This is something that these days, you definitely do not see abandoned too often. Do you have an abandoned Albertsons near you? If not, what grocery stores do you have abandoned near you? Let's chat!
Yes, I do actually but not a repurposed one rather than a closed one. I live right around the corner from a former Albertsons that is now a middle eastern grocery store. Albertsons pulled out of the Houston area in 2002 or so, and sold many of their locations to either Kroger or Safeway-owned Randalls (which ownership of these stores would go full circle due to the Albertsons/Safeway merger).
@@christiangonzales7429 It's crazy how they kept divesting locations to each other back then. Happened a lot between 1990 and 2005 even here in Cheyenne!
@@christiangonzales7429 Yeah, seemingly. I guess part of it at the time was also legal constraints, but seeing what they did the decade following, I think you said it best.
Thanks! fortunately, Albertsons isn't all gone. They are still the parent company of loads of stores including Safeway. They do still have some stores including the two here in Cheyenne, and at least the ones here, I don't foresee disappearing anytime soon. That being said though, it was also one of the main stores I always went to as a kid and still is today.
It is definitely of decent size. I would say it looks as big if not bigger than the Safeway at Cole Shopping Center in Cheyenne, Wy (don't quote me, I never did measurements to see) and that was a decent sized store.
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lol. I wouldn't say it was the main cause, but it couldn't have helped any, and the timing suggests it was at least an influence for the choice to close. In my research, it was said that the vicinity could easily handle having the two supermarkets. In addition, around the same time frame, they were starting to close loads of other Albertsons in Colorado. They weren't dying since the year after this closure, they bought Safeway, but they weren't doing the greatest at that point either. Even at that point in time after the weird dual Albertsons company chaos was solved, I still had several occurances of seeing out-of-date food on the shelf at locations up here in Cheyenne (although I guess that doesn't speak for this specific location so I'd need a regular from the time and that store who could confirm or deny this possibility).
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This is something that these days, you definitely do not see abandoned too often. Do you have an abandoned Albertsons near you? If not, what grocery stores do you have abandoned near you? Let's chat!
Yes, I do actually but not a repurposed one rather than a closed one. I live right around the corner from a former Albertsons that is now a middle eastern grocery store. Albertsons pulled out of the Houston area in 2002 or so, and sold many of their locations to either Kroger or Safeway-owned Randalls (which ownership of these stores would go full circle due to the Albertsons/Safeway merger).
@@christiangonzales7429 It's crazy how they kept divesting locations to each other back then. Happened a lot between 1990 and 2005 even here in Cheyenne!
@@OptopolisAlbertsons was really trying to find themselves during that time, weren't they?
@@christiangonzales7429 Yeah, seemingly. I guess part of it at the time was also legal constraints, but seeing what they did the decade following, I think you said it best.
I have one very close to my house
I remember albertsons but more down south when I was in the military
In the day, definitely were more widespread further south based on what I have heard about their past!
For some reason this video really makes me want to get out and record some old Rainbow Foods in Minneapolis area
Haha fair tho! Even imo, this video has at least come closer to what I shared in my community post this morning.
I remember coming to this albertsons back then before it closed
@@RamiroDiaz-hq2dc I don't know if I visited this one when it was open, but I definitely had veen by the area back when it was open.
One of my local Macy's which is a Bloomingdales Outlet is closing in Estero.
I heard they were starting to close more locations. Oof.
@@Optopolis Only one Bed Bath & Beyond is closing which is in Orange City.
At least in Florida.
Don't have an Albertsons here in ND unfortunately but I heard that Dollar General has expanded to ND in the recent years
Wouldn't surprise me! DG are just about everywhere these days!
I'm loving the music choice! Thats sad to see the store close I grew going to albertsons!!!
Thanks! fortunately, Albertsons isn't all gone. They are still the parent company of loads of stores including Safeway. They do still have some stores including the two here in Cheyenne, and at least the ones here, I don't foresee disappearing anytime soon. That being said though, it was also one of the main stores I always went to as a kid and still is today.
that is interesting how alberstsons closed, since it bigger one
It is definitely of decent size. I would say it looks as big if not bigger than the Safeway at Cole Shopping Center in Cheyenne, Wy (don't quote me, I never did measurements to see) and that was a decent sized store.
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So King Soopers basically killed this Albertsons... just like the graffiti on the window said "All wrong!"
lol. I wouldn't say it was the main cause, but it couldn't have helped any, and the timing suggests it was at least an influence for the choice to close. In my research, it was said that the vicinity could easily handle having the two supermarkets.
In addition, around the same time frame, they were starting to close loads of other Albertsons in Colorado. They weren't dying since the year after this closure, they bought Safeway, but they weren't doing the greatest at that point either. Even at that point in time after the weird dual Albertsons company chaos was solved, I still had several occurances of seeing out-of-date food on the shelf at locations up here in Cheyenne (although I guess that doesn't speak for this specific location so I'd need a regular from the time and that store who could confirm or deny this possibility).