Just read an article in the Durant newspaper saying Albertsons is seriously considering building a store there. They apparently have already had serious discussions with the city.

The article also said that Albertsons is actively looking for locations in Tulsa, OKC, Owasso, Lawton, Broken Arrow, Chickasha and Elk City..and a couple of other towns.

Anyone have any inside info on this?

Now that Albertsons owns Safeway, the United stores in Texas and Tom Thumb I guess it could be any one of the banners that come here if they decide to go forward.

Man, how many times does Albertson's have to come into Oklahoma and fail before they stop beating their heads on a wall?

I did hear they were a suitor for the Sprouts chain, which would then give them a presence back here. Who knows, perhaps the business market has changed in their view somehow. I was not aware they bought Safeway.

Man, how many times does Albertson's have to come into Oklahoma and fail before they stop beating their heads on a wall?

I did hear they were a suitor for the Sprouts chain, which would then give them a presence back here. Who knows, perhaps the business market has changed in their view somehow. I was not aware they bought Safeway.

See the Sprouts thread for discussion of Albertson's potential purchase of that chain:

http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=33803

The competition has only gotten more intense since they left. A lot more Walmart markets in the city.

This would be an actual Albertsons (or Tom Thumb or United)--not a Sprouts.

My understanding is that Albertsons is only considering Ardmore and smaller OK towns, not OKC or Tulsa.

My understanding is that Albertsons is only considering Ardmore and smaller OK towns, not OKC or Tulsa.

Interesting... Ardmore already has 5 grocery stores and two of those are never really very busy... Walmart, Homeland, and Aldi are always pretty busy.

Save-A-Lot has been there for a long time but I've never been in it and never see many cars there. it manages to stay in business though.

City Produce Company (a.k.a. Farmer's Market) has two locations in the area. One in Lone Grove and one downtown Ardmore but the one in Ardmore is so tucked away I'd bet even a lot of Ardmoreites don't know it's there.... They have an awesome butcher counter at both locations though.

If the Albertson's locations would be on par with the ones in DFW, I would be all for it and it would be very beneficial to the grocery market in OKC. However, if they neglect their stores like they did last time they were in this market, then they shouldn't even bother.

The competition has only gotten more intense since they left. A lot more Walmart markets in the city.

OKC has a lot of Wal-Mart shoppers who would shop elsewhere if there were more/better options. Traditional grocery stores compete with Wal-Mart everywhere so I don't see why they couldn't here. Albertson's would have to provide an overall superior product/experience to Wal-Mart however (which they didn't when they were in this market previously). I personally think they would do better here under the Tom Thumb banner than vanilla Albertson's.

They aren't coming to OKC.

OKC has a lot of Wal-Mart shoppers who would shop elsewhere if there were more/better options. Traditional grocery stores compete with Wal-Mart everywhere so I don't see why they couldn't here. Albertson's would have to provide an overall superior product/experience to Wal-Mart however (which they didn't when they were in this market previously). I personally think they would do better here under the Tom Thumb banner than vanilla Albertson's.

I agree that Tom Thumb would be a better brand to bring to Oklahoma. People have already made up their minds on the Albertson's brand and it hasn't been long enough to forget it.