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Found this news headline:

"Albertsons to bring back storied Montana name Buttrey Food & Drug"

Albertsons will convert all 30 of its Montana stores to the Buttrey Food & Drug name, citing local history. The Laurel store will open as Buttrey.






If you want to know why this is happening: Check today's date.

Plan changed, banner used will be Super Saver.

Slogan to be Crazy about savings.

Alpha Beta private label coming back to support this format, have to wait for Kroger deal close to get that part to happen.

April Fools!!!!!

Post Kroger, they will bring back the Smith's Food and Drug brand in markets where it is remembered with particular fondness, like Cody, Wyoming; Butte, Montana; and Billings, Montana.

kr.abs.swy wrote: ↑April 3rd, 2023, 8:11 pm Post Kroger, they will bring back the Smith's Food and Drug brand in markets where it is remembered with particular fondness, like Cody, Wyoming; Butte, Montana; and Billings, Montana.

Beyond those markets they really want to bring Smiths back to Cheyenne also. It has been determined that King Soopers is not the right banner to use in Cheyenne.

Actually Cheyenne currently has a very high volume King Soopers, two okay volume Albertsons, and one nice but historically low volume Safeway. I think the Safeway has been doing better in recent years and would make a good King Soopers. The Albertsons are former Buttrey units and seem too small.

wyoretailman wrote: ↑April 3rd, 2023, 10:26 am April Fools!!!!!

Great to have a little fun here on Retail Watchers sometimes.