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In October 2005, Bristol Farms purchased [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]-based [[Lazy Acres]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=BRISTOL FARMS BUYS NATURAL RETAILER|url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/bristol-farms-buys-natural-retailer|date=2005-12-05|website=Supermarket News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref> Independently owned, the Lazy Acres store was sold to Bristol Farms allegedly as a defensive move against Whole Foods' pending arrival in Santa Barbara. This was Bristol Farms' first location in Santa Barbara, and the {{convert|28000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Lazy Acres store itself continues to operate under its original format. The Bristol Farms name<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dun & Bradstreet|url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.bristol_farms.fb77c4cf17f4a5d0a74564fd30cbcdfa.html|url-status=live}}</ref> does not appear on Lazy Acres signage or advertisements. The Long Beach Bristol Farms was converted into a second Lazy Acres in November 2012.
 
In 2006, Bristol Farms opened its doors at the newly expanded [[Westfield San Francisco Centre]] in downtown San Francisco. The San Francisco site covered over half of the Concourse in the mall's lower level. The location closed on January 27, 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bristol Farms Calls It Quits After 10 Years At Westfield Mall: SFist|url=https://sfist.com/2017/01/12/bristol_farms_calls_it_quits_after/|date=2017-01-12|website=SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports|language=en|access-date=2020-05-18}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> leaving Bristol Farms without a location in Northern California.
Four former Albertsons locations have been converted into Bristol Farms:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/384657Z:US|url-status=live}}</ref> one in San Diego's La Jolla neighborhood, the second in Palm Desert (which originally opened as Lucky), a third location in Los Angeles' Westchester neighborhood, and a fourth in Santa Monica. In 2020, Bristol Farms replaced a Vons in La Cumbre Plaza in Santa Barbara, the first store in the area to be named Bristol Farms.https://www.bristolfarms.com/blog/2020/08/hello-santa-barbara/
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=== Currently Owned by Good Food Holdings, Inc. ===
Bristol Farms, Lazy Acres Market, and Metropolitan Market are all sister companies owned by private Good Food Holdings, Inc.
 
Good Food Holdings, the California-based holding company of upscale grocery chains Bristol Farms, Lazy Acres Market, and Metropolitan Market, was acquired in 2018 by Emart, South Korea's largest retailer, for $275 million.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Anne|date=2018-12-07|title=Emart Acquires Good Food Holdings for $275 Million|url=https://www.andnowuknow.com/bloom/emart-acquires-good-food-holdings-275-million/andrea-allen/60991|access-date=2020-08-12|website=And Now U Know|language=en}}</ref>
 
=== Lazy Acres Market, Inc. ===