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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