List of grocery stores to be sold if Kroger-Albertsons merger is approved grows, includes 6 in Whatcom County

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — While a proposed $24.6 billion merger of Kroger and Albertsons continues to be challenged in courts in Colorado and Washington state and by the Federal Trade Commission, company officials have published a new list of stores expected to be sold to C&S Wholesale Grocers.

The new list includes 579 locations under several different brand names across several states. The following Whatcom County stores appear on this latest list.

Haggen — 2814 Meridian, Bellingham
Haggen — 1401 12th St, Bellingham
Haggen — 210 36th St, Bellingham
Haggen — 2900 Woburn St, Bellingham
Safeway — 1275 E Sunset Dr, Bellingham
Haggen — 1815 Main St, Ferndale

Kroger issued a statement saying the new divestiture plan “is critical to bringing the meaningful and measurable benefits of our merger with Albertsons to associates, customers and communities across America.”

The Washington State Attorney General’s Office’s antitrust lawsuit to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons is based on assertions that “the merger of the 2 largest supermarket companies in Washington state will severely limit shopping options for consumers and eliminate vital competition that keeps grocery prices low.”

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More than half of all supermarkets in Washington state are currently owned by either Kroger or Albertsons, and they account for more than 50% of all supermarket sales in the state. Albertsons owns Safeway and Haggen, while Kroger owns QFC and Fred Meyer. Collectively, Kroger and Albertsons operate more than 300 supermarkets in Washington, including approximately 194 in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area.
– Washington State Attorney General’s Office

While C&S currently does not operate any supermarket locations in Washington, it does operate Piggly Wiggly brand locations throughout the Midwest, South and Northeast and Grand Union Supermarkets in New York and Vermont. The latest divestiture plan means C&S would go from operating 23 stores to nearly 600 around the country.

Kroger operates the following stores across the US (local brands in bold).