Safeway Inc.
Safeway, Inc.
| Public (NYSE: SWY) | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | American Falls, Idaho, U.S. in 1915 |
| Headquarters | Pleasanton, California, U.S. |
Key people | Steven Burd, Chairman and CEO |
| Products | Food |
| Revenue | 40.9 Billion US dollars (2009) |
Number of employees | 197,000 (2008) |
| Website | www |
Safeway Inc. Media
Safeway store numbers by state and province in 1932
Change in number of Safeway stores from 1925 to 1960
Safeway Stores 1955 Specimen Stock certificate
A "marina-style" Safeway in Hamilton, Montana, built in 1962. This still-operating store keeps the Marina design, but the red letters have been replaced with the current logo.
A Safeway store design from the 1970s, in San Jose, California, August 2005
Safeway • 1663 Branham Lane, San Jose, CA 95118
Safeway "Lifestyle" look produce department
Safeway "Lifestyle" look front end checkouts
The largest Safeway built from the ground up in the United States is part of a mixed-use development in Mountain View, California.
NYSE: SWY is the third-largest supermarket chain in North America. The company has around 198,000 employees worldwide. In some of the Safeway stores, they have fuel stations where they allow customers to use a phone number or club (loyalty) card to receive fuel savings. Safeway stores also have a Safeway ATM Network. The name "Safeway" came from a contest that was held in 1925 to develop a name for the store and Safeway was chosen. Safeway has stores in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, West Germany, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.