Safeway Launches Just for U™ Digital Savings in Portland and Seattle

Thursday May 17th 2012 05:20:58 PM

Easy-to-Use Online and Mobile Savings Tool Offers Fast and Convenient Way to Save Money Through Relevant Coupons and Personalized Offers PORTLAND, Ore. and SEATTLE, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To make grocery shopping easier and provide great savings, Safeway (NYSE: SWY) today launched the Just for U™ program in the company's Oregon and Washington divisions. Just for U is the first online and mobile shopping tool of its kind giving shoppers an easier way to save on groceries. It delivers targeted savings directly to a customer's Safeway Club Card. Shoppers can save when and where it's most convenient for them by signing up for free online at Safeway.com or accessing Just ...

Safeway Culinary Kitchens Names its Next Chef

Wednesday May 16th 2012 06:45:03 PM

Dave Histed Wins Safeway's "Search for Our Next Chef" Competition to Earn Full-time Job in Safeway Culinary Kitchens   PLEASANTON, Calif., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After a three-month nationwide search, a People's Choice vote, three regional cook-off events, and one final cook-off event, Safeway (NYSE: SWY) has found its next chef. Dave Histed has won the "Search for Our Next Chef" competition, a first-of-its-kind opportunity in which chefs from across the country competed for a full-time position with the Safeway Culinary Kitchens and the chance to have their recipe sold as an Open Nature™ Skillet Meal in Safeway stores. The Safeway Culinary Kitchens, a 4,000-square-foot, sta...

Safeway Inc. Announces Preliminary Results of 2012 Stockholder Vote

Wednesday May 16th 2012 09:04:13 AM

PLEASANTON, CA, May 16, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) announced the preliminary results of its stockholder vote at the company's 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held yesterday. Stockholders elected each of the nine directors by a vote percentage of at least 86% and approved the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the company's independent auditors for the 2012 fiscal year. Stockholders also voted on four proposals presented at the meeting: two board proposals and two stockholder proposals. A third stockholder proposal requesting cumulative voting that appeared in the company's proxy statement was not properly brought before the me...

Safeway Inc. Board of Directors Approves 21% Increase in Quarterly Dividend

Tuesday May 15th 2012 04:02:48 PM

PLEASANTON, CA, May 15, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) announced that its Board of Directors met today and declared a regular quarterly cash dividend, reflecting a 21% increase from $0.145 per share to $0.175 per share on a quarterly basis. The cash dividend of $0.175 per share will be payable on July 12, 2012 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 21, 2012. Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America based on sales. The company operates 1,675 stores in the United States and western Canada and had annual sales of $43.6 billion in 2011. CONTACT: Christiane Pelz 925-467-3832...

Safeway Announces Progress Toward Gestation Stall-Free Pork Supply Chain; The Humane Society of the United States Supports Retailer's Move

Monday May 7th 2012 01:39:17 PM

Nation's Second-Largest Grocery Chain Will Formulate Plan to Reach a Gestation Stall-Free Supply Chain PLEASANTON, Calif. and WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) announced today that it will begin formulating plans to have a gestation stall-free supply chain. Gestation stalls have been criticized in recent years due to animal welfare concerns, and Safeway has been working to address the issue. Over the last several years, the company has substantially increased the quantity of pork it buys from producers that have made commitments to decreasing gestation stalls in their breeding facilities.  "It is Safeway's goal to have a gestatio...

Safeway Named Most Sustainable Seafood Grocer by Greenpeace USA for Second Consecutive Year

Friday May 4th 2012 01:22:04 PM

Company earns first ever "green" rating in the six-year history of the ranking PLEASANTON, Calif., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, Greenpeace USA has ranked Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) number one in the U.S. on its grocery sustainability scorecard, which rates the Top 20 national grocery retailers on the sustainability of their seafood practices. In addition, Safeway was one of only two national retailers to score a green rating, the highest category of ratings that a grocer can score. This marks the first year in the six-year history of the Greenpeace scorecard that any retailer achieved a green rating. The "Carting Away the Oceans" report and...

Safeway Inc. to Webcast 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Tuesday May 1st 2012 09:04:58 AM

PLEASANTON, CA, May 01, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) will webcast its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. PT. The Annual Meeting will be audio webcast live at http://www.safeway.com/investor_relations. Click on 'Webcasts' to access the call. A replay will be available for one week following the call. Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America, based on sales. The company operates 1,675 stores in theUnited States and western Canada and had annual sales of $43.6 billion in 2011. CONTACT: Christiane Pelz 925-467-3832 SOURCE: Safeway Inc.

The Safeway Culinary Kitchens "Search for Our Next Chef" Competition Announces Top Three Finalists

Tuesday May 1st 2012 08:00:56 AM

Talented Chefs Cook Off for One Job and Product Development Opportunity PLEASANTON, Calif., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After combing through hundreds of submissions, conducting a nationwide People's Choice online vote and hosting three high-stakes cook-off events in San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago, Safeway (NYSE: SWY) is bringing the "Search for Our Next Chef" Competition to an exhilarating close. The three finalists will have one last chance to showcase their skills at the final cook-off event on May 16, 2012 at the Safeway Culinary Kitchens in Pleasanton, Calif. where they will present their skillet meal recipe to an experienced judging panel consisting of Safeway executives along w...

Safeway Inc. Announces First Quarter 2012 Results

Thursday April 26th 2012 09:03:58 AM

PLEASANTON, CA, Apr 26, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) Results From Operations Safeway Inc. today reported income from continuing operations of $81.6 million ($0.30 per diluted share) for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $25.1 million ($0.07 per diluted share) in the first quarter of 2011. The first quarter of last year included an $80.2 million tax charge ($0.22 per diluted share) resulting from the decision to repatriate $1.1 billion from Safeway's wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary. Were it not for this tax charge, net income would have been $105.3 million ($0.29 per diluted share) for the first quarter of 2011. "Strong cost controls helped us m...

Safeway Inc. to Webcast First Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call on April 26, 2012

Thursday April 12th 2012 09:04:05 AM

PLEASANTON, CA, Apr 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) will host a conference call with investors on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET (8:00 a.m. PT) to discuss its first quarter 2012 financial results. The conference call will be audio webcast live at http://www.safeway.com/investor_relations. Click on 'Webcasts' to access the call. A replay will be available for one week following the call. Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America based on sales. The company operates 1,678 stores in the United States and western Canada and had annual sales of $43.6 billion in 2011. Contact: ...