In a bid to expand westward, Office Depot announced plans to merge with California-based members-only office supply chain Office Club in December 1990. This plan would come to fruition in April 1991. These stores continued to operate normally after the acquisition, until it was announced in May 1992 that the Office Club name would be phased out and its membership fee eliminated. The name change officially took effect on May 4, 1992, though Californian Office Depot locations would continue to bear a logo similar to Office Club's until assimilating with the rest of the chain in late 1996.
