SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 8-K/A

          AMENDMENT TO CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d)

                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                       Date of Amendment: August 27, 1999
                   Date of Report Being Amended: July 16, 1999


                          Commission file number 1-6187


                                ALBERTSON'S, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)


                     Delaware                    82-0184434
            (State of Incorporation) (Employer Identification Number)


            250 Parkcenter Boulevard, P.O. Box 20, Boise, Idaho 83726
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (208) 395-6200






Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Correction is made to the following  statement  under the heading  "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition and Results of  Operations"  and
the  caption,  "Results of  Operations  -  Quarterly  Periods" on page 70 of the
Albertson's,  Inc.  Supplemental  Consolidated  Financial  Statements  filed  as
Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 16, 1999 (the "July
1999 8-K").

In the July 1999 8-K,  Albertson's,  Inc.  reported  that, for the quarter ended
April 29, 1999,  supplemental  combined identical store sales increased 1.8% and
supplemental  combined comparable store sales, which include replacement stores,
increased  2.2% as compared with the first quarter of 1998.  The amounts  should
have been 1.4% for  supplemental  combined  identical  store  sales and 1.8% for
supplemental combined comparable store sales.

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  amendment  to the report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                  ALBERTSON'S, INC.
                                  (Registrant)

Date: August 27, 1999

                                  /s/  A. Craig Olson
                                  A. Craig Olson
                                  Executive Vice President and
                                  Chief Financial Officer