Safeway is a grocery store chain in the United States. It is a subsidiary of Albertsons, and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. Safeway has 1,600 stores in the United States.
In 2015, Safeway had sales of $32.7 billion. It ranked 41st in the United States in terms of revenue. The company has 89,000 employees.
Safeway was founded in 1915 in American Falls, Idaho by Marion Barton Skaggs. His father, Samuel Skaggs, had founded a grocery chain called Skaggs Cash Stores. The first Safeway store was called Safeway Food Store.
Safeway is a member of the Fortune 500 and has been on the list for over 50 years. The company went public in 1930 and was acquired by Albertsons in January 2015.
What states have Safeway?
Safeway operates stores in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming.
