Albertsons puts the Safeway -business employees in California

Albertsons dismissed more than 150 Safeway business workers in California, revealed in regulatory messages filed last month.

According to Warn messages filed on January 14, the company will eliminate 156 workers in a couple of offices in Pleasanton, California. The job cuts will take effect on February 22.

A spokesman for Albertsons said in an e -mail to Durmarky dive about redundancies that it has dismissed workers in his business and division support workforce in an attempt to cut back on his general and administrative expenses, but did not provide details of California’s redundancies.

While Albertsons would not reveal how many employees were dismissed or when, the company said “no store employee” was part of these cuts. Affected employees received “comprehensive support”, which includes severance packages with extended advantages and career support services, the spokesman added.

In mid -January, Albertsons confirmed Corporate redundancies in his office in PhoenixWith warning of messages that 225 Safeway employees based on the office were affected.

The redundancies come after the grocery company was sent Modest results from the third quarter After his failed fusion with Kroger. During his call with investors in early January, CEO Vivek Sankaran said Albertsons has “got to speed up our growth rates to compete with the very best in the industry.” He also said the chain is looking to cut $ 1.5 billion in expenses in the next three years.

Separately, warns warns filed at the end of last year, and in recent weeks it shows that two Safeway stores will close – one in Rockville, Maryland and another in San Francisco. A Safeway -Association Pharmacy in San Jose, California, is also ready to close. The messages say 205 employees will be affected.

Albertson did not comment on these closures.

Maryland Safeway store is planned for permanently close in April, and later in the year a new Wegmans store is designed to open less than half a kilometer away, local news site Mocoshow reported. Axios San Francisco reported that San Francisco Safeway will Permanently close to Friday.

Catherine Douglas Moran contributed reporting to this story.