Safeway

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Safeway, Inc.

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legal form Corporation
founding 1915
Seat Pleasanton , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
management Steven Burd ( CEO )
Branch retail trade
Website www.safeway.com

Safeway, Inc is the third largest retailer in the United States and is headquartered in Pleasanton , California . The company was listed on the S&P 500 stock index and had 2008 sales of $ 44.1 billion. Safeway was founded in 1915.

In March 2014, it became known that the US financial investor Cerberus Capital Management wanted to take over Safeway in the course of the year and merge it with the retail chain Albertsons , which it already owned ; this was completed in early 2015.

Supermarket brands

A Safeway branch

In addition to the Safeway name , the company operates supermarkets under other brands:

  • Carrs (Carr-Gottstein Foods), Alaska, supermarket chain
  • Casa Ley , western Mexico
  • Dominick's (Dominick's Finer Foods), Illinois , supermarket chain
  • Genuardi's (Genuardi's Family Markets),
  • Pak 'n' Save
  • Pavilions
  • Randall's Food Markets , Texas , supermarket chain
  • Simon David , Dallas, Texas,
  • Tom Thumb Food & Pharmacy , Texas
  • Vons (The Vons Companies, Inc.), Southern California / Nevada

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Deutsche Welle: Cerberus buys US supermarket chain Safeway ( Memento from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. Albertsons, Safeway complete merger (English) , Supermarket News. January 30, 2015.