Fresh from its success in San Antonio and Dallas and toward the beginning of a heavy expansion push, Albertsons established a move toward Houston around 1990 with a new store in Conroe, Texas, and existing stores in Louisiana (including an Albertsons store they had kept from the Skaggs days). At the time yet, Albertsons did not have an "official" Houston division, but that would soon change. After dabbling in areas around Houston like College Station or east Texas, Albertsons moved full force into the Houston market in 1995, which was dominated by strong local regional Randalls, Kroger, the Food Lion-sized H-E-B Pantry concept (small but numerous), and ethnic food retailers. The area got its own distribution center in 1996 in Katy and its own division proper in January 2001. Albertsons stores grew to be numerous in the Houston area through a vast variety of neighborhoods. The stores were modern and large and a few even included outdoor lawn and garden departments. However, it wasn't to last. They weren't as cheap as H-E-B, weren't as large as Randalls, and weren't as well-established as Kroger.

In the end, heavy competition and bad locations did in Albertsons, as well as the integration problems of American Stores. In 2002, Albertsons pulled out of the Houston area and its suburbs, as well as terminating expansion into the Gulf Coast (it had reached Mississippi and might have touched the Florida Division in a different timeline). The Bryan-College Station stores and the Louisiana stores were spared, being sent to the Dallas-Fort Worth division (though the Louisiana stores went to Florida for a very short time). Two years later, what was left suffered another defeat when Albertsons pulled out of the New Orleans market. It went with Albertsons LLC in 2006 and continued on, with the last Bryan-College Station store closing in 2011. Two stores in Louisiana did open during this time, but it was clear their best years were behind them. In 2015, the Louisiana stores (now part of the "South" division) were realigned with the new Houston Division, created out of the old Texas Division of Safeway. Joined with Randalls in Houston and Austin, the remaining stores were renumbered, which I have attempted to mark here. However, it was not to last, and in spring 2017 it was announced that the Houston Division would be combined (again) with the South Division.


While I did discover some of these my own (like #2797, truly a lucky break), a big hand goes to the following sources:
* Houston Historic Retail, for giving me inspiration to start this list for my own website (much of the list was built off of old store closings lists, not his, and the store numbering was based off of mine)
* This site for giving most of the remaining Texas locations with store numbers
* Louisiana Lightning for the LA stores and numbers
* Many of the rest (but not all) of the store numbers came with the assistance of Albertsons Florida Blog

Store #	Address	Shopping Center	City	St	Zip Code	County	Store Info/History
2701	301 S. College Avenue	University Square	College Station	TX	77840	Brazos	Opened in 1971 as a Skaggs Albertsons, rebranded to Skaggs Alpha Beta in 1979, then Jewel-Osco in 1991. Sold to Albertsons in 1992. Closed 11/97 in favor of #2758. Demolished in 2012.
2702	2205 Longmire Drive		College Station	TX	77845	Brazos	Opened 1991, closed June 2008. Partially demolished in late 2009 for Walmart expansion and remained vacant until construction of Altitude Trampoline Park began in 2017. The store numbering was given later.
2703	12555 Briar Forest Drive		Houston	TX		Harris	Opened 1995. One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002.
2704	7430 Spencer Hwy.		Pasadena	TX	77505	Harris	This hasn't been occupied since Albertsons left, which may have been at least 2001.
2705	7530 Westheimer Road		Houston	TX		Harris	Opened November 1995, closed April 2002. Building divided between REI and Linens N Things (later DSW). Neither take address today.
2706	4425 FM 1960		Houston	TX	77068	Harris	Converted to a 24 Hour Fitness after closure in April 2002.
2707	15875 FM 529		Houston	TX	77092	Harris	Opened 1995, now a Food Town. (1 of 4)
2708	10535 Jones Road		Houston	TX	77065	Harris	One of the first stores in the Houston area and moved c. 2000. Divided into smaller shops: there's Tuscany Village Salon and Cosmic Jump, but the rest is vacant.
2709	2950 College Drive		Baton Rouge	LA	70808	East Baton Rouge	Opened March 1992 as per Baton Rouge Advocate. Later became #709 after Safeway buyout.
2710	11321 Florida Boulevard		Baton Rouge	LA	70815	East Baton Rouge	Opened in 1975 as a Skaggs Albertsons, but converted to Albertsons in late 1977 or very early 1978. Converted to a Super Saver (#1550) in mid-2005 but closed in June 2006.
2711	7515 Perkins Road	Essen Village	Baton Rouge	LA	70808	East Baton Rouge	According to newspapers, this store appears to have been opened in 1980. An Albertsons Express was later built.
2712	9650 Airline Highway		Baton Rouge	LA	70815	East Baton Rouge	According to newspapers, this store appears to have been opened in 1985. Had Albertsons Express, but divested it in 2008. Renumbered to #712 after merger.
2713	15232 George O'Neal Rd.		Baton Rouge	LA		East Baton Rouge	According to newspapers, this store appears to have been opened in 1990 (under construction in June 1990)
2714	1801 West Thomas		Hammond	LA	70401	Tangipahoa	Has been open since at least '98.
2715	2265 S. MacArthur Drive		Alexandria	LA	71301		Currently open though renumbered to #3215 after the Safeway merger.
2716	110 Gause Blvd. W.		Slidell	LA	70460		Sold to Sav-A-Center in 2004, which flipped the store to Rouses in 2007.
2717	4060 Ryan Street		Lake Charles	LA			Currently open.
2718	1818 NE Evangeline Thwy.	Northgate Mall	Lafayette	LA	70501		Opened 1998 as part of a redevelopment at Northgate Mall, and closed January 2012.
2719	4400 Ambassador Caffery		Lafayette	LA			Currently open.
2720	2678 Johnston Street		Lafayette	LA			Currently open. Renamed to #120 after merger.
2721	604 Hwy. 332		Lake Jackson	TX	77566		Originally opened around 1985, closed in May 2002 and sold to Randalls, which reopened it later that year but closed in 2013.
2722	3955 Phelan Blvd		Beaumont	TX	77077		Now a rather large and upscale Market Basket.
2723	220 S. Loop 336		Conroe	TX	77304		Opened around 1989. One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002.
2724	3442 Palmer Hwy.		Texas City	TX	77590		Part of it is now Dollar Tree. Something took the rest of it (Goodwill?), but that's now vacant. Apparently a former Randalls later sold.
2725	111 North Timberland Drive		Lufkin	TX	75901		Closed in April 2002 and reopened as an H-E-B later.
2726	525 S. Fry Road		Katy	TX	77450		Closed May 2002 and reopened as Randalls after renovations.
2727	3517 N. Main St.		Baytown	TX	77521		Now a Food Town. It looks like it had an Albertsons Express, since removed.
2728	14625 Beechnut Street		Houston	TX	77083		Closed 2002, reopened in 2005 as World Food Warehouse. Most fixtures kept intact.
2729	10010 Cypresswood Drive		Houston	TX	77070		Opened 1996(?). One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002. Includes a full gas station built by Albertsons
2730	19750 North Freeway		Spring	TX	77373		Divided between Conn's and Sears Outlet. While Sears Outlet takes the address, Conn's (19746 North Freeway) takes most of the space.
2731	4811 N. Highway 6		Missouri City	TX	77489		Divided between Star Cinema Grill and TITLE Boxing Club (Star Cinema Grill takes the address).
2732	16811 El Camino Real		Clear Lake	TX	77085		Closed 2002, became H-E-B later that year.
2733	7506 FM 1960 East		Atascocita	TX	77346		Closed before 2001.
2734	3830 West Davis St.		Conroe	TX	77304		One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002.
2735	2250 Buckhorne Place		The Woodlands	TX	77380		Purchased and reopened by Randalls, presumably opening 2002
2736	151 N. Friendswood Drive		Friendswood	TX	77506		One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002.
2737	14500 Plank Road		Baker	LA	70714		Originally Kmart, Albertsons opened here in May 1996 (though didn't take up the whole space, only about 57k square feet). It is believed to have closed in 2006.
2738	2851 Belle Chasse Hwy.		Gretna	LA	70056		Sold to Sav-A-Center in 2004, which flipped the store to Rouses in 2007.
2739	50 Park Place		Covington	LA	70433		Likely became Rouses in 2004, as it already was open as such by the time A&P sold out.
2740	4800 Highway 365		Port Arthur	TX	77642		Closed in April 2002 but has since reopened as an H-E-B.
2741	10251 Kempwood		Houston	TX	77043		Closed April 2002, reopened in 2003 as an H-E-B (src: bizjournals). Gas stations still look very Albertsons Express-esque
2742	1630 Spencer Highway		South Houston	TX	77587		Closed 2002, reopened as H-E-B later that year. Closed in 2005 for conversion into "Mi Tienda", which opened 2006
2743	20851 FM 1485 W.		New Caney	TX	77357		Later Gerland's Food Fair, converted to Food Town
2744	250 S. FM 270		League City	TX	77573		One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002.
2745	7121 Broadway		Pearland	TX	77581		Sold to Food Town (Lewis Food Town) in 2002 along with three others.
2746							I believe this was a cancelled Baton Rouge store. See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2747	15128 Airline Highway		Baton Rouge	LA		East Baton Rouge	Opened January 2001. Built with a Lawn & Garden center (now liquor) and an Albertsons Express (now Valero)
2748	1603 N. Airline Highway		Gonzales	LA		East Baton Rouge	Converted to Super Saver before closing for good (likely 2006). The building is still vacant, but they built a Walgreens in front of it.
2749	8950 Greenwell Springs Road		Baton Rouge	LA		East Baton Rouge	Converted to Super Saver before closing for good (likely 2006). The building is appears to be a medical supply company, but they built a RaceTrac in front of it that uses the address.
2750	4857 Government Street		Baton Rouge	LA			Still open.
2751	1890 FM 359		Richmond	TX	77469		Converted to Randalls after Albertsons pull-out in 2002.
2752	4303 Kingwood Drive		Kingwood	TX	77339		Closed 2002 and reopened as H-E-B in June 2003 which maintained most of its facade. Closed October 2016 when H-E-B built a new store.
2753	9725 Fondren		Houston	TX	77096		Closed in April 2002 and reopened as Lewis Food Town (Food Town) in April 2006.
2754	8000 Research Forest Drive		The Woodlands	TX	77380		One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002.
2755	9525 S. Kirkwood Road		Houston	TX	77099		One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002. Closed around 2005, now Food Town.
2756	1210 Albertson Parkway		Broussard	LA			Still open.
2757	2770 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. W.		Houston	TX		Harris	Sold to Food Town.
2758	615 University Drive East		College Station	TX		Brazos	Opened 1991 as a Randalls, closed and sold to Albertsons, which opened it in November 1997. Closed October 2011.
2759	1838 E. Sam Houston Pkwy. S.		Pasadena	TX			Originally Randalls, sold to Albertsons in 1997
2760	1500 W. Grand Parkway S.		Katy	TX			One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002.
2761	11701 E. Sam Houston Pkwy.		Houston	TX	77089		One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002.
2762	18322 Clay Road		Houston	TX	77084		Sold to Randalls in 2002. Their current number is coincidentally "2672", go figure
2763	4750 Spring Cypress		Spring	TX	77379		Around 2012 after being a vacant for a decade (closed 2002), part of it became a drivers license facility with a slight change in address (4740)
2764	1421 Beglis Parkway		Sulphur	LA	70663		One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002. Retains Albertsons "Food" and "Pharmacy" signs
2765							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2766	9125 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. N.		Houston	TX	77061		One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002. Included an Albertsons Express, which is still run by Kroger.
2767	1740 Baronne Street		New Orleans	LA	70113		Unbuilt, an apartment complex called "The Muses" ended up being built instead. Address listed is apartment complex.
2768	5620 West Tidwell		Houston	TX	77059		Closed February 2002. Later reopened as a Kroger, but it didn't last more than a few years afterward. An Albertsons Express was on the other side of the tracks, now "Fuel Depot".
2769	12603 Louetta Road		Houston	TX			Converted into a variety of smaller shops
2770							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2771	5696 Highway 1 Bypass		Natchitoches	LA	71457		Sold to Brookshire's possibly around in 2002. Possibly the northern-most Houston division store in Louisiana.
2772							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2773	1770 East T.C. Jester Pkwy.		Houston	TX	77008		Opened late 1999 or early 2000. Became Heights Self Storage after closure, parking lot partially removed. Around April 2016, became "LifeStorage"
2774	3502 Williams Blvd.		Kenner	LA			From existing evidence, it appears this store opened in the late 1990s or early 2000s on the site of a former Canal Villere, but closed in 2004 and replaced by a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market by 2006.
2775	2863 Ambassador Caffery		Lafayette	LA			Built in 2002 with a Lawn & Garden (now Liquor) store. Renumbered to #775 after merger.
2776	14060 FM 2920		Tomball	TX			Unbuilt, opened as Kroger. Looks like it was offered as surplus as early as 2000.
2777	3135 FM 528		Friendswood	TX			One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002.
2778	5807 E. Sam Houston Pkwy. N.	New Forest Crossing	Houston	TX			Divided into a Big Lots (5807) and 99¢ Only Stores (5809). A garden center originally existed, though it was demolished for a Payless ShoeSource.
2779							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2780	7747 Kirby Drive		Houston	TX			One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002. Retains old Food and Pharmacy signs
2781	19900 Southwest Freeway		Houston	TX			Unbuilt, eventually opened as an H-E-B
2782	15226 Crossroads Parkway	Crossroads Center	Gulfport	MS			Opened August 1999 and closed February 2002. Reopened as Belk in March 2003.
2783							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2784							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2785	5912 Highway 49 N	Cloverleaf Mall	Hattiesburg	MS			Replaced an unknown department store anchor, operated from 1998 to December 2001, now Dirt Cheap Building Supplies. Did it ever open to the mall interior?
2786							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2787	12434 Texas State Highway 249		Houston	TX	77086		Unbuilt, was built as a Kroger Signature store.
2788	11565 Texas State Highway 6		Sugar Land	TX			Sold to Kroger.
2789	5151 Lapalco Blvd.		Marrero	LA	70072		Now Fort Knox Self Storage, but originally a Schwegmann (likely closed in 1999). Internet records refer to this store's pharmacy, so it did open (if briefly). The massive square footage (over 100k square feet) suggests that Albertsons only occupied a portion of the building.
2790	12400 FM 1960 West		Houston	TX	77065	Harris	Opened 2000 and closed in April 2002 as the first round of closures. However, it was one of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002, which reopened it.
2791	12466 Interstate 45 Frontg. Rd.		Willis	TX	77378		Opened 2001. One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002. Closed after a new Kroger Marketplace was built across the road, at least partially Goodwill today
2792	9960 Bluebonnet Blvd.		Baton Rouge	LA	70810	East Baton Rouge	Currently open.
2793	3400 Tulane Avenue		New Orleans	LA	70119		Now a Goodwill
2794	8745 Spring Cypress		Spring	TX	77379		One of the 17 stores sold to Kroger in May 2002. Sometime around 2015 Kroger expanded the store by about 50%.
2795							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2796	1901 Texas Avenue S.	Townshire	Bryan	TX		Brazos	Opened 2002 as part of a shopping center redevelopment. Closed summer 2006, reopened as Walmart Neighborhood Market in summer 2013, which closed January 2016. Gas station built and reopened as independent before Walmart opened.
2797	301 S. College Avenue	University Square	College Station	TX	77840	Brazos	Unbuilt. Would've renovated and reopened #2701 as "Albertsons University Market".
2798	2750 Country Club Road		Lake Charles	LA
2799							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2801	Gause Blvd. and I-10		Slidell	LA			Unbuilt, Albertsons had planned to redevelop a former Wal-Mart here
2802							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2803							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2804							Bizarrely, this number is now in use for a Las Vegas Albertsons.
2805							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2806							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2807							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2808							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2809							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2810							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2811	FM 1960 West and Ella Blvd.		Houston	TX			Unbuilt, Albertsons would've been built on the southeast corner
2812							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2813							See "Unknown Numbers" below.
2814	3450 US 190		Mandeville	LA			Opened around 2000-2001 in a former Delchamps Premier and sold the store to Sav-A-Center in 2004. Albertsons reopened the store after Sav-A-Center's demise in 2009 but it closed in 2015 for F21 Red and Whole Foods Market.
2815	1951 Barataria Blvd.		Marrero	LA			Former Delchamps which Albertsons moved into after closing #2789, closed 2004, now a grocery store called "The Budget Saver"
2816
2817
2818
2819	6616 FM 1488		Magnolia	TX			Unbuilt, Albertsons had already given up on this plot circa 2001 and was trying to sell it.
27??	Hooper and Joor Road		Baton Rouge	LA			Albertsons planned to build here in 1998 and ultimately pulled out (Walmart NM is building). Likely #2746.
27FH	6350 Eldridge Parkway		Houston	TX			Unbuilt, opened as Kroger even though construction had started as Albertsons.
27FG	Dairy Ashford and Westpark Rd.		Houston	TX			Unbuilt. Now home to a Walgreens and small shopping center.

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