Safeway is a California-based grocery store chain. It was founded in 1915 in American Canyon, California.
The company operates stores in California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Safeway is the second-largest grocery store chain in California, behind only Kroger.
Safeway’s history began in 1915 when Marion B. Skaggs purchased his father’s five-acre grocery store in American Canyon, California. Skaggs soon expanded his business by buying other local grocery stores and opening new ones under the Safeway name. The company began operating stores in Oregon and Washington in the 1920s, and by the end of the decade, Safeway had a total of 100 stores across the western United States.
Safeway continued to grow throughout the 20th century, eventually becoming one of the largest grocery store chains in the country. Today, the company operates over 1,700 stores in the four western states of California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.
So no, Safeway is not only in California.
