A handful of Albertsons, Market Street and Tom Thumb stores in Texas would be sold off to C&S Wholesale Grocers in the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons.
The sale will come if and when regulators give final approval to a merger of the Kroger and Albertsons grocery chains. The deal would require Kroger/Albertsons to divest 28 stores in Texas, including 26 in DFW, the Dallas Morning News reported.
The two chains plan to sell off 579 stores under various brands nationwide. C&S Wholesale Grocers in Keene, New Hampshire, is lined up as a buyer who has committed to continuing operations of the locations. None of them area expected to close.
Kroger and Albertsons are expected to go to court in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission next month for a final ruling on the merger.
Twenty-six of the locations of brands owned by Albertsons that are due to be sold to C&S are in DFW, and two are in the Houston area.
- Market Street — 985 West Bethany Drive, Allen
- Albertsons — 6220 U.S. Highway 287, Arlington
- Albertsons — 301 Southwest Plaza Shopping Center, Arlington
- Tom Thumb — 1701 West Randol Mill Road, Arlington
- Tom Thumb — 2755 North Collins, Arlington
- Tom Thumb — 6333 East Mockingbird Lane, Dallas
- Albertsons — 2321 West University Drive, Denton
- Albertsons — 1155 North Main Street, Euless
- Market Street — 3800 Long Prairie Road, Flower Mound
- Tom Thumb — 4301 Cross Timbers Road, Flower Mound
- Market Street — 11999 Dallas Parkway, Frisco
- Market Street — 4268 Legacy Drive, Frisco
- Tom Thumb — 4848 Preston Road, Frisco
- Tom Thumb — 5550 FM 423, Frisco
- Randalls — 2931 Central City Boulevard, Galveston
- Randalls — 14610 Memorial Drive, Houston
- Tom Thumb — 612 Grapevine Hwy, Hurst
- Tom Thumb — 1000 Keller Parkway, Keller
- Market Street — 3145 E. Broad Street, Mansfield
- Market Street — 6100 West Eldorado Parkway, McKinney
- Tom Thumb — 6800 West Virginia Parkway, McKinney
- Tom Thumb — 1501 Pioneer Road, Mesquite
- Tom Thumb — 3945 Legacy Drive, Plano
- Tom Thumb — 1380 West Campbell Road, Richardson
- Tom Thumb — 3070 North Goliad, Rockwall
- Tom Thumb — 551 Laurence Drive, Rockwall
- Albertsons — 1201 North Saginaw Blvd., Saginaw
- Tom Thumb — 101 Trophy Lake Drive, Trophy Club