date:Oct 25, 2018
om Albertsons Cos. under the Publix banner on November 1. The three stores were the last vestige of Albertsons 43-year stay in the Sunshine State. Publix a decade ago bought the vast majority of Albertsons stores in Florida and converted them to the Publix banner. Albertsons held on to three locations, only to remodel them to the Safeway banner two years ago, leading to speculation those could be used as a base to acquire additional stores. Instead, the stores in Altamonte Springs, Largo and Oak