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Albertsons

albertsons.com · Retail · ACI

Ranked 1,638 of 2,047 companies in the study

26Overall score
  • Visibility4
  • Citations1
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality73
  • AI readiness21
What this means for Albertsons

AI assistants name Albertsons in 5% of their answers, about as often as the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 26 out of 100, ranking 1,638th of 2,047 companies. The Albertsons website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the retail market: none named Albertsons. AI assistants named it in 3 of 60 answers (5.0%). The typical retail company is named in 6.7% of answers. By how often it is named, Albertsons ranks 339 of 640 in its sector.

Named by AI in
5.0%
3 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
3.3%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
522 of 640
by overall score, where the typical retail company scores 34
How Albertsons compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
4

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
1

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
73

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with retail

640 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score26
Ranks 522 of 640. Typical company: 34
Named in answers5%
Ranks 339 of 640. Typical company: 7%
AI readiness21
Ranks 351 of 640. Typical company: 29
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“What are some local options for same-day grocery pick-up if delivery slots are full?”

Many grocery stores offer same-day pickup as an alternative when delivery slots are full. Here are some popular options:

Stores Offering Same-Day Pickup:

Aldi: You can place an order on their website (shop.aldi.us) for curbside pickup. They use Instacart for their online grocery services.

Albertsons: Albertsons offers same-day pickup when you order through their website.

Kroger: Kroger (formerly ClickList) provides free pickup for your first three orders, with a fee of $4.95 thereafter. Same-day pickup is usually available if you order in the morning or early af …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Instacart27Kroger13Safeway10Publix7
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Instacart
31.8%
Walmart Grocery
29.4%
Kroger
15.3%
Safeway
11.8%
Publix
8.2%
Albertsons
3.5%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
1/15
Perplexity
1/15
OpenAI
1/15
Claude
0/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent buy here?

Not by itself. Albertsons publishes none of the purchase protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the checkout like a person.

  • UCPNot present
  • ACPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.albertsons.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

justdial.com
38
instacart.com
18
healthline.com
17
goodhousekeeping.com
15
cnet.com
12
nbcnews.com
11
shipt.com
10
kroger.com
9
walmart.com
9
reviewed.com
8

In the study as Consumer brands. Number 10 on the NRF Top 100 Retailers 2026 list, ranked by US retail sales.

Every question, and where the company came up (3 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • What are some local options for same-day grocery pick-up if delivery slots are full?
  • What are the best grocery delivery services for fresh produce in the U.S.?
  • Is paying extra for a grocery delivery subscription service worth it?
  • What should I do if an item is missing or substituted in my grocery delivery order?
  • Are meal kit services a good option compared to regular grocery delivery?
  • How can I avoid late grocery delivery or reschedule my time slot?
  • How do traditional supermarkets compare to online grocery delivery platforms for selection and price?
  • Are there ways to save money or use digital coupons when shopping for groceries online?
  • How can busy professionals save time with online grocery shopping and delivery?
  • How do grocery delivery fees and service charges typically work?
  • Are online grocery services reliable for fresh meat and dairy orders?
  • Which online grocery stores offer same-day delivery for everyday essentials?
  • Is it better to use curbside pickup or home delivery for groceries?
  • What is the easiest way to order groceries online for a large family?
  • What alternatives exist to online grocery delivery for convenient food shopping?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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