 With Albertsons is still in the works despite antitrust issues. The $24.6 billion mergers being challenged by attorneys general in Colorado and Washington State and the Federal Trade Commission. Kroger is now updating the number of stores that would go to a third party, CNS Wholesale Grocers, and those include three Safeway stores in Grand Junction and Safeways in Montrose and Delta. CNS promising no stores would be closed and all employees would stay on.