LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Kroger and Albertsons on Tuesday released a list of 579 stores that will be sold under a proposed megamerger between the two grocery giants, including 63 locations in California.
The vast majority of locations in California are located in Southern California.
According to Bloomberg, Kroger’s CEO sent a memo to employees at all affected stores informing them of plans to split the locations into other areas.&S Wholesale Grocers If the merger goes through. It is expected that all employees will be able to keep their jobs with C&S, officials said.
The merger is facing a challenge from the Federal Trade Commission, which alleges the proposed $24.6 billion merger would lead to higher food prices by limiting competition in the market and could negatively impact workers.
Kroger has denied such allegations, insisting that no stores, distribution centers or manufacturing facilities will be closed, and claiming that “customers will benefit from lower prices and more choices” through the merger.
The United Food and Commercial Workers union, which represents grocery workers, issued a statement Tuesday saying it continues to oppose the merger.
“Today’s announcement changes nothing,” the union said. “The merger is not done yet, quite the opposite. We remain focused on stopping the proposed megamerger for the same reasons we have been saying since it was first announced more than 20 months ago—because we know it will hurt workers, hurt shoppers, hurt suppliers and communities, and it is illegal. The attorneys general of Colorado and Washington and the Federal Trade Commission rejected the proposed merger in January and February. We applaud their actions. They have had the proposed divestiture list, which the companies announced today, for months, and that has not changed their opposition to the proposed merger. These legal challenges to the proposed merger are moving forward, with hearings beginning in late July and scheduled to continue through September.”
The California stores that will be sold as part of the proposed merger are:
Vons – 5671 Canaan Road, Agoura Hills
Pavilions – 9467 W Olympic Blvd, Beverly Hills
Wings – 1110 W Alameda Ave, Burbank
Fonz – 301 North Pass Street, Burbank
Fons – 820 Arnel Rd, Camarillo
Fons – 6951 El Camino Real, Carlsbad
Vance – 3439 Via Montebello, Carlsbad
Albertsons – 200 E. Sepulveda Blvd., Carson
Fonz – 185 E 17th St, Costa Mesa
Wings – 11030 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City
Albertsons – 33601 Del Obispo Blvd, Dana Point
Vons – 2606 Del Mar Heights Road, Del Mar
Albertsons – 2899 Jamacha Rd, El Cajon
Albertsons – 7201 Yorktown Ave, Huntington Beach
Albertsons – 16600 Bolsa Chica Blvd, Huntington Beach
Vons – 500 E Manchester Blvd, Englewood
Vons – 3233 Foothill Blvd, La Crescenta
Wings – 7544 Gerard Street, La Jolla
Vance – 78271 Hwy 111, La Quinta
Wings – 600 N Pacific Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach
Albertsons – 1500 NH St, Lompoc
Vons – 1820 Ximeno Ave, Long Beach
Fons – 11322 Los Alamitos Blvd, Los Alamitos
Albertsons – 3901 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles
Vons – 3118 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles
Vons – 3461 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles
Vons – 1430 S Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles
Vons – 6571 West 80th Street, Los Angeles
Wings – 29211 Heathercliff Rd, Malibu
Vons – 410 Manhattan Beach Boulevard, Manhattan Beach
Wings – 4365 Glencoe Ave, Marina Del Rey
Vons – 2039 Verdugo Street, Montrose
Albertsons – 730 Quintana Rd, Morro Bay
Albertsons – 541 South Reno Road, Newbury Park
Wings – 2660 San Miguel Drive, Newport Beach
Wings – 1000 Bayside Dr, Newport Beach
Albertsons – 9022 Balboa Street, Northridge
Vons – 17380 Sunset Blvd, 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
Suites – 7 Peninsula Ctr, Palos Verdes Peninsula
Albertsons – 804 Avenida Pico, San Clemente
Wings – 989 Avenida Pico, San Clemente
Wings – 3850 Valley Center Dr, San Diego
Vons – 11986 Bernardo Plaza Drive, San Diego
Fonz – 1702 Garnett Street, San Diego
Vons – 2495 Truxton Road, Office #100, San Diego
Safeway – 1499 Washington Ave, San Leandro
Vons – 1440 West 25th Street, San Pedro
Vons – 163 S Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara
Vons – 9643 Mission George Rd, Santee
Wings – 1101 Pacific Coast Hwy, Seal Beach
Wings – 14845 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks
Albertsons – 543 Sweetwater Rd, Spring Valley
Vance – 25850 Old Road, Stevenson Farm
Fonz – 4033 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Studio City
Vons – 18439 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana
Vons – 7789 Foothill Blvd, Tujunga
Vons – 6040 Telegraph Rd, Ventura
Wings – 6534 Platt Ave, West Hills
Wings – 8969 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood
Albertsons – 23893 Clinton Keith Rd, Wildomar
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