Congratulations Albertsons Companies! Supermarket News selected Albertsons Companies as its Retailer of the Year for 2020. If you live around Chicago, this company is better known to you as Jewel-Osco.
This distinction is very well deserving as Albertsons has been having quite an amazing year. The company and its employees met the challenge of Covid-19 head-on, keeping the country stocked up on supplies and keeping everyone safe while shopping. As if that was not enough of an achievement, the company also went public, grew its private brands and improved its stores.
According to the article, Albertsons has 2,252 food and drug stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia under the banners Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs, Jewel-Osco, Acme, Shaw’s, Star Market, United Supermarkets, Market Street and Haggen. The company also operates 1,726 pharmacies, 402 fuel centers, 23 distribution centers and 20 manufacturing plants.
The following is a link to the store in Supermarket News –