Over 60 supermarkets, primarily in Southern California, are among the hundreds of stores, distribution centers, and plants to be sold should federal regulators approve a merger between Kroger Co. and Albertsons.
The list represents stores and facilities that will be transferred from the merging companies to C&S Wholesale Grocers if the merger goes through.
A total of 31 Vons, 15 Pavilions and Albertsons and one Safeway location in California have been identified as impacted stores.
Bloomberg reported that Kroger has begun informing employees at affected locations that they will become employees of C&S after the merger closes.
The merger between Kroger and Albertson was announced in October 2022, but Federal Trade Commission sued to stop it in February.
According to the USDA, the merger represents approximately 20% of the U.S. grocery market and would affect one out of six grocery laborers if approved, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“We remain focused on stopping the proposed mega-merger for the same reasons we have stated since it was first announced over 20 months ago — because we know it would harm workers, it would harm shoppers, it would harm suppliers and communities, and it is illegal,” United Food & Commercial Workers, a union that represents grocery workers, said in a statement to USA Today.
Here’s the full list of impacted stores in California:
- Vons — 5671 Kanan Rd, Agoura Hills
- Pavilions — 9467 W Olympic Blvd, Beverly Hills
- Pavilions — 1110 W Alameda Ave, Burbank
- Vons — 301 N Pass Ave, Burbank
- Vons — 820 Arneill Rd, 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
- Pavilions — 11030 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City
- Albertsons — 33601 Del Obispo St, Dana Point
- Vons — 2606 Del Mar Heights Rd, Del Mar
- Albertsons — 2899 Jamacha Rd, El Cajon
- Albertsons — 7201 Yorktown Ave, Huntington Beach
- Albertsons — 16600 Bolsa Chica St, Huntington Beach
- Vons — 500 E Manchester Blvd, Inglewood
- Vons — 3233 Foothill Blvd, La Crescenta
- Pavilions — 7544 Girard Ave, La Jolla
- Vons — 78271 Hwy 111, La Quinta
- Pavilions — 600 N Pacific Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach
- Albertsons — 1500 N H St, Lompoc
- Vons — 1820 Ximeno Ave, Long Beach
- Vons — 11322 Los Alamitos Blvd, Los Alamitos
- Albertsons — 3901 Crenshaw Blvd, 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
- Vons — 4033 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Studio City
- Vons — 18439 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana
- Vons — 7789 Foothill Blvd, Tujunga
- Vons — 6040 Telegraph Rd, Ventura
- Pavilions — 29211 Heathercliff Rd, Malibu
- Vons — 410 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach
- Pavilions — 4365 Glencoe Ave, Marina del Rey
- Vons — 2039 Verdugo Blvd, Montrose
- Albertsons — 730 Quintana Rd, Morro Bay
- Albertsons — 541 S Reino Rd, Newbury Park
- Pavilions — 2660 San Miguel Dr, Newport Beach
- Pavilions — 1000 Bayside Dr, Newport Beach
- Albertsons — 9022 Balboa Blvd, Northridge
- Vons — 17380 Sunset Blvd, Pacific Palisades