Safeway Inc.
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| Company type | Public (NYSE: SWY) |
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| 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. 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.