence in the Northeast.
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.
The Save Mart Companies (under license from Albertsons) Albertsons: Parent: Independent (1935–1988) American Stores Company (1988–1998) Albertsons (2006–present) The Save Mart Companies (2006–present) Website: www.luckysupermarkets.com (Save Mart) www.luckylowprices.com (Albertsons)
Carrs–Safeway (formerly Carrs Quality Centers) is a supermarket chain that is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and is a subsidiary of Albertsons.It was acquired in April 1999 by former parent Safeway from an employee ownership group, who itself had purchased the company from founder Larry Carr and his partner Barney Gottstein in 1990.