Kroger-Albertsons merger would affect 124 WA grocery stores

Kroger, Albertsons, and C&S Wholesale Grocers released a report Tuesday detailing all the stores, distribution centers and plants that must be divested for the merger to go through. According to their report, 579 stores across the U.S. would be forced to shutter—and Washington will get hit the hardest.The companies will sell the stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers, a New Hampshire grocery supplier and operator, for $2.9 billion.

Should regulators approve their merger, they would have to divest 13 QFC stores and three Safeway stores in Seattle, five QFC stores in Bellevue, two QFC stores and three Safeway stores in Tacoma; two Safeway stores and two QFC stores in Kirkland, and three QFC stores and one Safeway store in Redmond.In all, the divestiture would affect the following Washington stores:Kroger and Albertsons announced their planned merger in Oct. 2022.

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