EXHIBIT 23



                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
                          -----------------------------


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration  Statement
Nos. 2-80776, 33-2139,  33-7901,  33-15062,  33-43635,  33-62799 and 33-59803 on
Form S-8 and  Registration  Statement No.  333-70967 on Form S-3 of Albertson's,
Inc.  and  subsidiaries  of our report  dated March 17,  1999,  incorporated  by
reference  in  the  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  of  Albertson's,   Inc.  and
subsidiaries for the year ended January 28, 1999.



/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boise, Idaho
April 8, 1999




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