Hundreds of Safeway, Albertsons, QFC stores could be sold off, drawing mixed reactions from unions

The union representing most Oregon Safeway and Albertsons workers said it supports the plan, but its counterpart in Washington disagrees.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Over a hundred Safeway, Albertsons, QFC and Haggen stores across Oregon and Washington could be sold off to another supermarket chain, C&S Wholesale Grocers, under the pending merger between supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons. 

A list of locations set to be divested was released Tuesday, including 579 stores nationwide and 186 in Oregon and Washington. Kroger and Albertsons originally announced a plan to sell 413 stores in September 2023, seeking to clear a path with antitrust regulators, but later pledged to expand the list.

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