Who owns Open Nature?
Open Nature is owned by Albertsons (the United States, NYSE: ACI).[1]
Evidence: Albertsons Companies, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Albertsons Companies, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Boise
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › Grocery own brands
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: ACI
- Trademark registrant
- SAFEWAY INC. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Open Nature
Open Nature is a registered trademark in the Own Brands portfolio of Albertsons Companies, listed in its annual report between O Organics and Signature Cafe. The filing describes the portfolio as high-quality products at an attractive price point, more than 14,000 unique items in all, sold in the company supermarkets across 35 states and the District of Columbia.
How often Albertsons names Open Nature in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Trademark record for Open Nature
The USPTO record for the Open Nature mark lists SAFEWAY INC. as the owner of record (serial number 85075114). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Open Nature
- Current owner Albertsons [1] verified
Where Open Nature sits in Albertsons
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- ACME
- Albertsons
- Balducci's Food Lovers Market
- Haggen
- Jewel-Osco
- Kings Food Markets
- Lucerne
- Market Street (Texas)
- O Organics
- Open Nature
- Pavilions
- Primo Taglio
- Randalls
- Safeway
- Shaw's
- Signature Café
- Signature Care
- Signature Reserve
- Signature SELECT
- Star Market
- Tom Thumb
- United Supermarkets
- Value Corner
- Vons
- Waterfront BISTRO
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Other brands owned by Albertsons
Albertsons controls 25 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in grocery own brands, and who owns them
The 168 brands in grocery own brands on Brandtree belong to 53 owners. The largest is Cencosud, with 12; Albertsons has 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bretas | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| City Gross | Axfood | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Chalo | Empire | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Checkers | Shoprite Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Amanhecer | Jerónimo Martins | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| K-Citymarket | Kesko | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Farmer's Market | Loblaw | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Chef Direct | AML Foods | 🇧🇸 Bahamas |
About the owner: Albertsons
Albertsons is a publicly listed company headquartered in Boise, United States. Brandtree records 25 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: ACI.
Albertsons Companies is a Delaware corporation headquartered at 250 Parkcenter Boulevard in Boise, Idaho. Its 10-K for the year ended 28 February 2026 reports 2,244 stores in 35 states and the District of Columbia, and an Own Brands portfolio of more than 14,000 items that generated $16.9 billion of retail sales in fiscal 2025. Only 9.9% of Own Brands units were made in company-owned plants; the rest is bought from third parties.
🇺🇸 Open Nature and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Open Nature is not one of them.
- 3 Day Blinds — Hunter Douglas 🇳🇱
- 7-Eleven — Seven & i 🇯🇵
- AMES — Griffon 🇺🇸
- AZEK Exteriors — James Hardie 🇮🇪
- Alamo Cement — Buzzi 🇮🇹
- American Olean — Mohawk 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Open Nature?
The parent company of Open Nature is Albertsons, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Open Nature American?
Yes. Open Nature originated in the United States and its owner, Albertsons, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Open Nature still owned by Albertsons?
Yes. As of 7 October 2026, Open Nature is still owned by Albertsons. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Albertsons Companies, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
- [2] USPTO: OPEN NATURE, serial 85075114 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 7 October 2026.
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