Albertsons is migrating its distribution centers to a new internal buying system, with a phased rollout beginning in May 2026 and continuing over the coming months. The first DC to go live is Portland, Oregon, with additional DCs migrating on a phased schedule. We'll share dates with suppliers as they are confirmed.
If you trade with Albertsons through Procurant, here's what's changing — and just as importantly, what isn't.
For DCs that have not migrated, nothing changes. You'll continue to view, update, ship, reconcile, and invoice orders exactly as you do today.
For DCs that have migrated, purchase orders will originate in Albertson's new internal system and flow into Procurant. You'll still see and work your orders in Procurant — with a few targeted changes to how edits are handled.
The following video summarizes these changes, and is also available in the Resource Center.
A new "EBO" indicator on your order list. External Buyer Orders (EBOs) are POs created in Albertsons' new system. The indicator makes it easy to tell migrated-DC orders apart from your other orders at a glance. Expect a mixed view if you ship to multiple Albertsons DCs during the rollout.
Acknowledgment still happens in Procurant. Open the order, enter your sales order number, confirm ship-from location and ship date, and send the update — same flow you know.
Edits to EBOs are restricted. You won't be able to change quantity or price, or cancel line items, on an EBO inside Procurant. If a revision is needed, contact your Albertsons buyer. When the buyer makes the change in their system, it flows back into Procurant and is visible to you there.
Shipping is unchanged. You can mark POs as shipped in Procurant and make adjustments at the time of shipment — short-shipping, quantity changes, line cancellations, and traceability data via the trace overlay or your 856 ASN feed all work as they do today.
Receiving updates still flow back to you. Albertsons will continue sending receipts into Procurant so you can see actual received quantities and any discrepancies.
Invoicing continues through Procurant. Best practice: wait for the receiving update, adjust the invoice quantity if needed, and submit. Note that there is no live order reconciliation between buyer and supplier inside Procurant for EBOs — any reconciliation that's needed will happen outside the platform.
If you're integrated with Procurant via EDI today, **there is no change for you.** Your existing feeds continue to work, and **no recertification or retesting is required.** Procurant continues to manage the EDI and electronic connection on your behalf.
Reach out to support@procurant.com or call +1 800 458-6896. We're happy to walk through anything that's unclear, and we'll continue to share DC go-live dates as we receive them from Albertsons.