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Albertsons
Type Public (NYSE: ABS (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=ABS))
Founded 1939
Location Boise, Idaho
Key people Lawrence Johnston, CEO & Director
Felicia Thornton, CFO & Exec. VP
Industry Retail (Grocery)
Products Albertons Express, Jewel-Osco, Max Foods, Sav-on, Shaw's, Super Saver Foods
Revenue image:green up.png$38.897 billion USD (2004)
Website www.albertsons.com
A typical Albertsons store.

Albertsons (NYSE: ABS (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=ABS)) is a grocery store chain that operates under the brands Jewel, Osco, Acme Markets, Savon, Shaw's, Star Market, Super-Saver Foods, and Max Foods, as well as Albertsons. Albertsons logo, claiming fair use This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Literally a public company is a company owned by the public. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. ... Foundation may be: the founding of an institution. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article deals with the state capital of Idaho. ... Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol, medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ... See: Jewel Osco This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Green up arrow for a positive change in revenue from last fiscal year. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... Exterior of a typical Albertsons supermarket, in Torrance, California. ... Exterior of a typical Albertsons supermarket, in Torrance, California. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the second largest stock exchange in the world. ... Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol, medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ... Jewel is a grocery store chain in America which is owned by Albertsons. ... Acme Markets, founded in 1891, operates nearly 140 supermarkets in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania under the Acme banner. ...


Albertsons was founded by Joe Albertson in 1939 in Boise, Idaho. In 1969, it partnered with Skaggs Companies, Inc. to create the first combination grocery/drug store. Later, Albertsons acquired Seessel's, Smitty's, Super One Foods, Buttrey Food and Drug, and Bruno's. In 1999, the firm also acquired Lucky Stores, of which all have been either converted into Albertsons or sold. Joseph A. Joe Albertson (October 17, 1906 - January 20, 1993) was the founder of the Albertsons chain of grocery stores. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article deals with the state capital of Idaho. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...


An ad in the Idaho Daily Statesman touted Joe Albertson's first store as "Idaho's largest and finest food store." The store was filled with perks that, at the time, were brand new: free parking, a money-back guarantee, even an ice cream shop. The store was located at 17th and State Streets in downtown Boise. However, the original store is no more — a replacement facility currently stands on the original site. When the chain opened its 1,000th store, it was located just a few miles from store number one — at 36th & State in Boise.


One interesting side note: As part of the American Stores merger, Albertsons acquired the Osco brand name. The root of this chain is Skaggs, which was founded in American Falls, Idaho in 1915. there is like 4,300 pop. ...


Albertsons operates more than 2,500 stores across the country. With the addition of Shaw's, Albertsons will have stores in 37 states and approximately 230,000 associates. It is ranked number four in sales by Supermarket News — behind Wal-Mart, Kroger and Costco. Only Kroger has more stores. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... Kroger Co. ... Typical Costco warehouse Costco Wholesale Corporation ( NASDAQ: COST) is a membership warehouse club chain, headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, United States, with its flagship Warehouse #1 in nearby Seattle. ...


The company is in the midst of a pitched battle with retail giant Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart's size and scale allows the company to undercut Albertsons in price.


Albertsons is increasingly progressive in the area of technology, recently adding a "check out while you go" system, where shoppers can scan items as they shop, and quickly pay before leaving.


Albertsons also allows (in certain areas) customers to shop from home via the company's website. Pickups can be arranged at the store, or the items may be delivered to the customer's home. In areas where this program is in effect, it is widely advertised over television and radio by corporate spokeswoman Patricia Heaton. A spokesperson (person could be replaced with the gender of the person), or spokesmodel is a person who speaks on behalf of others, but is understood not to be necessarily part of the others (e. ... Patricia Heaton in an appearance on Dr. Phil Patricia Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress best-known for co-starring as the wife of the title character in the CBS comedy series Everybody Loves Raymond. ...


Albertsons has contracts with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the largest grocery union in the United States. In late 2003 and early 2004, Albertsons, along with competitor Ralphs, locked out its workers who were members of the UFCW in Southern California, in sympathy with competitor Vons (owned by Safeway), whose UFCW workers were on strike. The issues in contract negotiations included health care benefits and wage structure. The UFCW lost its bid to keep its benefit and wage language in the contract intact, a reflection of how Albertsons management sees the developing Super Wal-Mart (Wal-Marts with a grocery component) situation in Southern California. At present, starting wages and benefits given to new Albertsons employees are reportedly lower than those of employees hired before the labor dispute. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... Categories: Corporation stubs | Supermarkets in the United States ... A lockout is a work stoppage in which an employer prevents employees from working. ... Southern California Los Angeles, rush hour on the Harbor Freeway San Diego Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal, is an informal name for the southern one-third of the state of California. ... Safeway (NYSE: SWY) is North Americas third largest supermarket chain, with over 1800 stores located throughout the central and western United States and Canada. ...


External links

  • Official site (http://www.albertsons.com/)
  • Additional history (http://www.albertsons.com/abs_aboutalbertsons/ourhistory/default.asp)

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  • Yahoo! profile (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=abs)

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Albertsons and its affiliated companies are the second largest supermarket chain and fifth largest drugstore retailer in the nation with more than 2,300 stores in 31 states nationwide, including over 500 in California.
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