Albertsons Companies CEO Vivek Sankaran told employees in an internal memo that company COO Susan Morris would lead the retail division of C&S Wholesale Grocers if a proposed deal for Kroger to buy Albertsons goes through.
It puts a key and longtime Albertsons figure at the top of a company poised to own 579 stores spun off from Albertsons and Kroger if the proposed deal comes to fruition.