Kroger and Albertsons on Tuesday announced a list of 579 stores to be sold under the grocers’ proposed mega-merger, including 63 in California.
Most of our California locations are in Southern California.
According to Bloomberg, Kroger’s CEO sent a memo to employees at all affected stores informing them of plans to spin off those stores into C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., if the merger goes through. All employees are expected to keep their jobs at C&S, the people said.
The merger is being challenged by the Federal Trade Commission, which argues that the proposed $24.6 billion combination could lead to higher food prices due to less market competition and harm workers.
Kroger denies the allegations and maintains that no stores, distribution centers or manufacturing facilities will be closed and that “customers will benefit from lower prices and greater selection” from the merger.
The United Food and Commercial Workers union, which represents grocery store workers, issued a statement Tuesday saying it continues to oppose the merger.
“Today’s announcement changes nothing,” the union said. “The merger is not a done deal – far from it. We have been focused on stopping this mega-merger since it was first announced more than 20 months ago because we know it would harm workers, shoppers, suppliers and communities – and it is illegal. The proposed merger was rejected in January and February by the Colorado and Washington State Attorneys General and the Federal Trade Commission, and we applaud their actions. They have held the list of proposed sales publicly released by the companies today for months, but they have not changed their opposition to the proposed merger.”
“These legal challenges to the proposed merger are moving forward with hearings beginning at the end of July and expected to continue through September.”
The California stores to be sold as part of the proposed merger are as follows. San Diego County stores are shown in bold:
Vons – 5671 Canaan Road, Agoura Hills
The Pavilions – 9467 W Olympic Blvd, Beverly Hills
The Pavilions – 1110 W Alameda Ave, Burbank
Vons – 301 N Pass Ave, Burbank
Vons – 820 Arneal Road, Camarillo
Vons – 6951 El Camino Real, Carlsbad
Vons – 3439 Via Montebello, Carlsbad
Albertsons – 200 E Sepulveda Blvd, Carson
Vons – 185 E 17th St, Costa Mesa
The Pavilions – 11030 Jefferson Boulevard, Culver City
Albertsons – 33601 Del Obispo Street, Dana Point
Vons – 2606 Delmar Heights Road, Delmar
Albertsons – 2899 Jamacha Road, El Cajon
Albertsons – 7201 Yorktown Ave., Huntington Beach
Albertsons – 16600 Bolsa Chica Street, Huntington Beach
Vons – 500 E Manchester Blvd, Inglewood
Vons – 3233 Foothill Blvd., La Crescenta
The Pavilions – 7544 Girard Ave, La Jolla
Vons – 78271 Hwy 111, La Quinta
The Pavilions – 600 N Pacific Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach
Albertsons – 1500 NH St, Lompoc
Vons – 1820 Ximeno Ave, Long Beach
Fonz – 11322 Los Alamitos Blvd, Los Alamitos
Albertsons – 3901 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles
Vons – 3118 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles
Vons – 3461 W 3rd St, Los Angeles
Vons – 1430 S Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles
Vons – 6571 W 80th St, Los Angeles
The Pavilions – 29211 Heathercliff Road, Malibu
Vons – 410 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach
The Pavilions – 4365 Glencoe Ave, Marina del Rey
Vons – 2039 Verdugo Blvd., Montrose
Albertsons – 730 Quintana Road, Morro Bay
Albertsons – 541 S. Reino Road, Newbury Park
The Pavilions – 2660 San Miguel Drive, Newport Beach
The Pavilions – 1000 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach
Albertsons – 9022 Balboa Blvd., Northridge
Vons – 17380 Sunset Boulevard, Pacific Palisades
Albertsons – 42095 Washington Street, Palm Desert
Albertsons – 1751 N Sunrise Way Ste 1, Palm Springs
Vons – 4733 E Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs
The Pavilions – 7 Peninsula Ctr, Palos Verdes Peninsula
Albertsons – 804 Avenida Pico, San Clemente
The Pavilions – 989 Avenida Pico, San Clemente
The Pavilions – 3850 Valley Centre Dr, San Diego
Vons – 11986 Bernardo Plaza Drive, San Diego
Vons – 1702 Garnet Ave., San Diego
Vons – 2495 Truxtun Road Ste 100, San Diego
Safeway – 1499 Washington Ave, San Leandro
Vons – 1440 W 25th St, San Pedro
Vons – 163 S Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara
Vons – 9643 Mission Gorge Road, Santee
The Pavilions – 1101 Pacific Coast Hwy, Seal Beach
The Pavilions – 14845 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks
Albertsons – 543 Sweetwater Road, Spring Valley
Vons – 25850 The Old Road, Stevenson Ranch
Vons – 4033 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Studio City
Vons – 18439 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana
Vons – 7789 Foothill Blvd, Tujunga
Vons – 6040 Telegraph Road, Ventura
The Pavilions – 6534 Platt Ave, West Hills
The Pavilions – 8969 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood
Albertsons – 23893 Clinton Keith Road, Wildomar
