Kroger announced the sale of 413 stores, including 26 in Texas and two in Louisiana, as part of its plan to purchase Albertsons Cos. for $24.6 billion.
Kroger said Friday the merger with Albertsons, which has been pending since October, is on track to be completed in early 2024. C&S will pay Kroger $1.9 billion in cash once the agreement is approved by federal regulators.
None of the stores sold in Texas include Kroger stores, said John Votava, a Kroger spokesman. The 26 locations are all from Albertsons which operates its namesake stores, Tom Thumb and Market Street locations in Dallas-Fort Worth.
A list of stores being sold is not yet available. It will be up to C&S how it brands the Texas stores it acquires. While C&S is a huge wholesale supplier, it only operates 160 stores and most are Piggly Wiggly stores in Wisconsin. It also operates Grand Union stores in New York and Vermont.
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“Because we are still in the regulatory process, we are not able to share the specific locations included in the agreement,” Votava said.
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