Albertsons Companies, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, operating more than 2,200 stores across 34+ states under banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Acme, and others, plus pharmacies, fuel stations and a growing e-commerce and media business (Albertsons Media Collective). Founded by Joe Albertson in Boise, Idaho on 21 July 1939, it is led by CEO Susan Morris (president and CEO since May 2025, succeeding Vivek Sankaran) and employs on the order of hundreds of thousands of associates.