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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
9 Months Ended
Nov. 29, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Albertsons Companies, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company"). All significant intercompany balances and transactions were eliminated. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of February 22, 2025 is derived from the Company's annual audited Consolidated Financial Statements, which should be read in conjunction with these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and which are included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 22, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 21, 2025. Certain information in footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements was condensed or omitted for the interim periods presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). In the opinion of management, the interim data includes all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods. The interim results of operations and cash flows are not necessarily indicative of those results and cash flows expected for the year. The Company's results of operations are for the 12 and 40 weeks ended November 29, 2025 and November 30, 2024.

Significant Accounting Policies

Restricted cash: Restricted cash is included in Other current assets or Other assets depending on the remaining term of the restriction and primarily relates to surety bonds. The Company had $5.8 million and $4.3 million of restricted cash as of November 29, 2025 and February 22, 2025, respectively.

Inventories, net: Substantially all of the Company's inventories consist of finished goods valued at the lower of cost or market and net of vendor allowances. The Company primarily uses the retail inventory or cost method to determine inventory cost before application of any last-in, first-out ("LIFO") adjustment. Interim LIFO inventory costs are based on management's estimates of expected year-end inventory levels and inflation rates. The Company recorded LIFO expense of $13.2 million and $3.5 million for the 12 weeks ended November 29, 2025 and November 30, 2024, respectively, and $41.5 million and $22.9 million for the 40 weeks ended November 29, 2025 and November 30, 2024, respectively.

Convertible Common Stock and Preferred Stock: The Company's certificate of incorporation authorizes 150,000,000 shares of Class A-1 convertible common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which 1,750,000 shares of preferred stock are designated Series A convertible preferred stock and 1,410,000 shares of preferred stock are designated Series A-1 convertible preferred stock. As of November 29, 2025 and February 22, 2025, no shares of Class A-1 convertible common stock and no shares of preferred stock are issued or outstanding.

Common stock repurchase program: On October 14, 2025, the Company entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the "ASR Agreement") with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association ("JPMorgan") to repurchase $750 million of shares of the Company's common stock. The ASR Agreement was funded with $750.0 million of borrowings under the ABL Facility. Also on October 14, 2025, the Company announced that the Board of Directors has authorized an increase to the share repurchase program from $2.0 billion to $2.75 billion, inclusive of the ASR Agreement. Pursuant to the ASR Agreement, on October 15, 2025, the Company paid JPMorgan $750.0 million in cash and received an initial delivery of 35.4 million shares of common stock with a value equal to $600.0 million as of the date the ASR Agreement was executed, representing an estimated 80% of the total shares initially underlying the ASR Agreement. The delivery of any remaining shares will occur at the final settlement of the transactions under the ASR Agreement, which is expected to occur in the first calendar quarter of 2026. The number of shares to be delivered upon final settlement will be based on the average of the volume-weighted average share price of the Company's common stock on specified dates during the term of the ASR
Agreement, less a discount. During the 40 weeks ended November 29, 2025, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 64.1 million shares of common stock for a total of $1,211.6 million, inclusive of the $600.0 million of shares initially delivered under the ASR Agreement.

Income taxes: Income tax expense was $84.4 million for the 12 weeks ended November 29, 2025, representing a 22.3% effective tax rate. The Company's effective tax rate for the 12 weeks ended November 29, 2025 differs from the federal income tax statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income taxes, partially offset by federal tax credits. Income tax expense was $14.5 million for the 12 weeks ended November 30, 2024, representing a 3.5% effective tax rate. The Company's effective tax rate for the 12 weeks ended November 30, 2024 differs from the federal income tax statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the recognition of $81.0 million of discrete state income tax benefits related to the settlement of audits.

Income tax expense was $210.6 million for the 40 weeks ended November 29, 2025, representing a 23.2% effective tax rate. The Company's effective tax rate for the 40 weeks ended November 29, 2025 differs from the federal income tax statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income taxes, partially offset by federal tax credits. Income tax expense was $124.7 million for the 40 weeks ended November 30, 2024, representing a 13.7% effective tax rate. The Company's effective tax rate for the 40 weeks ended November 30, 2024 differs from the federal income tax statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the recognition of $81.0 million of discrete state income tax benefits related to the settlement of audits.

On July 4, 2025, the President signed into law An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the "Act"), which enacts significant changes to U.S. income tax and related laws. Among other things, the Act makes changes to certain business-related exclusions, deductions and credits. The Company has reflected the impact of the enacted provisions in its financial statements, which were determined to be immaterial. While further evaluation is ongoing, the Act is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

Revenue recognition: Revenues from the retail sale of products are recognized at the point of sale or delivery to the customer, net of returns and sales tax. Pharmacy sales are recorded upon the customer receiving the prescription. Third-party receivables from pharmacy sales were $600.7 million and $464.1 million as of November 29, 2025 and February 22, 2025, respectively, and are recorded in Receivables, net. For digital related sales, which primarily include home delivery and Drive Up & Go curbside pickup, revenues are recognized upon either pickup in store or delivery to the customer and may include revenue for separately charged delivery services. The Company records a contract liability when rewards are earned by customers in connection with the Company's loyalty programs. As rewards are redeemed or expire, the Company reduces the contract liability and recognizes revenue. The contract liability balance was immaterial as of November 29, 2025 and February 22, 2025. Media advertising services are classified as either Net sales and other revenue or a reduction in Cost of sales depending on the nature of the media advertising arrangement.

The Company records a contract liability when it sells its own proprietary gift cards. The Company records a sale when the customer redeems the gift card. The Company's gift cards do not expire. The Company reduces the contract liability and records revenue for the unused portion of gift cards in proportion to its customers' pattern of redemption, which the Company determined to be the historical redemption rate. The Company's contract liability related to gift cards was $131.9 million and $119.9 million as of November 29, 2025 and February 22, 2025, respectively.
Disaggregated Revenues

The following table represents Net sales and other revenue by product type (dollars in millions):
12 weeks ended40 weeks ended
November 29,
2025
November 30,
2024
November 29,
2025
November 30,
2024
Amount (1)% of TotalAmount (1)% of TotalAmount (1)% of TotalAmount (1)% of Total
Non-perishables (2)$9,210.5 48.2 %$9,299.9 49.5 %$30,572.7 48.6 %$30,618.9 49.7 %
Fresh (3)5,719.2 29.9 5,735.2 30.5 19,652.6 31.2 19,557.5 31.8 
Pharmacy3,036.2 15.9 2,581.9 13.8 8,728.0 13.9 7,336.7 11.9 
Fuel852.7 4.4 885.2 4.7 2,993.9 4.8 3,157.4 5.1 
Other (4)305.1 1.6 272.3 1.5 973.1 1.5 920.9 1.5 
Net sales and other revenue$19,123.7 100.0 %$18,774.5 100.0 %$62,920.3 100.0 %$61,591.4 100.0 %
(1) Digital related sales are included in the categories to which the revenue pertains.
(2) Consists primarily of general merchandise, grocery, dairy and frozen foods.
(3) Consists primarily of produce, meat, deli and prepared foods, bakery, floral and seafood.
(4) Consists primarily of wholesale revenue to third parties, commissions, rental income, media advertising revenue and other miscellaneous revenue.

Recently issued accounting standards: In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2023-09, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures." The ASU enhances the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures and is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 on a prospective basis with the option to apply the standard retrospectively. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material effect on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, "Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses." The ASU requires disclosures about specific types of expenses, including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and amortization. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, "Intangible - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software." The ASU removes all references to prescriptive and sequential software development stages. The ASU requires entities to begin capitalizing software costs when management authorizes and commits to funding the software project, and it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used for its intended purpose. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.