Safeway
American supermarket chain owned by Albertsons Companies, Inc / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the U.S.-based supermarket corporation. For other uses, see Safeway (disambiguation).
Safeway, Inc. is an American supermarket chain. The chain provides grocery items, food and general merchandise and features a variety of specialty departments, such as bakery, delicatessen, floral and pharmacy, as well as Starbucks coffee shops and fuel centers.[2] It is a subsidiary of Albertsons after being acquired by private equity investors led by Cerberus Capital Management in January 2015. Safeway's primary base of operations is in the Western United States[3] with some stores located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern Seaboard. The subsidiary is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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NYSE: SWY | |
Industry | Retail / grocery |
Founded | 1912 |
Founder | Sam Seelig |
Headquarters | Pleasanton, California, U.S. |
Number of locations | 904 |
Area served | Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming |
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Products | Bakery, dairy, delicatessen, dry cleaning, frozen foods, fuel, grocery, lottery, pharmacy, photographic processing, produce, meats, snack food, liquor, flowers, and Western Union |
Services | Supermarket |
Total assets | US$17.2 billion[1] |
Number of employees | Over 250,000 (2015, including Albertsons) |
Parent | Independent (1915–2015) Albertsons (2015–present) |
Website | safeway |
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