Kroger, Albertsons, Stop & Shop top the week’s headlines

In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Kroger and Albertsons release list of stores to be divested under merger. Kroger and Albertsons have released a list of hundreds of stores that would be divested to C&S Wholesale Grocers if federal regulators approve its proposed $24.6 billion merger deal, and the states with the largest numbers include Washington, Arizona, and Colorado. Under the proposal, Kroger and Albertsons would divest stores in Washington (124), Arizona (101), Colorado (91), California (63), Oregon (62), Illinois (35), Texas (28), Nevada (16), and Alaska (18). 

More top stories, 

• Albertsons COO to lead C&S retail if Kroger merger deal approved
• Unions: Kroger, Albertsons divestiture list release ‘changes nothing’
• Stop & Shop releases list of 32 closing stores
• INTERACTIVE MAP: Kroger, Albertsons divestiture map reveals clusters of stores

In other news, big summer sales for members of loyalty programs with Amazon, Walmart, and Target are in full swing, but Kroger aims to give them a run for their money this year with its own Boost Bonus Days, the pure-play grocer announced on Tuesday. 

The Kroger sale runs from July 10-23, and Boost by Kroger Plus members will get access to discounts throughout the store and can claim free select items from Kroger’s private-label line of products. The grocer is also offering 50% off annual memberships to its Boost loyalty program. 

Other top stories:

• These are the 5 top performers in grocery ecommerce
• Private label sales on pace to exceed $250B
• INTERACTIVE MAP: Stop & Shop to close 32 stores
• Walmart class-action pricing lawsuit gets green light