{"id":229465,"date":"2026-04-01T01:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/229465\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T01:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:22:17","slug":"albertsons-store-in-fort-worth-is-slated-to-close-shortly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/229465\/","title":{"rendered":"Albertsons store in Fort Worth is slated to close shortly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Albertsons grocery stores in North Texas will close by the end of April, affecting 138 employees.<\/p>\n<p>In <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/money\/business\/albertsons-to-close-two-north-texas-stores-cut-138-jobs-filings-show\/287-4d2c4c09-c3ff-49bf-94fc-76e8f305abf1\">Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings<\/a> submitted by Albertsons Companies to the Texas Workforce Commission earlier this month, Albertsons said they have alerted all 138 employees about the store closures.<\/p>\n<p>A Euless location with 82 employees and a west Fort Worth location with 56 empoyees will close permanently.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albertsons.com\/\">Albertsons<\/a> operates  more than 2,000 stores across the country under the Albertsons, Tom Thumb, Safeway and Market Street names.<\/p>\n<p>Two other North Texas Tom Thumb stores closed in 2025 in Plano and Allen, while another Tom Thumb <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/denton-county\/tom-thumb-opens-new-grocery-store-denton-county-sanger\/287-2ae63b30-e39a-4bc1-aaf0-09e464f6652c\">opened in December in Sanger.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/denton-county\/tom-thumb-opens-new-grocery-store-denton-county-sanger\/287-2ae63b30-e39a-4bc1-aaf0-09e464f6652c\">Albertsons will close their stores located at <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/share.google\/1VoRkKubPCEMAZOOD\">1155 N. Main Street in Euless<\/a> and at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/share.google\/2HJhA4To4o5rbqr3w\">6700 W. Freeway in Fort Worth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the Fort Worth location, neighborhood residents will still have an Aldi (700 Alta Mere Dr.) one mile away and a Tom Thumb (6377 Camp Bowie Blvd.) two miles away.<\/p>\n<p>When will the North Texas Albertsons stores close?<\/p>\n<p>It states in the WARN documents that Albertsons in Euless and Fort Worth are both slated to close on or before April 25.<\/p>\n<p>What is happening with the Kroger Albertsons brand merger?<\/p>\n<p>As of 2024, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/business\/fort-worth\/article293605864.html\">a Federal Trade Commission judge blocked the merger<\/a> to protect consumers from a potential monopoly and ultimately higher grocery prices.<\/p>\n<p>So as of right now, the companies remain independent from each other.<\/p>\n<p>For Kroger news in Fort Worth, the new store at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/business\/fort-worth\/article312453084.html\">113 E. Bonds Ranch Road<\/a>, immediately off the exit for U.S. 287, opened in October.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/fort-worth\/article308915395.html\">Kroger is planned for the Sendera Ranch community<\/a> in far north Fort Worth. The store broke ground in June 2025 and construction is anticipated to take about 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 In case you missed it&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published March 31, 2026 at 12:21 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/285141852\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ELLA_GONZALES.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Ella Gonzales\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/285141852\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Gonzales<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Ella Gonzales is a service journalism reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Ella mainly writes about local restaurants and where to find good deals around town.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Albertsons grocery stores in North Texas will close by the end of April, affecting 138 employees. 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