Safeway Inc. facts for kids
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Safeway headquarters in Pleasanton
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| Industry | Retail / Grocery |
| Founded | April 1915 in American Falls, Idaho, U.S. |
| Founder | Marion Barton Skaggs |
| Headquarters | Pleasanton, California, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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900 |
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Key people
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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 |
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Number of employees
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 Over 250,000 (2015, including Albertsons) |
| Parent | Independent (1915–2015) Albertsons (2015–present) |
Safeway, Inc. 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.
Images for kids
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Safeway store number by state and province in 1932
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Change in number of Safeway stores from 1925 to 1960
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Safeway Stores 1955 Specimen Stock certificate
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A Marina 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.
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An older store design from the 1970s and 1980s is seen in this San Jose, California Safeway.
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Safeway • 1663 Branham Lane, San Jose, CA 95118
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Safeway "Lifestyle" look produce department
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Safeway "Lifestyle" look front end checkouts
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The largest Safeway built from the ground up in the United States is part of a mixed-use development in Mountain View, California.
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View of the "Lifestyle 2.0" theme as seen from the produce department of the Foster City location. Safeway began rolling out this theme in 2018.
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Front lobby/register area in an updated store.
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Safeway store sign in Lakeview, Oregon
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An early 21st-century Safeway store in Chico, California
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A Safeway.com delivery truck, used for deliveries to people who buy their groceries online
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Safeway Medallion logo, 1946
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The Medallion logo in tile, July 2005
See also
In Spanish: Safeway para niños
