Safeway
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Safeway, Inc. is an American supermarket chain that provides grocery items and general merchandise along with various specialty departments such as bakery, delicatessen, floral, and pharmacy, as well as Starbucks coffee shops and vehicle fuel centers. Safeway's primary base of operations is in the Western United States, with some stores located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern Seaboard.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Safeway, Inc.
- Company.logo
- Safeway Logo.svg
- Company.image
- Safewayheadquarters.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Safeway headquarters in Pleasanton, California, United States
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.location
- Pleasanton, California, U.S.
- Company.locations
- 912 stores
- Company.founder
- M. B. Skaggs
- Company.key_people
- Susan D. Morris (CEO)
- Company.industry
- Retail / grocery
- Company.products
- Bakery, dairy, delicatessen, dry cleaning, frozen foods, fuel, grocery, lottery, pharmacy, photographic processing, produce, meats, snack food, liquor, flowers, and Western Union
- Company.services
- Supermarket
- Company.num_locations_year
- 2025
- Company.area_served
- Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming
- Company.assets
- US$17.2 billion
- Company.num_employees
- Over 250,000 (2015, including Albertsons)
- Company.parent
- Albertsons (2015–present)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.safeway.com
- Image
- Safewaysupermarketolderdesign.jpg
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- Commons category
- Safeway Inc.
- inception
- 1915-01-01
- social media followers
- 75117
- location information URL
- local.fuel.safeway.com
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21 sectionsContents
- History
- Expansion
- International expansion
- 1940s–1970s
- 1980s: Takeover and sell-offs
- Expansion in the 1990s
- Lifestyle stores
- Decline and sale to Albertsons
- Safeway as a supermarket brand
- Private brands
- Grocery delivery
- Past concepts
- Logos
- Safeway corporate information
- Support offices
- Store music and intercom announcements
- Animal welfare concerns
- 401(k) plan mismanagement lawsuit
- See also
- References
- External links
Safeway, Inc. is an American supermarket chain that provides grocery items and general merchandise along with various specialty departments such as bakery, delicatessen, floral, and pharmacy, as well as Starbucks coffee shops and vehicle fuel centers. Safeway's primary base of operations is in the Western United States, with some stores located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern Seaboard.
It is a subsidiary of Albertsons after being acquired by private equity investors led by Cerberus Capital Management in January 2015. The subsidiary is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.