Type: Public
On the web: http://www.safeway.com
Employees: 180,000
Employee growth: (3.2%)

For many Americans, "going to Safeway" is synonymous with "going to the grocery store." Safeway is one of North America's largest food retailers, with some 1,695 stores located mostly in the western, Midwestern, and mid-Atlantic regions of the US, as well as western Canada. It also operates regional supermarket companies, including The Vons Companies (primarily in Southern California), Dominick's Finer Foods (Chicago), Carr-Gottstein Foods (Alaska's largest retailer), Genuardi's Family Markets (eastern US), and Randall's Food Markets (Texas). Safeway owns grocery e-retailer GroceryWorks.com. Outside the US, Safeway owns 49% of Casa Ley, which operates about 170 food and variety stores in western Mexico.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $41,050.0M
One year growth: 0.5%
Net income: $589.8M

Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Steven A. (Steve) Burd
EVP and CFO: Robert L. Edwards
SVP and CIO: David T. Ching

Competitors:
Kroger
SUPERVALU
Wal-Mart

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