The first two New York City Labor Days took place on the 5th of September, but in 1884, the third annual New York City Labor Day holiday was scheduled for the first Monday in September, and that date stuck.
While the store prototype is 10,000 square feet, stores slated to open generally range 10,000 to 17,000 square feet, significantly smaller than the typical U.S. supermarket, but also two to three times the size of the typical U.S. convenience store.lthough the look-and-feel of the stores are not significantly different, product assortment is reduced. In addition, the stores cost $5 million less to build, $1.5 million less to stock and require 25% less employees than the typical Lowe's; however, sales per square foot are about 84% of the typical store.
On average, stores in the Albertsons Companies range between 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) to 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2) and almost universally feature a produce department, a meat and seafood counter, a deli, and a bakery, with many of the stores also featuring in-store banks and pharmacies.