Safeway
Safeway headquarters in Pleasanton, California, United States | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| NYSE: SWY | |
| Industry | Retail / grocery |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Founder | M. B. Skaggs |
| Headquarters | Pleasanton, California, U.S. |
Number of locations | 912 stores (2025) |
Area served | Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming |
Key people | Susan D. Morris (CEO) |
| 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 |
| Total assets | US$17.2 billion |
Number of employees | Over 250,000 (2015, including Albertsons) |
| Parent | Albertsons (2015–present) |
| Website | safeway |
Safeway, Inc. is an American supermarket chain that provides grocery items and general merchandise along with various specialty departments such as bakery, delicatessen, floral, and pharmacy, as well as Starbucks coffee shops and vehicle fuel centers. Safeway's primary base of operations is in the Western United States, with some stores located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern Seaboard.
It is a subsidiary of Albertsons after being acquired by private equity investors led by Cerberus Capital Management in January 2015. The subsidiary is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.