Kroger buys Albertson’s

[easyas123]

I remember when I was a little girl my parents and I went at 3AM to that Safeway's grand opening and it was a huge madhouse

A grocery store held a Grand Opening at 3AM in the morning?
And people went?

 

[dizneegirl]

I think Kroger is trying to become supermarket king and be as big as the other supermarket chains...

If you're talking just supermarkets, Kroger is already the largest grocery chain. If you add in discount and big box stores, Walmart is #1, and Costco may be #2. Kroger would be right after that.

My aunt goes to three grocery stores when she shops and her favorite store is Fry's...

Kroger also owns Fry's.

But when it comes to grocery store chains Kroger is trying to become #1
Dodger

Already there... just cementing their position.


Here, Kroger is usually the most expensive out of the bigger local choices. We visit it for a few items they carry that other stores don't, and because they have the local state liquor stores inside. They do have decent sales, but you have to have the store card (or app, I suppose) to get the sale prices.

They do have some good items under their store brand. And their Marketplace stores are really nice.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Dad and I rely on MANY Kroger store brands we buy at Ralph's (SoCal). Pavilions (Safeway/Albertsons) is a secondary supermarket for us Blessing to have both options. Many more Ralphs in our neighborhood. I did, maybe twice, years ago on trips to OR/WA go to a Fred Meyers. Wow huge store is all I remember. Glad some of you still have those

 

[barkley]

I did, maybe twice, years ago on trips to OR/WA go to a Fred Meyers. Wow huge store is all I remember. Glad some of you still have those

they ARE large! added benefit is they carry non food items so (hardware, small appliances, clothing, shoes) so it's a bit of a walmart one stop but generaly less crowded and nicer clothes/shoes (great one stop after a busy work day if you need to grab your kids a pair of shoes and a simple dress shirt b/c they forgot to remind you about the choir concert that night ). they also have a very nice deli and bakery secton. heck-one of the ones near us has a wine bar!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Barkley, I remember they had clothing and books, too

 

[barkley]

Barkley, I remember they had clothing and books, too

they do-they tend to be one of the last stops i hit before christmas b/c i can get the specialty ingredients i need and also snag last minute stocking stuffers and small gifts.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Awesome! I'm truly glad they have been so handy for you, Barkley

 

[xipotec]

Pretty sure this deal fell through.

 

[lovesmurfs]

Pretty sure this deal fell through.

As of last week, they're still working at it.

I had no idea Mariano's was part of Kroger's portfolio.

https://apnews.com/article/kroger-a...esale-grocer-401520f2a25ea2ae5fd06be4973b7c48

 

[flyingdumbo127]

It's interesting to me how a supermarket chain's name can vary in different parts of our country

 

[DodgerGirl]

When we would visit my godfather in Oklahoma my godfather always made a trip to Tom Thumb to get my mom a seedless watermelon and Tom Thumb's seedless watermelons were great and it became a tradition every summer when my family would visit my godfather. I didn't even know Tom Thumb was owned by Safeway but it looked like a wonderful store from what my godfather described it as. I think when it comes to supermarkets in states I think Texas is the second big supermarket state and supermarkets there do big business. Like when I would go to Texas I saw lots of Albertson's there and it seemed that Albertson's is the top market in Texas. Have you heard of a supermarket chain called Furr's? Furr's was similar to Safeway in Texas and had very good prices on many items and some Furr's were built in a mall style and even had it's own bookstore and a movies and music store too. Furr's then closed in Texas but another supermarket chain bought them