Safeway is an American supermarket chain founded in 1915. It is a subsidiary of Albertsons, and currently has 2,239 locations.
Most Safeway stores are located in the western United States, with the majority in California. Safeway’s primary competitors are Walmart, Kroger, and Trader Joe’s.
Safeway was founded in 1915 by Marion Barton Skaggs in American Falls, Idaho. Skaggs purchased a small chain of stores called Safeway from his father and renamed it after the brand his father had created. Skaggs grew the company rapidly and by 1926 it had reached $1 million in sales.
Safeway expanded rapidly throughout the western United States during the 1920s and 1930s. By the time of Skaggs’ death in 1953, Safeway operated stores in 11 states. In the 1960s, Safeway entered into a number of mergers and acquisitions that allowed it to expand into new markets.
Safeway continued to grow throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and by the early 1990s, it was one of the largest supermarket chains in the United States. In 2015, Safeway was acquired by Albertsons. Since then, there has been a significant amount of consolidation within the grocery industry, and Safeway is now one of the largest supermarket chains in the country.
Conclusion:
There are currently 2,239 Safeway stores in operation across the United States.
