We have found that if we only shop sale items at Albertsons we beat Walmart prices. Over and over. We use Walmart for stuff like cleaning products, toilet paper, etc unless we find it on sale at Albertsons. When we find a good sale item we usually load up. We like having backup.
Safeway/Albertson’s is high priced for most onsale items. However, their bakery section is better than Kroger/Fry’s, and (except for the little pies) better quality than Wal-Mart.