verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message carrs safeway alaska division type subsidiary of albertsons industry retail founded 1950 headquarters anchorage alaska number of locations 24 & 7 great alaska tobacco company stores products bakery dairy delicatessen frozen foods fuel grocery pharmacy photographic processing produce seafood snack food liquor flowers starbucks and western union parent albertsons website carrsqc.com carrs safeway formerly carrs quality centers is a supermarket chain that is based in anchorage alaska and is a subsidiary of albertsons it was acquired in april 1999 by former parent safeway from an employee ownership group who itself had purchased the company from founder larry carr and his partner barney gottstein in 1990 . the proposed acquisition led to an antitrust lawsuit filed by the alaska public interest research group which was resolved by a consent decree reached between safeway and the alaska attorney general s office which required the company to divest seven stores . those stores re opened as the grocery chain alaska marketplace which closed at the end of 2000 . one of those stores the foodland shopping circle in fairbanks one of the earliest stores in the carrs chain has remained largely vacant since . as of 2010 there are 24 stores in alaska including anchorage fairbanks both in multiple locations juneau kenai ketchikan kodiak nome north pole palmer seward soldotna valdez wasilla and unalaska . 1 2 contents 1 history 1.1 beginning 1.2 1960s 1980s 1.3 1990s 1.4 safeway merger 2 fuel stations 3 references 4 external links history edit beginning edit laurence john larry carr july 28 1929 may 12 2011 moved to anchorage alaska in 1947 after graduating from high school in san bernardino california . after a short stint in management at the alaska railroad commissary in which he hoped to make enough money to return to california and open a grocery store there he instead became a competitor in the grocery business in anchorage . carr opened his first store in a quonset hut located on the southern end of gambell street in the eastchester now known as fairview neighborhood of anchorage in february 1950 . the location would prove to be beneficial as gambell street which became potter road after leaving the townsite limits and dead ended several miles south of town at a railroad section house soon became the northern terminus of the seward highway . the name carrs was derived from the original operating partnership of larry carr and his brother bernard joseph carr jr. they were joined by their father bernard joseph pop carr following his retirement from the santa fe railroad in 1954 . the senior carr left the company in 1964 to launch a successful campaign for the alaska house of representatives . another person involved in the company during its early days was bernard j. barney gottstein . his father jacob b. gottstein started a wholesale grocery business in anchorage when the town was founded in 1915 . carr and gottstein began their formal business partnership in 1960 integrating retail and wholesale grocery operations and real estate development particularly construction of shopping centers into one company . carr and gottstein were also heavily involved during the 1960s in promoting the business and political career of a recent young arrival to alaska named mike gravel . 1960s 1980s edit the second carrs location and associated construction the aurora village shopping center was built in 1966 . the mall at sears an enclosed mall with an interior motif resembling a downtown sidewalk was built the following year . both were built along northern lights boulevard which being a section line arterial was mostly known for illegal drag racing and associated businesses such as drive in restaurants as the vast majority of anchorage s retail landscape was located downtown at the time . the construction of these two malls combined with the northern lights center constructed by wally hickel in 1960 started the shift in customer traffic away from downtown and towards the outlying areas of anchorage . these two malls began a pattern of carrs grocery and strip mall construction which followed for most of the next two decades . by the mid 1970s there were carrs stores throughout southcentral alaska as well as the foodland shopping circle in downtown fairbanks . carrs operated a pseudo wholesale grocery called prairie market in the 1970s and 1980s which operated in only two locations close to the old seward highway in anchorage . 1990s edit carrs stores were primarily located throughout the railbelt area of alaska . a subsidiary eagle quality centers operated in numerous mid sized and smaller alaskan communities both within and outside of the railbelt . the company branched out into southeast alaska in the early 1990s opening stores in juneau and ketchikan . carr and gottstein sold their business in a leveraged buyout to two senior executives of carr gottstein john cairns the company s general manager and mark williams carr gottstein s vice president of operations . the price was 250 300 million dollars for 13 carrs quality centers 15 oaken keg liquor stores 3 eagle quality centers gottstein wholesale food business freight operations and carr gottstein properties a real estate development firm . . 3 the company purchased the fairbanks supermarket chain super valu formerly market basket in 1992 . safeway merger edit this section needs expansion with the 1999 carrs safeway merger . you can help by adding to it . may 2011 in 1999 safeway inc. acquired carrs . due to strong customer loyalty to the carrs name the chain was renamed carrs safeway and customers could opt to use a loyalty card . fuel stations edit carrs safeway customers receive fuel discounts when shopping at any participating carrs safeway store 4 they must use a club card in order to receive points that eventually over time can turn into a discount unless you spent 100 or over in a transaction . a customer earns points every dollar spent spend 100 in one transaction and receive a discount for 10 cents off a gallon up to 25 gallons these discounts then can be racked up over time to save up to 1.00 off per gallon . here is an example for points 100 points 10 cents off 200 points 20 cents off 300 points 30 cents off and can lead up to 1000 points to equal 1.00 off per gallon at the pump . you can use your carrs safeway club card at any safeway store including canada to earn points . to locate a carrs safeway fuel center please visit the link below or to learn more about carrs safeway fuel center carrs safeway fuel rewards 5 has been affective since mid 2011 time frame safeway adjusted the program in 2012 of july for discounts and dropped the always get 3 cent off per gallon discount as well as made the discount gallons drop from 30 gallons to 25 gallons limiting customers on fuel . this information is available at carrsqc fuel reward points . since 2007 they have operated the 7 store chain the great alaska tobacco co as stand alone stores it is a division of carrs . references edit safeway locations carrs locations http www.referenceforbusiness.com history2 15 carr gottstein foods co.html http www.carrsqc.com http www.carrsqc.com shopstores rewardpoints.page icmpid carrsqc footer gas external links edit alaska portal companies portal food portal official website official mobile website v t e albertsons companies banners acme markets albertsons amigos carrs jewel osco lucky market street pavilions randalls safeway shaw s and star market super saver tom thumb united supermarkets vons subsidiaries blackhawk network casa ley 49 % groceryworks.com people steven burd paul hazen lorenzo hoopes juan manuel ley history and culture brooks v. canada safeway ltd. safeway bowl safeway building safeway championship safeway classic safeway goya safeway international skaggs companies defunct dominick s genuardi s safeway australia safeway canada safeway stores ireland safeway uk simon david v t e supermarket chains in the united states kroger baker s supermarkets city market dillons food stores food 4 less foods co. fred meyer fry s food & drug gerbes super markets harris teeter jay c king soopers kroger owen s pay less super markets qfc ralphs roundy s pick n save mariano s metro market copp s ruler foods scott s smith s albertsons acme markets albertsons amigos carrs haggen jewel osco lucky market street pavilions randalls safeway shaw s and star market super saver tom thumb united supermarkets vons supervalu county market cub farm fresh hornbacher s save a lot shop n save shoppers ahold delhaize food lion giant carlisle giant landover hannaford brothers company martin s food markets stop & shop southeastern grocers bi lo fresco y m s harveys supermarkets winn dixie wakefern pricerite shoprite the fresh grocer other national chains aldi iga lidl target walmart regional chains asian 99 ranch market great wall supermarket h mart hong kong supermarket island pacific supermarket marina food marukai corporation u.s.a. mitsuwa marketplace nijiya market seafood city shun fat supermarket uwajimaya hispanic bravo el ahorro supermarket fiesta foods fiesta mart la perla tapat a supermarkets m s club mi pueblo food center supermercados teloloapan vallarta supermarkets organic earth fare natural grocers trader joe s whole foods market wholesale bj s wholesale club costco sam s club conventional acme fresh market amigo andronico s balducci s bashas best yet market big y boyer s food markets inc. bristol farms brookshire brothers brookshire grocery company buehler food markets inc. c town supermarkets cash & carry central market d & w fresh market dave s markets dean & deluca demoulas market basket dierbergs markets dorothy lane market easy way store econofoods family fare fairway market fareway festival foods festival foods minnesota food giant food city foodarama foodland foodland hawaii foodtown pathmark gelson s gerland corporation giant eagle grand mart gristedes grocery outlet harmons harps food stores h e b heinen s fine foods highland park market homeland houchens hugo s hy vee ingles inserra supermarkets jerry s foods jungle jim s international market karns quality foods key food super fresh the food emporium king kullen kings super markets kuhn s quality foods lewis food town lion supermarket lowe s market lowes foods lund food holdings magruder s marc s market basket market of choice marsh supermarkets martin s super markets meijer met foods minyard food stores miracle mart mollie stone s markets morton williams new deal supermarket new seasons market niemann foods no frills supermarkets nugget markets pcc natural markets petrini s piggly wiggly piggly wiggly carolina co. pink dot price chopper price mart price chopper supermarkets publix pueblo raley s supermarkets red owl redner s markets remke markets rice epicurean markets ridley s family markets roche bros. rosauers supermarkets rouses russ s market save mart supermarkets saverite schnucks scolari s food and drug seafood city sedano s sellers bros. sendik s food market sentry foods seven mile market shop n save smart & final spartannash sprouts farmers market stanley stores star market stater bros. stew leonard s strack & van til straub s markets sullivan family of companies super dollar discount foods super one foods super saver foods b & r stores the fresh market times supermarkets tops friendly markets united grocery outlet urm stores valu king victory supermarkets village market food center weaver street market wegmans weis markets westborn market western beef winco foods woodman s markets yoke s fresh market zabar s zupan s markets defunct banners a mart a & p food basics pathmark waldbaum s abco foods alpha beta american stores appletree markets belle foods big bear stores big star markets bloom bottom dollar food bruno s buttrey food & drug byrd s carter s foods chatham clemens markets colonial stores dahl s foods daniel reeves stores david s supermarkets davis food city delchamps deskins