Kroger-Albertsons merger would affect 124 WA grocery stores

SEATTLE - The proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger would affect 124 grocery stores in Washington, and nearly 70 stores in the Seattle area would have to be sold off if the deal is approved.

Kroger, Albertsons, and C&S Wholesale Grocers released a report Tuesday detailing all the stores, distribution centers and plants that must be divested for the merger to go through. According to their report, 579 stores across the U.S. would be forced to shutter—and Washington will get hit the hardest.

The companies will sell the stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers, a New Hampshire grocery supplier and operator, for $2.9 billion. Under the initial divestiture plan, announced in September, C&S had planned to purchase 413 stores for $1.9 billion.

It’s unclear if the new plan will satisfy regulators. In February, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued to block the $24.6 billion merger between the grocery giants, saying the lack of competition would lead to higher grocery prices and lower wages for workers.

A shopper walks past plants for sale outside a Kroger Co. grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Should regulators approve their merger, they would have to divest 13 QFC stores and three Safeway stores in Seattle, five QFC stores in Bellevue, two QFC stores and three Safeway stores in Tacoma; two Safeway stores and two QFC stores in Kirkland, and three QFC stores and one Safeway store in Redmond.

In all, the divestiture would affect the following Washington stores:

Haggen — 1406 Lake Tapps Pkwy E, Auburn
Safeway — 101 Auburn Way S, Auburn
Albertsons — 2108 W Main St, Battle Ground
Safeway — 904 W Main St, Battle Ground
QFC — 201 NE State Route 300, Belfair
QFC — 10116 NE 8th St, Bellevue
QFC — 2636 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue
QFC — 3550 Factoria Blvd SE, Bellevue
QFC — 15600 NE 8th St Ste K1, Bellevue
QFC — 1510 145th Pl SE, Bellevue
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
Safeway — 21301 Hwy 410, Bonney Lake
QFC — 18921 Bothell Way NE, Bothell
QFC — 22833 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell
Safeway — 20711 Bothell Hwy, Bothell
Safeway — 1401 NE McWilliams Rd, Bremerton
Safeway — 138 SW 148th St, Burien
Haggen — 757 Haggen Dr, Burlington
Safeway — 17023 SE 272nd St, Covington
Safeway — 27035 Pacific Hwy S, Des Moines
Safeway — 510 Grant Rd, East Wenatchee
QFC — 22828 100th Ave W, Edmonds
Safeway — 400 N Ruby St, Ellensburg
QFC — 1009 Monroe Ave, Enumclaw
QFC — 2615 Broadway, Everett
Safeway — 4128 Rucker Ave, Everett
Safeway — 5802 134th Pl SE, Everett
Safeway — 2109 SW 336th St, Federal Way
Haggen — 1815 Main St, Ferndale
Albertsons — 11330 51st Ave NW, Gig Harbor
Safeway — 4831 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor
Safeway — 10105 224th St E, Graham
QFC — 1540 NW Gilman Blvd, Issaquah
Safeway — 735 NW Gilman Blvd Ste B, Issaquah
Safeway — 1451 Highlands Dr NE, Issaquah
Safeway — 6850 NE Bothell Way, Kenmore
QFC — 13304 SE 240th St, Kent
Safeway — 13101 SE Kent-Kangley Rd, Kent
QFC — 11224 NE 124th St, Kirkland
QFC — 425 Urban Plaza Ste 100, Kirkland
Safeway — 12519 NE 85th St, Kirkland
Safeway — 10020 NE 137th St, Kirkland
QFC — 4775 Whitman Ln SE, Lacey
Safeway — 4700 Yelm Hwy SE, Lacey
Safeway — 717 State Route 9 NE, Lake Stevens
Safeway — 2930 Ocean Beach Hwy, Longview
QFC — 7500 196th St SW Ste B, Lynnwood
Safeway — 19500 Hwy 99, Lynnwood
QFC — 22131 SE 237th St, Maple Valley
Safeway — 26916 Maple Valley Rd, Maple Valley
Haggen — 3711 88th St NE, Marysville
Safeway — 1258 State St, Marysville
QFC — 8421 SE 68th St, Mercer Island
QFC — 7823 SE 28th St, Mercer Island
Safeway — 16304 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Mill Creek
Safeway — 19651 Hwy 2, Monroe
QFC — 22803 44th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace
Safeway — 315 E College Way, Mt Vernon
QFC — 11700 Mukilteo Speedway, Mukilteo
QFC — 6940 Coal Creek Pkwy SE, Newcastle
QFC — 460 E North Bend Way, North Bend
Haggen — 31565 State Route 20 #1, Oak Harbor
Haggen — 1313 Cooper Point Rd SW, Olympia
Safeway — 4280 Martin Way E, Olympia
QFC — 1890 Irondale Rd, Port Hadlock
Albertsons — 1434 Olney Ave SE, Port Orchard
Safeway — 3355 Bethel Rd SE, Port Orchard
Safeway — 370 SW Sedgwick Rd, Port Orchard
QFC — 515 Sheridan St, Port Townsend
Safeway — 708 Shaw Rd, Puyallup
Safeway — 611 S Meridian, Puyallup
QFC — 15800 Redmond Way, Redmond
QFC — 8867 161st Ave NE, Redmond
QFC — 23475 NE Novelty Hill Rd, Redmond
Safeway — 15000 NE 24th, Redmond
QFC — 4800 NE 4th St, Renton
Safeway — 200 S 3rd St, Renton
QFC — 2902 228th Ave SE, Sammamish
QFC — 17847 1st Ave S, Seattle
QFC — 1600 W Dravus St, Seattle
QFC — 2500 SW Barton St, Seattle
QFC — 1401 Broadway, Seattle
QFC — 2707 Rainier Ave S, Seattle
QFC — 1531 NE 145th St, Seattle
QFC — 11100 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle
QFC — 4500 Wallingford Ave N, Seattle
QFC — 9999 Holman Rd NW, Seattle
QFC — 500 Mercer St, Seattle
QFC — 4550 42nd Ave SW, Seattle
QFC — 417 Broadway E #2, Seattle
QFC — 5700 24th Ave NW, Seattle
Safeway — 8340 15th Ave NW, Seattle
Safeway — 2622 California Ave SW, Seattle
Safeway — 7340 35th Ave NE, Seattle
QFC — 990 E Washington St, Sequim
Safeway — 600 Franklin St, Shelton
QFC — 600 NW Richmond Beach Rd, Shoreline
Haggen — 1301 Ave D, Snohomish
Safeway — 1119 13th St, Snohomish
Safeway — 2509 E 29th Ave, Spokane
Safeway — 14020 E Sprague Ave, Spokane
QFC — 27008 92nd Ave NW, Stanwood
QFC — 11104 Pacific Ave S, Tacoma
QFC — 4101 49th Ave NE, Tacoma
Safeway — 1624 72nd St E, Tacoma
Safeway — 2637 N Pearl St, Tacoma
Safeway — 3842 Bridgeport Way, Tacoma
Safeway — 705 Trosper Rd SW, Tumwater
Safeway — 500 Cleveland Ave SE, Tumwater
QFC — 3505 SE 192nd Ave, Vancouver
Safeway — 6701 E Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver
Safeway — 6711 NE 63rd St, Vancouver
Safeway — 408 NE 81st St, Vancouver
Safeway — 2615 NE 112th Ave, Vancouver
Safeway — 6700 NE 162nd Ave Ste 500, Vancouver
Safeway — 13023 NE Hwy 99 Ste 1, Vancouver
Safeway — 3707 N Main St, Vancouver
Safeway — 14300 NE 20th Ave, Vancouver
Haggen — 17641 Garden Way NE, Woodinville
Safeway — 5702 Summitview Ave, Yakima

Kroger and Albertsons announced their planned merger in Oct. 2022. The companies say it’s necessary so they can better compete with Walmart, Amazon and other big rivals.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.