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===United Supermarkets acquisition=== On September 9, 2013, the company acquired [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]]-based supermarket [[United Supermarkets|United Supermarkets LLC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albertsons.com/2013/09/albertsons-llc-to-acquire-united-supermarkets-llc |title=Albertson's LLC to Acquire United Supermarkets LLC |publisher=Albertson's LLC |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date=February 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201170653/http://www.albertsons.com/2013/09/albertsons-llc-to-acquire-united-supermarkets-llc/ |archive-date=December 1, 2013 }}</ref> On February 4, 2014, the [[Federal Trade Commission|FTC]] voted 4β0 to approve the deal. The acquisition deal cost Albertsons $385 million and required Albertsons to sell its single stores in the [[Amarillo, Texas]], and [[Wichita Falls, Texas]], markets.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2014-02-04/ftc-gives-final-approval-united-albertsons-merger|title=FTC gives final approval for United-Albertsons merger|newspaper=Amarillo Globe-News|date=February 4, 2014|access-date=February 13, 2014|archive-date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227155740/http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2014-02-04/ftc-gives-final-approval-united-albertsons-merger|url-status=live}}</ref> The United Supermarkets family brands include Market Street, Amigos, and United Express.<ref name="The United Family">{{cite web|url=http://www.unitedtexas.com/our-company/our-stores|title=Serving Texans in the Texas tradition|publisher=United Texas, LLC|access-date=February 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209014251/http://unitedtexas.com/our-company/our-stores|archive-date=February 9, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the deal was finalized, the Albertsons Market brand was revived for Albertsons stores operated by United. The first to be branded as such opened in [[Alamogordo, New Mexico]], in January 2015.
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