Editing Albertsons (section)

===Safeway acquisition===
On February 19, 2014, [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]] began to explore selling itself, and by February 21, 2014, it was in advanced negotiations with [[Cerberus Capital Management]].<ref name=Reuters>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/safeway-cerberus-idUSL2N0LP2UJ20140221|title=Cerberus in advanced talks to buy Safeway|work=[[Reuters]]|date=February 21, 2014|access-date=February 21, 2014|archive-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228163125/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/21/safeway-cerberus-idUSL2N0LP2UJ20140221|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 6, 2014, Cerberus (parent company of Albertsons) announced it would purchase Safeway for $9.4 billion in a deal expected to close in the 4th quarter of the year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Albertsons Owner to Buy Safeway for More than $9 Billion|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/albertsons-owner-buy-safeway-more-9-billion-n46416|work=NBC News|date=March 6, 2014|access-date=October 7, 2019|archive-date=March 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318005059/https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/albertsons-owner-buy-safeway-more-9-billion-n46416|url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 25, 2014, Safeway stockholders approved the merger with Albertsons.<ref name="merger" />

In December 2014, Albertsons announced that the [[Haggen Food & Pharmacy|Haggen Company]], a Bellingham, Washington, based grocery chain, was buying 146 Safeway, Albertsons and Vons stores, as required by the antitrust review of the merger.<ref>{{cite news|title=Washington-based Haggen grocery chain buying 146 Albertson, Safeway stores in the West|url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2014/12/20/washington-based-haggen-grocery-chain-buying-146-albertson-safeway-stores-in/|work=[[Fox Business Network]]|date=December 20, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326071540/http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2014/12/20/washington-based-haggen-grocery-chain-buying-146-albertson-safeway-stores-in/|archive-date=March 26, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

On January 30, 2015, Albertsons officially acquired Safeway Inc. after being cleared by the FTC,<ref name=donedeal>{{cite news|first=Maria|last=Halkias|title=It's a done deal: Albertsons and Safeway merger is complete|url=http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/its-a-done-deal-albertsons-and-safeway-merger-is-complete.html|newspaper=Dallas Morning News|date=January 30, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131092052/http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/its-a-done-deal-albertsons-and-safeway-merger-is-complete.html/|archive-date=January 31, 2015 }}</ref> thus giving it control of the Safeway store banners, including [[Randalls]], [[Tom Thumb (grocery store)|Tom Thumb]], [[Carrs Safeway]], [[Vons]], and [[Pavilions (supermarket)|Pavilions]], plus Safeway's 49% share of [[Casa Ley]], a [[Mexico|Mexican]] grocery chain.<ref>{{cite news|title=Safeway earnings may drop / Grocery chain blames slow sales, health costs|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/11/09/BU218934.DTL/|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=November 9, 2002}}</ref> Following the merger, Albertsons announced the new company would have 14 divisions led by three regional offices.<ref>{{cite web|title=Albertsons and Safeway Name Senior Leadership Team for Appointment Upon Completion of Proposed Merger|url=http://www.albertsons.com/albertsons-and-safeway-name-senior-leadership-team-for-appointment-upon-completion-of-proposed-merger/|publisher=Albertsons LLC|date=September 19, 2014|access-date=April 12, 2015|archive-date=April 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413024107/http://www.albertsons.com/albertsons-and-safeway-name-senior-leadership-team-for-appointment-upon-completion-of-proposed-merger/|url-status=live}}</ref>

;East Region
*[[Acme Markets|Acme Division]]: East Region, existing Acme Markets (based in [[Malvern, Pennsylvania|Malvern, PA]]).
*Eastern Division: East Region, existing Eastern Division of Safeway (based in [[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham, MD]]). Includes stores in Maryland and Virginia.
*[[Jewel-Osco|Jewel-Osco Division]]: East Region, existing Jewel-Osco (based in [[Itasca, Illinois|Itasca, IL]]).
*[[Shaw's|Shaw's Division]]: East Region, existing Shaw's/Star Market (based in [[West Bridgewater, Massachusetts|West Bridgewater, MA]]).
;North Region
*Denver Division: North Region, existing Safeway Denver division with some Albertsons stores from Intermountain.  Includes stores in most of Colorado (except for the [[Grand Junction, Colorado|Grand Junction]] stores which are part of Intermountain, and the [[Durango, Colorado|Durango]] stores which are part of Southwest), the eastern two-thirds of Wyoming, all of Nebraska and South Dakota, and [[Farmington, New Mexico]].
*Intermountain Division: North Region, most of the existing Albertsons division with some Safeway stores from the Seattle Division.  Includes all stores in North Dakota, most of Idaho except for the northern panhandle (which is part of the Seattle Division), most of Utah except for the far southern portion (which is part of the Southwest Division), northeastern Nevada, the western third of Wyoming, and stores in the Grand Junction, Colorado area.
*Northern California Division: North Region, existing Safeway division (based in [[Pleasanton, California]]). Includes stores in northern California and northwestern Nevada.
*Portland Division: North Region, existing Safeway Portland division with Albertsons stores from Northwestern in Oregon. Includes the entire state of Oregon except for [[Ontario, Oregon|Ontario]], plus [[Clark County, Washington]].
*Seattle Division: North Region, existing Safeway division with some Albertsons stores from Northwestern. Includes all stores in the state of Washington (except Clark County) and in the northern Idaho Panhandle.
[[File:Weatherford May 2017 42 (Albertsons).jpg|thumb|Albertsons in [[Weatherford, Texas]] in May 2017 (Store #4176)]]
;South Region
*Houston Division: South Region, existing [[Randalls]]/Tom Thumb division of Safeway, with the inclusion of South's Florida stores and southern Louisiana stores. Tom Thumb moved to Southern Division.  Includes stores in Houston and Austin-areas and all Louisiana and Florida stores.
*Southern Division: South Region, existing Albertsons South division (based in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]) combined with [[Tom Thumb (grocery store)|Tom Thumb]] stores.  Includes stores in northeastern Texas, northern Louisiana, and all of Arkansas. 
*Southern California Division: South Region, merged Vons Safeway division (excluding southern Nevada/Las Vegas stores, which became part of the new Southwest Division) with Albertsons division (based in [[Fullerton, California]]).  Includes stores in southern California.
*Southwest Division: South Region, merged Southwest Safeway and Albertsons divisions (based in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]).  Includes all stores in Arizona, southern Nevada, and Utah, most of New Mexico (except for Farmington which is part of the Denver Division and southeastern New Mexico which is part of the United Division), and [[El Paso, Texas]].
*[[United Supermarkets|United Division]]: South Region, existing United division (based in Lubbock). Includes stores in the Texas Panhandle and western Texas (excluding El Paso, which is part of the Southwest Division), and southeastern New Mexico.