Kroger and Safeway parent company would divest almost 600 stores as part of merger

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Kroger and Albertsons are set to divest almost 600 stores as part of a proposed merger.

Should the merger go through, multiple states will experience divestments of Kroger and Albertsons stores within the double digits, and there would be even more in Washington and Arizona, with 124 and 101 closures, respectively. There would be 63 store divestments in California, meanwhile, and 91 in Colorado.

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