Carrs-Safeway
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Carrs–Safeway (formerly Carrs Quality Centers) is a
The proposed acquisition led to an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Alaska Public Interest Research Group, which was resolved by a consent decree reached between Safeway and the
As of 2010, there are 24 stores in Alaska, including: Anchorage, Fairbanks (both in multiple locations), Juneau, Kenai, Homer, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Nome, North Pole, Palmer, Seward, Soldotna, Valdez, Wasilla and Unalaska.[1][2]
History
Beginning
Laurence John "Larry" Carr (July 28, 1929 – May 12, 2011) moved to Anchorage, Alaska, in 1947 after graduating from high school in San Bernardino, California. After a short stint in management at the Alaska Railroad commissary, in which he hoped to make enough money to return to California and open a grocery store there, he instead became a competitor in the grocery business in Anchorage.
Carr opened his first store in a Quonset hut, located on the southern end of Gambell Street in the Eastchester (now known as Fairview) neighborhood of Anchorage, in February 1950. The location would prove to be beneficial, as Gambell Street, which became Potter Road after leaving the townsite limits and dead-ended several miles south of town at a railroad section house, soon became the northern terminus of the Seward Highway.
The name Carrs was derived from the original operating partnership of Larry Carr and his brother, Bernard Joseph Carr, Jr. They were joined by their father, Bernard Joseph "Pop" Carr, following his retirement from the
Another person involved in the company during its early days was Bernard J. "Barney" Gottstein. His father, Jacob B. Gottstein, started a wholesale grocery business in Anchorage when the town was founded in 1915. Carr and Gottstein began their formal business partnership in 1960, integrating retail and wholesale grocery operations and real estate development (particularly construction of shopping centers) into one company. Carr and Gottstein were also heavily involved during the 1960s in promoting the business and political career of a recent young arrival to Alaska named Mike Gravel.
1960s–1980s
The second Carrs location and associated construction, the Aurora Village Shopping Center, was built in 1966. The Mall at
These two malls began a pattern of Carrs Grocery and strip mall construction which followed for most of the next two decades. By the mid-1970s, there were Carrs stores throughout
1990s
Carrs stores were primarily located throughout the "Railbelt" area of Alaska. A subsidiary, Eagle Quality Centers, operated in numerous mid-sized and smaller Alaskan communities, both within and outside of the Railbelt. The company branched out into
Carr and Gottstein sold their business in a leveraged buyout to two senior executives of Carr-Gottstein: John Cairns, the company's general manager, and Mark Williams, Carr-Gottstein's vice-president of operations. The price was 250–300 million dollars for 13 Carrs Quality Centers, 15 Oaken Keg liquor stores, 3 Eagle Quality Centers, Gottstein wholesale food business, freight operations, and Carr-Gottstein Properties, a real estate development firm.[3] The company purchased the Fairbanks supermarket chain Super Valu (formerly Market Basket) in 1992.
Safeway merger
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In 1999,
C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC
On Friday September 8th, 2023 Kroger and Albertsons announced plans to sell off the Carrs brand name along with 14 stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC when Kroger and Albertsons merge in Early 2024.
Fuel stations
Carrs/Safeway customers receive fuel discounts when shopping at any participating Carrs/Safeway Store,[4] They must use a Club Card in order to receive points that eventually over time can turn into a discount unless you spent $100 or over in a transaction. A Customer earns points every dollar spent, spend $100 in one transaction and receive a discount for 10 Cents off a gallon up to 25 gallons, These discounts then can be racked up over time to save up to $1.00 off per gallon. Here is an example for points: ~100 Points=10 cents off ~200 Points=20 cents off ~300 Points=30 cents off and can lead up to 1000 points to equal $1.00 off per gallon at the pump. You can use your Carrs/Safeway Club Card at any Safeway store including Canada to earn points. To locate a Carrs/Safeway Fuel Center please visit the link below or to learn more about Carrs/Safeway Fuel Center
Carrs/Safeway Fuel Rewards[5] has been effective since mid 2011. Safeway adjusted the program in July 2012 for discounts and dropped the "Always get 3 cents off per gallon" discount as well as made the discount gallons drop from 30 gallons to 25 gallons; limiting customers on fuel.
This information is available at CarrsQC Fuel Reward Points[permanent dead link].
Since 2007 they have operated the 7 store chain "The Great Alaska Tobacco Co" as stand alone stores it is a division of Carrs.
References
- ^ "Safeway Locations". Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ^ "Carrs Locations". Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ^ "Carr-Gottstein Foods Co. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Carr-Gottstein Foods Co".
- ^ "Welcome to Carrs". Archived from the original on 2004-05-23. Retrieved 2004-05-03.
- ^ http://www.carrsqc.com/ShopStores/RewardPoints.page?i[permanent dead link]