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| | Lucky Stores |
 | | Lucky also operated a chain of department stores called Gemco throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Memco (a Gemco clone on the east coast which was liquidated in 1983), Hancock Fabrics, and Grand Auto Supply at various periods during the 1970s. |
 | | In 1988, American Stores succesfully acquired Lucky in yet another hostile takeover attempt, and the chain became another division of that company, along with Jewel-Osco in the midwest, Acme in the northeast, Buttrey Stores in the Rockies, and Alpha Beta, Food Basket, and Sav-on Drugs in Southern California. |
 | | Upon FTC review, American Stores' Alpha Beta units in northern California were re-branded as Lucky, while a number of the southern California Alpha Beta branches were sold to Yucaipa and ultimately merged into Ralphs when that chain was also acquired by Yucaipa. |
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