Albertsons Invites You to Join Its Second Quarter Results Conference Call on the Web.

Business Editors

BOISE, Id.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2003

Albertson's, Inc. (NYSE:ABS), will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss its second quarter 2003 results on Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 6:30 a.m., MDT (8:30 a.m. EDT), with Larry Johnston, chairman and chief executive officer, and Felicia Thornton, executive vice president and chief financial officer, both with Albertsons.

The call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at Albertson's web site at http://www1.albertsons.com (click on "Investor Relations," then "Presentations").

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents https://www010.streetevents.com/loginAll.asp.

Albertson's is one of the world's largest food and drug retailers with annual revenues of approximately $36 billion. Based in Boise, Idaho, the Company employs more than 200,000 associates and operates approximately 2,300 retail stores in 31 states across the United States, under banners including Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, Acme, Sav-on Drugs, Osco Drug, Albertsons-Osco, Albertsons-Sav-on, Max Foods and Super Saver.