Albertsons Companies LLC California Layoffs 2026: What Employees Should Know

What the filing says

These are the details as Albertsons Companies LLC reported them to the state. The EDD publishes every notice, and these figures come from the state's report as retrieved on Sep 10, 2026.

How much notice the law requires

California's WARN Act requires 60 days of advance written notice before a covered mass layoff, and its only statutory exception is a physical calamity or an act of war — far narrower than federal law's three. Who is covered and how the thresholds are counted is in our California WARN Act guide.

Albertsons Companies severance: what to check before you sign

A severance offer is not the notice pay the WARN Act describes. Severance you were already promised — in a contract, a handbook, or a union agreement — cannot be used to satisfy that obligation, though Labor Code section 1402 does let an employer reduce a back-pay award by voluntary payments it was never required to make. A release may also give up more than you expect. Justin reviews severance agreements before workers sign. What to check before you decide is in our full guide to the California WARN Act.

Two things worth doing this week either way. File for unemployment now — WARN money does not reduce it, and the filings here run through Mar 19, 2026, so you do not have to wait for your last day. And keep every document, including the notice itself and anything showing when it arrived.

What your notice was required to include

Timing is only half of what Labor Code section 1401 asks for. The notice itself has to contain specific things, and California added most of this list for notices issued on or after January 1, 2026. This notice falls after that date. If you kept your copy, read it against the full six-item checklist in our WARN Act guide — everything federal law requires, whether transition help is being coordinated, working contact details for your workforce board and for the employer itself, and CalFresh information.

Source: Labor Code section 1401, as amended by SB 617, effective January 1, 2026. A notice missing something from that list is not automatically a violation with a remedy attached — whether a gap matters depends on the employer, the action, and what else happened.

Questions people are asking

Where a layoff can raise a legal question

A layoff is lawful on its own, and nothing below is a statement about Albertsons Companies. These are the places California law can still come into play, depending on the facts of your own situation.

• The severance you were asked to signA release can give up claims you did not know you had, and the terms are sometimes negotiable.
• How you were selectedA reduction in force still cannot be used to cut someone for a protected reason such as age, disability, pregnancy, or a complaint they made.
• Your final paycheckCalifornia sets when final wages are due at termination, and unpaid time or accrued vacation can carry penalties on top of the wages.

General information about California law, not legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship.

What has been reported

Press coverage of this layoff, summarized and attributed. This is reporting rather than the filing itself, and we did not independently verify it.

Fast Company listed the Albertsons supermarket at 1260 E. Ontario Ave. in Corona among a dozen Albertsons-owned locations closed or marked for closure across seven states in 2026, as the grocery giant reevaluates its store footprint in the wake of its abandoned merger with The Kroger Company.

TheStreet also included the Corona store in its May 2026 report on the chain closing a dozen stores across seven states, noting the company nonetheless anticipated a net increase in locations for its current fiscal year.

Sources: Fast Company (opens in a new tab) · TheStreet via Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers show

• The 75 affected positions are in Corona.
• The notice is filed as a closure rather than a partial reduction, meaning the site itself is shutting down.
• The shortest gap between notice and last day here is 62 days, close to the statewide median of 61 days across every notice on file.
• The 75 workers leaving Albertsons Companies LLC re-enter a job market where Riverside County unemployment stood at 5.4% in June 2026, above the 5.2% statewide rate (Bureau of Labor Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

These are counts and comparisons drawn from the published filings, not findings about Albertsons Companies.

Free job-search help near Corona

America's Job Center of California is the state's no-cost network for laid-off workers: help filing and keeping unemployment benefits, federally funded retraining, and résumé and interview coaching. Your WARN notice may name one; this is the closest to the site in this filing.

• Rubidoux Youth Opportunity Center (opens in a new tab)

  5656 Mission Blvd, Riverside, CA 92509 · 951-683-9622

  Affiliate center (partial services) · about 12.9 miles from the Corona site

Locations and hours change — confirm before visiting, or find another center with the EDD's center locator (opens in a new tab). Directory: U.S. Department of Labor, Jul 31, 2026; distances are straight-line from the address in the filing.

Other layoffs filed in Riverside County around the same time

41 employers have WARN notices on file in Riverside County, covering 4,625 workers. These filed within about a quarter of this one.

• Swift Beef Company374 workers
• Riviera Resort & Spa Palm Springs233 workers
• Saks & Company LLC231 workers
• Nestle USA145 workers
• Legacy Supply Chain129 workers
• RSVC Company127 workers

Listed because they appear in the same county in the same public data. No connection between these employers is implied.

California wage claims filed against Albertsons Companies

California employers face claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), which lets an employee sue for civil penalties over Labor Code violations on behalf of the state. The state publishes every filing. 7 PAGA cases naming this employer are on that record, including the settlements below.

These are outcomes in other people’s cases, obtained by other lawyers, taken from the state’s public filing record. They are not results of this firm, and past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. What any individual recovers depends on their own hours, pay records, and dates.

• Proposed settlement · 2019

  $950,000

  Cashiers and food clerks at Albertsons grocery stores in California allegedly were not provided seats while working at front-end check stands. The plaintiff brought a PAGA claim seeking penalties for this alleged violation of wage order seating requirements. The parties have agreed to settle the case with payment of $950,000 plus a seating pilot program, though the employer denies any wrongdoing.

  Covered all non-exempt employees of Defendant who worked as a Food Clerk at front-end check stands at an Albertsons-bannered grocery store in California at any time during the Settlement Period. The settlement resolved class claims as well as PAGA penalties.

  Attorneys' fees

  $400,000

  To the state (LWDA)

  $348,750

  Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Orange · Albertsons Companies denied liability; a settlement is not an admission.

• Proposed settlement · 2021

  $699,000

  Current and former hourly non-exempt employees of Albertsons who had been employed by Haggen and were hired into Southern California retail stores experienced a delay in receiving their minimum wages due to a payroll processing upgrade. The complaint alleged various wage and hour violations including failure to pay wages on time, minimum wage, overtime, and accurate wage statements, and sought penalties under the Private Attorneys General Act. The parties agreed to settle the claims for a total of $699,000, with the employer denying all liability and wrongdoing.

  The settlement resolved class claims as well as PAGA penalties.

  Attorneys' fees

  $232,976

  To the state (LWDA)

  $11,250

  Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles—Central District · Albertsons Companies denied liability; a settlement is not an admission.

• Proposed settlement · 2023

  $275,000

  The settlement resolves claims by Safeway delivery drivers in San Francisco that the company changed their work schedules without proper notice and failed to pay them predictability pay required by a city ordinance. The drivers also alleged related violations of California Labor Code provisions for waiting time penalties, accurate wage statements, and unlawful wage reduction, as well as claims under the Private Attorneys General Act. The defendant agreed to pay $275,000 to settle the lawsuit, but denies any wrongdoing or liability.

  Covered all non-exempt persons employed by any of the Defendants as delivery drivers in the City and County of San Francisco, California at any time from September 28, 2016 to January 8, 2021. The settlement resolved class claims as well as PAGA penalties.

  Employees covered

  136

  Attorneys' fees

  $91,666

  To the state (LWDA)

  $7,500

  Superior Court for the State of California, County of San Francisco · CGC-20587016 · Albertsons Companies denied liability; a settlement is not an admission.

One further settlement is on the record for this employer.

A PAGA case is not a class action, and there is nothing to opt out of. A PAGA settlement resolves civil penalties owed to the state — most of which the state keeps — and it does not necessarily resolve your own unpaid wages, missed break premiums, or final-paycheck penalties. If you worked here and were not paid correctly, that is a separate question worth asking about. How California wage claims work.