Editing Albertsons (section)

===Announcement and postponement of going public and A&P acquisition===
After several months of rumors, the combined operation announced it would go public as Albertsons Companies, Inc. (the new name of AB Acquisition LLC). Albertsons attempted to IPO with the ticker ABS on October 14, 2015, planning to raise as much as $1.7 billion, selling 65.3 million shares with a range of $23 - $26 per share. However, the company postponed the listing due to market conditions, particularly after Wal-Mart warned of more challenged sales earlier that day. Albertsons has reportedly postponed the IPO indefinitely, as of October 2015.<ref name="albertsons.com"/> All during this time, Albertsons continued to expand, purchasing 70 stores owned by the bankrupt [[Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company]] (operating under the names of [[The Food Emporium]], A&P, A&P Fresh, [[Superfresh]], and [[Pathmark]]), which were quickly reopened as [[ACME Markets|ACME]] stores after two-day store resets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://producenews.com/news-dep-menu/test-featured/16930-acme-stop-shop-reduce-a-p-purchases|title=ACME, Stop & Shop reduce A&P purchases|website=Producenews.com|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312053255/http://producenews.com/news-dep-menu/test-featured/16930-acme-stop-shop-reduce-a-p-purchases|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acmemarkets.com/2015/10/acme-getting-better-every-day/|title=ACME: Getting Better Every Day!|website=Acme|access-date=December 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923051003/http://www.acmemarkets.com/2015/10/acme-getting-better-every-day/|archive-date=September 23, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>